When it comes to Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s troubled political career, some of the most serious controversies surrounding the Alabama Republican involve things he’s done: The GOP senator’s first vote on Capitol Hill, for example, was to reject the results of the 2020 presidential election. More recently, Tuberville’s blockade against U.S. military promotions has drawn bipartisan condemnations.
But things the Alabaman has said have repeatedly undermined his credibility and reputation.
As regular readers might recall, it was shortly after the senator was elected in 2020 when the former college football coach flubbed the basics of World War II. He soon after struggled with how recent presidential elections have been resolved.
A few months later, Tuberville misstated the three branches of the U.S. government. Last year, the Alabaman made the case that Russia invaded Ukraine in order to acquire “more farmland,” which really didn’t make any sense, before making ugly comments about race, crime, and reparations. This week, the GOP lawmaker said the verdict against Trump in the E. Jean Carroll case “makes me want to vote for him twice.”
His comments about white nationalists in the military, however, should probably be seen as his most serious controversy to date. NBC News reported:
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., appeared to defend white nationalists in a recent interview by suggesting they should not be barred from serving in the military, prompting his office to clarify the remarks.
At issue is an interview the senator did last week with WBHM, the NRP affiliate in Birmingham, which asked how his blockade against military promotions might be perceived by U.S. adversaries.
“We are losing in the military so fast. Our readiness in terms of recruitment,” the Republican replied, according to the station’s transcript. “And why? I’ll tell you why, because the Democrats are attacking our military, saying we need to get out the white extremists, the white…
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