Republican Jackass of the Week

 

Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama.

What did this dolt say this time, you're wondering?

He defended having white nationalists and white supremacists in the U.S. military.

Earlier in the week Tuberville was interviewed by an NPR affiliate in Birmingham, and was asked about his blocking of military appointments. From the interview:

“We are losing in the military so fast. Our readiness in terms of recruitment. 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 nationalists, people that don’t believe in our agenda, as Joe Biden’s agenda.”

WBHM’s Richard Banks asked, "Do you believe they should allow white nationalists in the military?” Tuberville responded, “Well, they call them that. I call them Americans.”

Not long after he clearly appeared to support extremists, white supremacists, and white nationalists in the military as "just regular Americans," his office tried to put a positive spin on it by stating, "he was being skeptical of the notion that there are white nationalists in the military, not that he believes they should be in the military."

But that's not what he said. Nope.

To make matters worse, he dug in a little deeper, and went on to say, “Democrats portray all Trump people as white nationalists. That’s what I was saying."

No, that's not what he was saying. And no one said all Trumpers are white nationalists. He clearly defended keeping those radicals in the military. The White House National Security Council said it was “abhorrent that Senator Tuberville would argue that white nationalists should be allowed to serve in the military, while he also threatens our national security by holding all pending DOD military and civilian nominations. Extremist behavior has no place in our military. None.”

For defending white supremacists and white nationalists, Tommy Tuberville is our Republican Jackass of the Week.