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brooklynite

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Thu May 11, 2023, 09:37 AM May 2023

Tommy Tuberville's office clarifies his white nationalist comments

Politico

Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s office on Wednesday clarified statements he made about white nationalists serving in the military.

“Do you believe they should allow white nationalists in the military?” the Alabama senator was asked during an interview on WBHM that was posted online on Monday. “Well, they call them that. I call them Americans,” Tuberville said.

On Wednesday, Tuberville’s office clarified those remarks to a publication in his home state, telling AL.com that Tuberville’s comment “shows that 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,” and that the senator believes members of the military are “patriots.”

During the radio interview, Tuberville, a member of the Senate Arms Services Committee, also decried lagging recruitment in the military, blaming Biden-administration policies.

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Tommy Tuberville's office clarifies his white nationalist comments (Original Post) brooklynite May 2023 OP
"Clarifies" my ass n/t Silent3 May 2023 #1
This is what people in the real world call Bullshit RAB910 May 2023 #2
Tuberville is Alabama's finest. Eyeball_Kid May 2023 #3
Sadly it's about half of America. walkingman May 2023 #4

Eyeball_Kid

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3. Tuberville is Alabama's finest.
Thu May 11, 2023, 10:02 AM
May 2023

He knows how to put POC in their place. It's a long and rich tradition in Alabama. We no longer ask the rhetorical question: "How on earth did this mollusk get elected?" We know. It's called "Alabama."

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