Freshman GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville: Biden inauguration should have been delayed because of COVID-19

[Polybius]

Source: USA Today

WASHINGTON – Days before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., said the event should have been postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, even though Jan. 20 is enshrined in the Constitution as the date for the transfer of presidential power.

“We probably could have had a swearing-in and done an inauguration a little later on after we got this virus behind us a little bit. But again, we’re talking about Washington, D.C.,” Tuberville told Birmingham TV station CBS 42.

The Constitution’s 20th Amendment requires that the terms of a new president and vice president begin “at noon on the 20th day of January.”

Tuberville, a freshman who was sworn into office Jan. 3, was one of six Republican senators who objected on Jan. 6 to the affirmation by Congress of Biden’s Electoral College win – a vote that took place hours after a violent pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/15/gop-sen-tommy-tuberville-biden-inauguration-should-have-been-delayed/4174903001/

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Ground Control to Senator Tom.....

turn your brain on.

[The Roux Comes First]

9. Preferably 220+volts

The stupid runs deep in this one.

[dchill]

2. Tommy Tuberville, Constitutional scholar and patriot.

[lastlib]

17. Graduated summa cum laude with honors from the University of Stoopid....

In fact, he was salutatorian of his class--the valedictorian was a radish.

[AZ8theist]

44. MOVE OVER, RON JOHNSON!!!!

Your reign as the dumbest Senator in United States history............

IS OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ALL HAIL THE TUBER TWIT!!!!!!!

[csziggy]

47. Neither Johnson or Tubberville qualitfy to be twits

They are not high class enough.

[Thekaspervote]

3. Probably his ridiculous way of supporting dotard and thinking if Biden is inaugurated...well

[CTyankee]

59. That was my take on it too. That last gasp of dotardist thinking and last ditch attempt to go back

afterwards and say "He wasn't inaugurated!"

[BlueIdaho]

4. "Coach"

Is one stupid SOB.

[mjvpi]

42. He should have watched more film before the big game

[SheltieLover]

5. Grasping at non-existent straws

Idiot.

[RockRaven]

6. Is a *single* one of the Alabamans who voted for this lackwit even embarrassed by this stupidity?

[COL Mustard]

35. No, They're Not

If anything, they're proud of him. Defiance (or ignorance, or stupidity, or whatever you choose to call it) runs deep in their psyche.

I know; I grew up there.

[mjvpi]

43. They traded Doug Jones for this guy. Inconceivable

[Catcar]

7. These degenerates never hit rock bottom

they just go lower and lower.

[karynnj]

8. He seems to think the swearing in and the inauguration are 2 separate things.

[madaboutharry]

10. He is so dumb.

He’s like a one man stereotype of a dumb football coach. He’s like a character in a 90’s sitcom.

[progree]

11. I think its going to get worse for awhile (with the new variant) before it gets better

I know U.S. daily new cases, 7 day moving average, has gone down a bit lately in the U.S. overall, but the fast-spreading variant is still quite low in numbers in the U.S. like 1 per 1000 new cases = the fast-spreading variant(s) (but increasing exponentially in the true meaning of the word). So its kind of a race between that becoming dominant, and vaccinations becoming numerous enough to make the difference. Overall, I read that its likely to get worse until at least March.

[Midnight Writer]

12. Remember when we used to laugh at stories of how stupid these Republicans are?

It has sure stopped being funny, hasn't it?

[mdbl]

54. especially when their stupid constituents keep electing them

[GoneOffShore]

58. They have wrapped up being wickedly stupid and stupidly wicked in one big package.

[Thomas Hurt]

13. Wanna bet the idiot thought Trump would get to be Pres a few more weeks or months...

[DinahMoeHum]

14. Did Mommy drop him on his head when he was a baby?

Yeesh.

[MyOwnPeace]

15. Well, let's see.....

Since COVID has been with us since, say early March when things really started shutting down, what has our "Good 'ole Boy" been doing with his campaign.

Oh, my! Look at this!

Saturday, March 14, 2020 at 1 PM EDT – 2:30 PM EDT
"The People vs. The Swamp" tour https://www.facebook.com/events/722083324862719


Sunday, June 14, 2020 at 3 PM EDT – 5 PM EDT
"The People vs. The Swamp" tour https://www.facebook.com/events/2956486734406151


Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at 4 PM EDT – 5 PM EDT
"Tuberville for Senate Rally" https://www.facebook.com/events/361949431645438

So, what do you say, Tommy?

"We probably could wait until after we got this virus behind us a little bit. But again, we’re talking about Washington, D.C.,”

Hmmm. Maybe if was held at a shooting range in Alabama it could go on as scheduled?

Just wondering what the difference is between one of your "rallies" in the midst of a pandemic and the inauguration of the next PRESIDENT, one that "ain't one of your 'good 'ole boys" (as if IQ45 was!)?

Gotta' say - Gohmert's gonna' have a hell-of-a-run for the dumbest person in the U.S Congress!

[mysteryowl]

16. Ha Ha

nice try, but NO.

[Princess Turandot]

18. Lord. He probably thinks that this would somehow extend Trump's presidency...

..given how ignorant he is. Biden becomes president at noon next Wednesday, oath or not. If a 3 day blizzard unexpectedly occurred, halting the proceedings, Roberts could administer the oath remotely, if they were so inclined.

While Trump may have lifted Buchanan and Andrew Johnson out of the presidential sub-cellar after 150 years, Tuberville might just improve the ratings of the box-of-hair.

[Gore1FL]

19. He is not a bright man, is he? nt

[badboy67]

56. "Alabama's finest."

[turbinetree]

20. Didn't learn anything in school right tubby............here I will even "copy and paste" it for you

Constitution of United States of America 1789 (rev. 1992)

Amendment XX
Section 1
The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.

[COL Mustard]

36. Fake News!

He didn't vote for it, s it doesn't apply.

[turbinetree]

40. And he is traitor and should be expelled from office

[mjvpi]

45. In a reversal of classic form, he had football players take tests for him in college.

[yardwork]

51. Do we know if Tuberville can read? This is a serious question.

[turbinetree]

52. I could not find anything in the crayon section to draw him a picture, maybe we should send

a picture to him explaining the amendment and to think the country has six years of this crap, maybe Schumer should visit this expulsion or censure item for him and others................then maybe he will understand and be held accountable .........

[keithbvadu2]

21. Would he favor delaying his own entry into office?

Would he favor delaying his own entry into office?

[Jay25]

22. Guess he was really upset with those states that didn't lock down due to covid.

[orleans]

23. i just looked him up on twitter

his picture says he is running for senate
in a tweet he says to follow his work on his senate twitter account and gives the twitter link
people replied with a screengrab where it said the account has been suspended
lol
anyone know why?
now it just shows this:
https://twitter.com/sen_tuberville

[yaesu]

24. Hey repukes, we don't care what you say or want anymore, theirs a new Sheriff in town. nt

[Lock him up.]

25. So his plan to keep the criminally lazy moRon from going to jail is to delay...

the inauguration because of the pandemic the criminally lazy moRon does absolutely nothing to end?

Lock him up (as complicit).

[JohnnyRingo]

26. He doesn't care about spreading Covid.

I doubt he even wears a mask, but lets not swear in a democrat because he's suddenly afraid of a virus.

[NBachers]

27. This dolt with a cartoon character's name didn't volunteer to defer his own swearing-in, did he?

This new crop of idiot puke trash set right out to makin' a name fer theirselves, din't they?

[Swamp Country Po Boy]

28. Go/Home/Alabaman/

Get some Skoal's for to chew/
Stay there, Alabaman/
We don't need fools like you!

[Escurumbele]

29. On the contrary, it should have been moved forward to get rid of the pest sooner and for Biden

and Harris to begin healing the country, taking care of the pandemic, restore USA's name in the World, reverse the bloody tax cuts, etc.

Diaper donny would already be in Mar-A-Lago trying to con some lawyers to do the impossible to defend him.

[Crowman2009]

30. This dumb goober doesn't have very good grammar either.

He doesn't know his past tense from his present tense.

[MissMillie]

31. All Constitutionality aside

Either he hasn't seen tRump's approval numbers, or he's stupid

or both

[Linda Ed]

32. Tuberville is a con like trump

reason he said covid was it worked with other closings...but these f***ing republicans run around with no masks so what is the use of shutting it down? No one is going to be around much anyway and if they are they follow the rules with masks and social distance!!

[alphafemale]

33. But...I thought Covid was a hoax?

These people are vile.

[marble falls]

34. As Tommy says, "It's only the Constitution, folks, not like it's carved in stone, fer Pete's sake."

[W T F]

37. Sounds like something that Rudy Giuliani told him to say

[getagrip_already]

38. he;s actually tight you know...

Seriously. the critical part of what he said is "we could have had a swearing in". That's it. That's the transfer of power. Period. End of story.

That's all that is required under the constitution.

The "inauguration" is a party. woo friggin hoo. It could be held anytime or never at all.

As long as the swearing in happens, the parties could happen later. Sucks, sure. But they would have been very small anyway because of covid.

It's better to use the time to stamp the asshats into the dirt for another 100 years.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

39. In their own words: from a press briefing by Kayleigh McEnany, on December 2, 2020

PRESS BRIEFINGS

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany

Issued on: December 2, 2020

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room

1:05 P.M. EST

MS. MCENANY: Good afternoon, everyone. The United States Constitution matters even during a pandemic. While Democrat politicians seek to impose draconian restrictions against their citizens, this past week the Supreme Court of the United States had their say on New York State’s capacity restrictions, which restricted the number of attendees allowed in places of worship but not other government-deemed essential businesses.

Justice Gorsuch, in the ruling, said this as he rolled back Governor Cuomo’s restrictions on places of worship. He said, quote, “It is time — past time — to make plain that, while the pandemic poses many grave challenges, there is no world in which the Constitution tolerates color-coded executive edicts that reopen liquor stores and bike shops but shutter churches, synagogues, and mosques.”

Behind me, you will see displayed images of Democrat hypocrisy playing on loop. These images depict the following:

{snip}

This statement from Governor Cuomo strikes at the heart of the issue: Democrats seek control. These images behind me make clear Democrats’ mindset: rules for thee but not for me.

The President stands with you, your freedom, your ability to decide how to best protect your health. We all know how to protect ourselves from COVID-19: wash your hands, socially distance, wear a mask.

But as one federal court put it, “There is no pandemic exception to the Constitution.”

And with that, I’ll take questions.

{snip}

[MineralMan]

41. Someone send that moron a pocket copy of the Constitution.

[apnu]

46. Tuberville is a moron, that is unconstitutional.

It states in the Constitution when Inauguration is.

Additionally we have the technology, skills, and means to do this with COVID.

Another mark in the Tuberville is a moron column.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

48. Well Mr Tommy, theres these things called masks and distancing, we be OK if we follow the

guidelines Appreciate your concern but dont worry we be OK!

[Ziggysmom]

49. Bammys voted for Tommy cuz he was an Auburn football coach. That's all that matters to them.

[Polybius]

50. And voted for him in the general election because of his "R" and he didn't sleep with kids

That's all it takes to win in Alabama.

[Progressive Jones]

53. Stereotypical "dumb jock", just like Gym Jordan. nt

[Lulu KC]

55. Oh for the love of Pete!

Just shut up, man!

[BobTheSubgenius]

57. So a GOP politico with a name suitable for a cartoon character from the deep South...

...and a freshman, no less, is standing on his back legs and exhorting Congress to Do The Right Thing. Oh, please...

[yellowcanine]

60. Nice try dickhead. Read the 20th amendment, douche.