“I urge Sen. Tuberville to think about the destructive spectacle he is creating in the Senate,' Sen. Chuck Schumer said. 'His actions are dangerous.” The criticism follows Sen. Mitch McConnell's refusal to support Tuberville’s hold on military promotions.
In an interview Thursday with Julie Tsirkin of NBC News, Tuberville was asked if he wanted to clarify his comments about white nationalists in the military.
While Tuberville said Democrats defined white nationalists as “all MAGA Republicans in the military,” concern rose at the Pentagon during the Trump administration about the influence of white nationalists in the military. A Defense Department report, released in October 2020, said extremism in the military was a “threat,” according to a report by CQ Roll Call.
“DOD policy expressly prohibits military personnel from actively advocating supremacist, extremist or criminal gang doctrine, ideology or causes,” a quote in the press release said.“A white nationalist propagates Nazism, a white nationalist could be someone who doesn’t believe Black and Brown people are equals,” Tsirkin responded, according to her transcript.“Well, that could be one of their beliefs -- a white supremacist,” Tsirkin said.
“Everybody’s got their own opinion,” Tuberville says when asked about McConnell’s opposition to his military holdsTuberville: “Not on this he’s not. I am. I’m the one who’s got the holds.”In another tweet relating to McConnell opposing the hold of military nominations, Desiderio reported this exchange between Tuberville and reporters Thursday:
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