Five GOP Senators Turn Against Tuberville in Fight Against DOD Abortion Policy

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Five Senate Republican protection hawks turned on Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) on Thursday, publicly slamming him on the Senate ground for his maintain on army promotions over the Pentagon’s refusal to barter on its pro-abortion coverage.

The Republican senators included Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Todd Young (R-IN), Mitt Romney (R-MA), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), and Joni Ernst (R-IA).

Tuberville exercised his maintain on the Senate’s potential to substantiate on a blanket foundation a number of hundred army promotions after the Biden Pentagon issued a coverage that will pay for the journey, time without work, and lodging for service members touring for abortions.

The Biden Pentagon issued the coverage after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Tuberville believes the coverage violates the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits federal funds from funding abortions. His maintain doesn’t forestall the Senate from confirming any army promotion on a person foundation, simply from the blanket affirmation of tons of at a time.

One by one, every senator criticized Tuberville and known as for a movement to vote on a army officer up for promotion. Tuberville objected to every movement.

Romney known as Tuberville’s maintain an “abuse of the power we have as senators.”

To nobody’s shock, @MittRomney can be turning in opposition to Tuberville. “It’s simply…an abuse of the power we have as senators.”

— Kristina Wong 🇺🇸 (@kristina_wong) November 1, 2023

The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway previewed the senator’s transfer in a put up:

I’m listening to McConnell deputies and allies, together with Lindsay Graham, Joni Ernst, Todd Young, and Dan Sullivan, advised colleagues in the present day they’re planning an assault on Tommy Tuberville’s maintain on army promotions, modeled after Elizabeth Warren’s assault a number of months in the past. Tuberville has blocked unaccountable, review-free unanimous consent for army promotions — all as a result of Pentagon’s fully unlawful abortion funding coverage. During his maintain on this straightforward approval (that will in any other case happen with out even a vote) it’s been found that greater than 40% of the nominees are beholden to DEI and different left-wing ideology at odds with an efficient preventing power. The plan to run interference for Biden admin and its woke Pentagon is reportedly scheduled for 6p tonight. Just fyi. We’ll see who precisely is concerned and what occurs.

I’m listening to McConnell deputies and allies, together with Lindsay Graham, Joni Ernst, Todd Young, and Dan Sullivan, advised colleagues in the present day they’re planning an assault on Tommy Tuberville’s maintain on army promotions, modeled after Elizabeth Warren’s assault a number of months in the past. Tuberville…

— Mollie (@MZHemingway) November 1, 2023

And conservative lawyer and strategist Rogan O’Handley additionally sounded the alarm in advance, posting with a siren emoji:

Lindsay Graham Joni Ernst Todd Young Dan Sullivan All 4 Senators are doubtlessly planning to backstab Sen. Tommy Tuberville for holding up Biden’s DEI army appointments Just in case you didn’t already despise Lindsey Graham sufficient

🚨Lindsay Graham

Joni Ernst

Todd Young

Dan Sullivan

All 4 Senators are doubtlessly planning to backstab Sen. Tommy Tuberville for holding up Biden’s DEI army appointments

Just in case you didn’t already despise Lindsey Graham sufficient https://t.co/bfNfqFdVr7

— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) November 1, 2023

Tuberville’s holds have pissed off the Biden administration and Democrats, however this was the primary time Republicans had voiced their opposition so publicly.

Tuberville earlier spoke in protection of his holds, laying out his case:

Nine months in the past the Pentagon introduced introduced by memo that they’d begin utilizing our taxpayer {dollars} to facilitate abortion. The Pentagon is now paying for journey and further time without work for service members and their dependents to get get to get abortions. Congress by no means voted for this. We additionally by no means appropriated the cash for this. There isn’t any regulation that enables them to do that. In reality, there’s a regulation that claims they’ll’t do that.

One extra time. There is a regulation that claims they’ll’t do that. Created in this room. It’s 10 USC Section 1093. It says the one time the Pentagon can spend taxpayer {dollars} on abortion is in instances of rape, incest, and menace to the well being of the mother. So it is a coverage that’s unlawful and immoral. This is about life. And it’s additionally in regards to the rule of regulation. It’s about our Constitution. It’s about whether or not we make legal guidelines on the Pentagon, or whether or not we observe the Constitution.

This can be in regards to the integrity of our army. The solely factor in this world honor greater than our army is the structure. We all swore to uphold the Constitution I additionally really feel very strongly in regards to the obligation to uphold it each day in this room. I can’t merely sit idly by whereas the bottle administration injects politics and our army, once more injects politics and our army from the White House and spends taxpayer {dollars} on abortion.

The solely energy {that a} senator in the minority has is to place a maintain on a nomination. The solely factor I’m not the primary particular person to do that holds on nominations occur on a regular basis. Hold on army nominations have occurred many many, many, many instances earlier than.

Typically they don’t final as lengthy as a result of the administration will work with a senator till the problem is resolved. But that has not occurred this time. Zero negotiation. Abortion is an important factor to the Democrats that they’ve. And they gained’t negotiate it yet another time. Abortion is an important factor that Democrats have and they won’t negotiate.

This has been occurring for 9 months. Every day this continues as a day that Democrats suppose abortion is extra essential than the nomination and our army. I assist many of those nominees and I agree that these are very, essential jobs however we might have been voting on these nominees your complete 9 months. The Senate has had greater than 90 days off this 12 months, not together with weekends. Each nomination might take as little as two hours.

In reality, tomorrow we’ll be voting on three of an important nominees that we compelled the chief of the Senate to deliver it to the ground. The nominees on the very high must be voted on anyway. These jobs are too essential to not obtain the recommendation and consent of the Senate. I’ve to respectfully disregard disagree with my colleagues in regards to the impact of my maintain on readiness. My maintain just isn’t affecting readiness.

The Biden administration had been saying this for months, however no one has an evidence. Nobody. The reality isn’t any jobs. No jobs are going unfilled. Every job each job is being finished in reality, General Mark Milley mentioned lately that our readiness is the most effective it has been in years. Time and once more generals and repair members have assured me that they’re able to go I imagine.

So I’m going to maintain my holds in place. If senators wish to vote on these nominees one after the other, I’m all in. I’m glad to try this. But I’ll preserve my gap in place till the Pentagon follows the regulation or the Democrats change the regulation.

This is about our Constitution. This is in regards to the rule of regulation. That’s what we’re about in right here. It’s in regards to the integrity of our army. It’s about preserving politics, politics out of the army. I didn’t put it in the army. Joe Biden. Inspector Austin put politics in the army. And it’s about the proper to life. These are a number of the most essential issues in the world to me.