Sen. Tommy Tuberville has come up with five defenses for his blockade on military promotions. As stevebenen writes, the Alabama Republican's pitches are getting progressively worse.
the Biden administration wasn’t paying enough attention to him, which was quite odd — does this guy really need hand-holding? — and which no longer makes any sense given Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s repeated efforts to convince Tuberville to be more responsible., which is sharply at odds with what actual military personnel have said.via social media late last week:
in the military, “only” several hundred highly qualified and experienced servicemen and women, who've devoted their adult lives to their country.
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