As Tommy Tuberville pretends his blockade on military promotions has nothing to do with abortion, stevebenen reminds the Alabama Republican that his tactics have everything to do with abortion.
to ensure that all American troops have access to reproductive health care, at which point the GOP senator began his tantrum.this week that his abortion-related tactics are “not about abortion.” The Alabaman wrote on Twitter:
“This is not about abortion. This is about tax-payer funded abortion that Congress NEVER authorized.” First, there’s something inherently amazing about watching Tuberville pretend his blockade, which has everything to do with abortion, has nothing to do with abortion. Second, to characterize the Pentagon’s policy as “taxpayer funded abortion” is wrong: As anRather, what Defense Secretary Lloyd Austinwas order the DOD “to allow troops and dependents, consistent with federal law, to take time off and use official travel to get to other states for reproductive care not available locally.
I don’t know if Tuberville understands this, but the claims he published online about his own strategy are plainly untrue. Austin, meanwhile, told reporters yesterday that the Republican senator’s approach continues to have an effect. “I would imagine our adversaries would look at something like this and be pretty happy we create this kind of turbulence in the force,” the secretary
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