U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville‘s more than six-month hold on hundreds of promotions of U.S. Military officers has lead the Secretary of the Navy to accuse the Alabama Republican lawmaker of “aiding and abetting communist and other autocratic regimes around the world.” That charge follows a Washington Post op-ed by the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Space Force alleging Tuberville’s actions as “putting our national security at risk.” The Secretaries’ rare public remarks have led to other military experts, and political experts, speaking out against Tuberville, with one calling his actions “dereliction of duty.”
Secretary of the Navy on Tuberville: I would have never imagined that one our own senators would be aiding and abetting communist and other autocratic regimes around the world. This is having a real negative impact. pic.twitter.com/S8CHAoHY4d
— Acyn (@Acyn) September 5, 2023
Retired Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO, Wesley Clark, praised the service chiefs for speaking out, called Tiberville’s holds “extremely damaging.”
Former 4 star general and Supreme Allied Commander of NATO Wesley Clark blasts GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville for the hold on all U.S. military promotions:
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) September 5, 2023
"It’s extremely damaging and is damaging not only because of the hold but also for the reason behind it. Because we’re really… pic.twitter.com/bwMR5DJv2U
Political scientist Norman Ornstein, co-author of a book on political extremism, calledTuberville an “asset to Vladimir Putin, traitor to every American value.”