'Dangerous hold': Military secretaries urge Tuberville to stop 'politicizing' senior officers

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By Maya Boddie, Alternet
Published September 4, 2023, 9:54 PM ET

In a Monday, September 4 op-ed published by The Washington Post, three service secretaries call on United States Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) to end the "dangerous hold" on the confirmation of senior military leaders.

Due to "his personal opposition to the Pentagon's healthcare policies on abortion," the GOP leader is currently holding up hundreds of military promotions.

"We believe that the vast majority of senators and of Americans across the political spectrum recognize the stakes of this moment and the dangers of politicizing our military leaders," Navy secretary Carlos Del Toro, Air Force secretary Frank Kendall, and Army secretary Christine Wormuth write. "It is time to lift this dangerous hold and confirm our senior military leaders."

https://www.rawstory.com/dangerous-hold-military-secretaries-urge-tuberville-to-stop-politicizing-senior-officers-2664915170/

Dear President Biden as a taxpayer I am requesting that all federal property be moved from the state of Alabama, which would include all military bases, Nasa facilities, naval shipyards.......please...... start with Huntsville

[Blue Owl]

1. Tuberville is pretty proud of his punchbowl turd

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. The Senate is broken. Time to dissolve this anachronism.

[Silent3]

3. Damn, why do Senators cling to the stupid fucking rules that allow this?

They don't want to take this ability away from Tuberville because they each might want to single-handedly fuck over the whole Senate themselves someday?

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

4. it's crazy how one stupid Senator can hold up so much.

[tritsofme]

5. At this point, Schumer should consider forcing votes and keeping the Senate in continuous session

It would be extremely time consuming, but could be done under current rules.

Should Tuberville ever leave the floor, ask unanimous consent on cloture for a huge package of nominees, rinse and repeat.

[NCDem47]

6. This Tuberville situation boils my blood

I’m not hearing or seeing any chatter about what Democrats are planning to combat this. My hope is work is going on with Schumer behind the scenes, and yes, reasoning with Tuberville on multiple levels is the first course of action. With each approach, the heat is turned up. Tuberville has the cover and the votes back home in Alabama to ride this out to his bitter end. This is a political fight. Let’s start fighting politically!!! Alabama is a lost cause in my opinion. It’s not a state we need to tread delicately with and fear wrath of voters by outmaneuvering Tuberville.