Tommy Tuberville

"“[US Senatory from Alabama,] Tommy Tuberville (audio voiceover): Who are we to say that we’re a better vetter and picker of people than Donald Trump? CNN’s Manu Raju (audio voiceover): Isn’t that your job? Advice and consent. That’s your job [in these Senate hearings]. Tuberville (audio voiceover): Advice and consent, but that’s more the Democrats. Donald Trump did all the vetting they needed to do on Pete Hegseth. And I just can’t believe we even have people on our side saying, Well, I’ve got to look at this, I’ve got to look at that. What they’re doing is they’re throwing rocks at Donald Trump. They’re not throwing them at Pete Hegseth. They’re throwing them at Donald Trump because they’re saying, Well, we don’t believe you did the right vetting, and we don’t believe he can do the job. Wait a minute, that’s not our job to do that.” (12/5/2024) (Transcript of an interview between Tuberville & CNN reporter Manu Raju, quoted in Greg Sargent 12/6/2024. *Trump’s Cabinet of Sex Abusers Is Blowing Up in His Face*. transcript online. https://newrepublic.com/article/189102/transcript-trumps-cabinet-sex-abusers-blowing-face)"

"Q: Do you believe they should allow white nationalists in the military? A: Well, they call them that. I call them Americans. We are losing in the military so fast. And why? I can tell you why. Because the Democrats are attacking our military, saying we need to get out the white extremists, the white nationalists, people that don't believe in our agenda, as Joe Biden's agenda."

"The Democrats characterize all MAGA Republicans in the military as white nationalists, wrong. Wrong. OK? [...] We can't get politics in the military. This has nothing to do with extremists."

"I look at a white nationalist as a Trump Republican. That's what we're called all the time, a MAGA person. [...] I agree that we should not be characterizing Trump supporters as white nationalists."

"My opinion of a white nationalist — if somebody wants to call them a white nationalist — to me, is an American. It's an American. Now, if that white nationalist is a racist, I’m totally against anything that they want to do, because I am 110% against racism."

"[Told white nationalism is a form of racism] Well, that's your opinion. That's your opinion [...] If it's racism, I'm totally against it."

"If people don’t go to jail for this, the American people should just stand up and say, ‘Listen, enough’s enough, let’s don’t have elections anymore. I wish there was a special investigation into the voter fraud, but it was outrageous what happened, but nobody wanted to look into it because they were afraid they were going to be called out. But it is what it is. I hate that it happened."

"Last night, given another chance to clear the air, he suggested that, no, White nationalists aren’t inherently racist. That yes, White nationalism is American. And that the definition of White nationalism is a matter of opinion. It’s hard to believe that the senator from Alabama has to be corrected again. The senator from Alabama is wrong, wrong, wrong. The definition of White nationalism is not a matter of opinion."