Senator Tommy Tuberville is criticizing Joe Biden over his refusal to negotiate on his policy that forces Americans to fund abortion travel for members of the military.
Tuberville has come under the wrath of pro-abortion Democrats for putting blocks on military nominations to protest Biden forcing Americans to fund abortion travel for members of the military to end the lives of their unborn children.
Instead of ending the abortion funding to allow the 300+ military nominees to be approved by one vote (they can be approved individually but Democrats would rather trash Tuberville than hold multiple votes), Democrats want to change the rules. And Tuberville says Biden would rather trash the Senate than back off his illegal pro-abortion policy.
Tuberville said Biden would rather “burn the Senate down” before negotiating to lift Tuberville’s hold on Senate approval for military promotions en masse.
“It’s typical of this place. This administration would rather burn the Senate down and that’s what would happen. … If you change the rules of the Senate then it lasts forever,” Tuberville said on CNN on Sunday. “So they would rather burn down the Senate than negotiate.”
“If they go around and, without negotiating, change the rules of the Senate it just goes to show you they want it their way or the highway,” Tuberville told CNN.
The pro-life senator also said his hold is not hurting military effectiveness because top positions have temporary people filling them — most of whom would be approved by the Senate anyway.
“If I thought this was happening, I wouldn’t be doing this. And I’ve told you that all along. And the people that I trust tell me that it’s not,” he said.
Armed Services Committee Chair Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) are behind an effort to change the rules so that would allow most of the 300-plus promotions Tuberville is blocking to be considered on the floor en bloc. Senators currently have the privilege to block votes on matters and their proposal to would be a one year rule change to overturn that priviledge.
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