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Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who is blocking hundreds of military nominations, bemoaned the fact that the military is "struggling" to fill its personnel needs.

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[–] Stanard 58 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This is infuriating. Let me make sure I've got this right:

So, our military personnel "volunteer" to serve, and in doing so are forced to reside at whatever military base in whichever State/country that the higher ups decide. Then the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which allowed for existing abortion bans to go into effect in various states as well as paved the way for other abortion bans to be put into effect. Our military personnel are also bound by the laws of wherever they are stationed. To help alleviate the concerns of our military personnel, President Biden issued a travel reimbursement policy so that our volunteer based military personnel wouldn't have to pay to travel somewhere that they more agree with the laws of, to have a medical procedure performed that is outlawed where they have been forced to reside. Then this chucklefuck Tuberville decides to block any and all military promotions because he essentially thinks that the most regressive state laws should apply to the entire volunteer based military. And then he complains that the military is facing personnel issues? Excuse me but what the fuck? Am I missing something?

I don't think anyone is even forcing states to allow abortions for military personnel, just trying to provide travel reimbursement so that personnel can go to a state that hasn't banned abortions without having to pay the travel costs themselves. Right? Why wouldn't we want that policy? Military personnel don't get to choose where they're stationed (they do sometimes get some say but they don't make the final decision) so why not reimburse them if they're forced to travel for medical reasons?

If he thinks the military is facing personnel issues now, and at least partially because he's interfering, has he even considered the ramifications of taking even more rights away from people that volunteer to serve? I mean, ffs they already give up many of their rights as is. And abortion bans have already proven to be an extremely unpopular policy, with citizens in several Republican states already voting against said bans and in fairly large numbers with large margins to boot.

I legitimately feel like I must be missing something. Can this guy really be this stupid? Or does he actually despise the American people? Is there some pro-life lobbying group ~~bribing~~ donating to him for him to do this?

[–] Zombiepirate 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I legitimately feel like must be missing something. Can this guy really be this stupid? Or does he actually despise the American people? ls there some pro-life lobbying group bribing donating to him for him to do this?

The Republicans want these positions open so that they can stuff them with Christian Nationalists if they win in 2024. They don't intend to let the military interfere with the next coup.

[–] Whoresradish 7 points 1 year ago

It really is this simple. Same thing McConnell did with the justice department.

[–] CADmonkey 21 points 1 year ago

Is there some pro-life lobbying group bribing donating to him for him to do this?

I'm cynical enough to wonder if the ~~pro-life~~ anti-woman donors backing this guy are just a foreign country paying him to weaken the US military. None of these politicians actually care about anyone's kid.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] TheJims 6 points 1 year ago

So is the Alabama electorate

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

He is helping fascism... it's planned not unexpected

[–] dhork 5 points 1 year ago

You are missing something: the man prefers to be called "Coach".