Rhetoric aside, it is chilling that a sitting Senator would take such a step and we should all be concerned about what this could lead to.

Today it’s Tuberville’s hold on nominations for non-military political reasons. Maybe tomorrow it’s the Armed Services committees treating these appointments and promotions like judicial nominations. All of a sudden, you effectively have de-facto political appointments for in-the-ranks military leadership, and U.S. politics is far scarier than it’s ever been.

Sure, I’m committing a slippery slope fallacy here, but given the track record of our political leaders to cause institutional decay with zero-sum game partisan politics, I don’t think it’s a stretch.

This shit is bizarre. This is the radicalism they speak about. They do it themselves. There's no worthy cause here.

I don't get how holding up military appointments (and thus, promotions) can be done for any reasons outside of concerns for the ability to perform. It makes sense to hold up a position, a single position, out of many due to how an individual has performed in the past and allow for some discourse on the individual's suitability. That's completely reasonable and perhaps even desired.

How a single senator holds up hundreds of such individuals over something completely unrelated to the job performance of these flag officers is bewildering. The justification is bullshit.

What I don't understand is why he simply hasn't been removed; he's not doing his job (on purpose) and is can basically be called a traitor. So.... remove him????

Tuberville, of Alabama, has delayed the confirmations of more than 300 top military nominees over his opposition to the Pentagon’s policy of reimbursing service members and their families who have to travel to receive abortion care. In the Senate, one senator can hold up nominations or legislation, and Tuberville’s stance has left three military services to operate without a Senate-confirmed leader for the first time in history.

Like.. how is not the actions of a traitor? Remove him from power, hold a new election for his position, and get things back on track.

In July, Tuberville posted on X, “I didn’t start this. The Biden admin injected politics in the military and imposed an unlawful abortion policy on American taxpayers. I am trying to get politics out of the military.”

Lying sack of shit. He's putting politics in (his own politics).

"Helping the communists."

JFC I swear there's something in the water making people retarded.

This is a two-party system at its worst.

I'm old enough that my grandfathers fought in WWI. My mother's second husband was a B-17 captain. Third husband was a fighter pilot in the Pacific theater. My father retired from the regular army as a LTC. Col.

These bastards would have fought each other to get to the head of the line to beat the shit out of Turderville.

But as others have noted, we have this obstructionist process in place.

As one of the other commentators said, maybe we should change the fucking rule. I just don't know how.

I've never voted Republikklan in my life, but there were some who had honor. Senator McCain, for example. But now we're stuck with this shit with legs.

The guy would rather be called "Coach" than "Senator," by choice. He doesn't care about what's best for the United States, it's citizens, and his constituents. That's his second job. His first job is "Coach."

Tuberville is an absolute fucking dumb shit who deserves the benefits that his poorest constituents receive and nothing more.

As crappy as it is, work is still getting done. US military SOP is if the ranking person is unavailable for the next in line to take command.

It just sucks that it is becoming a PITA to them and probably pushing out quality troops that can easily obtain other employment.

If you think that isn't by design, you probably vote #GOP.

...aiding communist and autocratic regimes, and being used by adversaries like China against the US.

"Mission accomplished!" -- Republican Tommy Tuberville

Seems kinda performative to me idk why would this be going down on a CNN show