The View's Whoopi flattens Tommy Tuberville: You’re from Alabama, you know what a white nationalist is
1 year, 5 months ago

The View's Whoopi flattens Tommy Tuberville: You’re from Alabama, you know what a white nationalist is

Raw Story  

Monday night, CNN's Kaitlan Collins pressed Sen. Tommy Tuberville on his claim that he didn't know what a white nationalist is. "When you call somebody a white nationalist, why is the word 'white' in there if it doesn't have to do with race?" They have an 'acting' in the role but that affects military readiness so you can't do the whole I'm the biggest military guy when you're actually hurting our readiness." "You're basically saying I don't care," said Goldberg.

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'Oh, come on!' Tommy Tuberville dismisses Trump connection to 'unified Reich' video
7 months ago

'Oh, come on!' Tommy Tuberville dismisses Trump connection to 'unified Reich' video

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — Sen. Tommy Tuberville doesn't believe Donald Trump's campaign published a video championing a "unified Reich" in his second term in office — despite screen captures. Zooming in on the article shows it When Raw Story caught up with Tuberville, who attended the hush money trial with Trump last week, the Alabama lawmaker implied it was all fake news. …

Why Republicans are trying to rebrand white nationalism right now
1 year, 5 months ago

Why Republicans are trying to rebrand white nationalism right now

Salon  

In the 1970s and 1980s, overt white supremacists and their organizations were largely marginalized in American society. In a 2018 conversation, anti-racism activist and author Tim Wise offered this powerful description of how racism and white supremacy are central to today's Republican Party and "conservative" movement: All that stuff is continuing, and it seems to me that we are barking …

Tommy Tuberville on latest white nationalist flub: 'I didn’t explain it well'
1 year, 5 months ago

Tommy Tuberville on latest white nationalist flub: 'I didn’t explain it well'

Raw Story  

For the second time this year, Sen. Tommy Tuberville is being forced to explain his comments about white nationalists and white supremacy – and by his own admission, he's not doing it well. It all began in May, when Tuberville said that he sees white nationalists as Americans and nothing more than "Trump Republicans." But on Wednesday, Tuberville told CNN's …

'He hasn't backtracked at all!' Morning Joe blasts Tommy Tuberville for defense of white nationalists
1 year, 5 months ago

'He hasn't backtracked at all!' Morning Joe blasts Tommy Tuberville for defense of white nationalists

Raw Story  

Sen. Tommy Tuberville finally and grudgingly admitted that white nationalists might be racist, but MSNBC's Joe Scarborough wasn't impressed by his concession. "He still didn't say that white nationalists are racists, he says, 'Oh, if that's somebody's definition,'" Scarborough said. "But this guy has lived in the South for 50-something years -- 55, 56, 57 years -- he knows exactly …

Tuberville concedes ‘white nationalists are racists’ but hangs on to holds on military nominee
1 year, 5 months ago

Tuberville concedes ‘white nationalists are racists’ but hangs on to holds on military nominee

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — As U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama continues his blockade of hundreds of military promotions, he again entered the spotlight Tuesday for his comments that seemingly excused white nationalism. “White supremacy is simply unacceptable in the military and in our whole country,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky responded when reporters asked about Tuberville’s comments during the …

'Most abjectly racist thing I've heard from a US senator': Jake Tapper shreds GOP's Tommy Tuberville
1 year, 5 months ago

'Most abjectly racist thing I've heard from a US senator': Jake Tapper shreds GOP's Tommy Tuberville

Raw Story  

CNN's Jake Tapper on Tuesday had some sharp words for Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who told fellow CNN host Caitlan Collins on Monday night that being a white nationalist doesn't necessarily make someone a racist. In analyzing Tuberville's comments, Tapper said that Alabama's senior senator "seems to be parsing the difference between people who are abject racists like members of the …

GOP's Tommy Tuberville refuses to answer as he gets grilled over his defense of white nationalists
1 year, 7 months ago

GOP's Tommy Tuberville refuses to answer as he gets grilled over his defense of white nationalists

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — Sen. Tommy Tuberville has found himself caught in the middle of a scandal of his own making after he told a reporter that white nationalists serving in the military were nothing more than Americans. IN OTHER NEWS: Trump still refuses to speak to Netanyahu after he congratulated Biden on his 2020 win: journalist "I'm not gettin' into that …

GOP senator under fire doubles down: ‘I look at a white nationalist as a Trump Republican’
1 year, 7 months ago

GOP senator under fire doubles down: ‘I look at a white nationalist as a Trump Republican’

Raw Story  

Senator Tommy Tuberville is not walking away from the firestorm he lit earlier this week when he declared white nationalists are simply “Americans.” Now, doubling down, the former college football coach has announced a white nationalist is simply a “Trump Republican.” Tuberville, already under fire for holding up 184 U.S. Armed Forces promotions or appointments, has been promoting white nationalism …

Sen. Tuberville criticized for remarks on white nationalists: 'I call them Americans'
1 year, 7 months ago

Sen. Tuberville criticized for remarks on white nationalists: 'I call them Americans'

The Independent  

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‘I call them Americans’: GOP senator doesn't see a problem with white nationalists serving in the military
1 year, 7 months ago

‘I call them Americans’: GOP senator doesn't see a problem with white nationalists serving in the military

Raw Story  

A far-right U.S. senator who last year promoted a racist narrative about Black people earlier this week suggested he doesn’t have a problem with white nationalists serving in the military, AL.com reports. Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Monday criticized President Joe Biden’s efforts to remove extremists group members including white nationalists from serving in the military during an appearance on WBHM, …

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