WEBVTT - Why Tommy Tuberville is "America's dumbest Senator"

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<v Speaker 1>This is Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville, widely regarded as the

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<v Speaker 1>dumbest member of the United States Senate. I don't say

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<v Speaker 1>that lightly. I'm going to prove it in just a

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<v Speaker 1>few seconds when we watch his interview with Kate Lee Collins.

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<v Speaker 1>The man is an imbecile. I don't say that to

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<v Speaker 1>call names. I use the word because it's precise and accurate.

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<v Speaker 1>It describes perfectly what Tommy Tuberville is. That he is

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<v Speaker 1>in the United States Senate, which was once known as

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<v Speaker 1>the greatest deliberative body in the world, is a shame,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's a travesty, and it is an appalling embarrassment

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<v Speaker 1>for the state of Alabama.

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<v Speaker 2>But just to be clear, you agree that white nationalists

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<v Speaker 2>should not be serving in the US military. Is that

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<v Speaker 2>what you're saying?

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<v Speaker 3>If people think that a white nist is a racist,

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<v Speaker 3>I agree with that.

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<v Speaker 2>I agree that a white nationalist is someone who believes

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<v Speaker 2>that the white race is superior to other races.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, that's some people's opinion, and I don't think I

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<v Speaker 3>mean a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>Pardon what's your opinion?

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<v Speaker 3>My opinion of a white nationalist, if somebody wants call

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<v Speaker 3>them white natal to me, is an American. It's an American.

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<v Speaker 3>Now if that white nationalist is a racist, I'm totally

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<v Speaker 3>against anything that they want to do because I am

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<v Speaker 3>one hundred and ten percent against racism. But I want

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<v Speaker 3>somebody that's in our military that's strong, that believes in

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<v Speaker 3>this country, that's an American, that will fight along anybody,

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<v Speaker 3>whether it's a man or woman, black or white, writ

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<v Speaker 3>it doesn't make any difference. And so I'm totally against

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<v Speaker 3>identity politics. I think it's ruining this country. And I

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<v Speaker 3>think that Democrats ought to be ashamed for how they're

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<v Speaker 3>doing this because it's dividing this country and it's making

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<v Speaker 3>this country sweaker every day.

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<v Speaker 1>Deceit of Alabama is a beautiful place. It's often caricatured, though,

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<v Speaker 1>along with Mississippi, as a backwater, a place where ignorance, racism,

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<v Speaker 1>and idiocy formed together in a molten stew of malice,

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<v Speaker 1>particularly racial malice. It's a broad generalization, and like all

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<v Speaker 1>broad generalizations, it's unfair. Most Americans don't know about the

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<v Speaker 1>first Alabama Volunteers. They were from the Hill country of Alabama,

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<v Speaker 1>and they were General Sherman's personal guard during the Civil War.

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<v Speaker 1>Sherman said those men the men who stayed loyal to

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<v Speaker 1>the Union could be trusted beyond all others because they

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<v Speaker 1>had placed their country above their communities, above their families.

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<v Speaker 1>They placed the Union higher than anything else to preserve it,

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<v Speaker 1>to maintain it. It was a stunning active principle. Tommy

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<v Speaker 1>Tuberville is holding up the military promotions of two hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and sixty four senior officers that require Senate confirmation for

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<v Speaker 1>their advancement. These are men and women who have spent

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<v Speaker 1>their entire life in the service of their country. At

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<v Speaker 1>the most they make, maybe if you're the commandant of

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<v Speaker 1>the Marine Corps, a little over two hundred thousand dollars

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<v Speaker 1>a year. These people aren't millionaire football coaches, entitled princelings

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<v Speaker 1>from places like Auburn. They're hard working, their public servants.

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<v Speaker 1>They are our very best. When they are promoted, their

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<v Speaker 1>housing allowances increases. When they are promoted, their income goes up.

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<v Speaker 1>In the end, military families are a big part of

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<v Speaker 1>America's working class families, and by denying promotion, Tommy Tuberville

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<v Speaker 1>is denying an increase in the financial security and livelihoods

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<v Speaker 1>of the people in this country who deserve it the

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<v Speaker 1>very most. More importantly than that, he is upsetting the readiness,

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<v Speaker 1>he is upsetting the command structures of the United States

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<v Speaker 1>military for politics for the first time, because of Tommy Tuberville.

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<v Speaker 1>Since nineteen ten, the United States Marine Corps does not

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<v Speaker 1>have a commandant in place. The last commandant told the

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<v Speaker 1>Congress that the Marine Corps was thirty three percent at

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<v Speaker 1>force in the Pacific and it would be the Marines

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<v Speaker 1>who would be the first into the against the Chinese

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<v Speaker 1>in the Western Pacific. Why is a United States Senator

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<v Speaker 1>who has taken an oath of office to support and

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<v Speaker 1>defend the Constitution of the United States weakening the American military.

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<v Speaker 1>He's doing it because he was offended. He was offended

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<v Speaker 1>by the military trying to cut a cancer out from

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<v Speaker 1>its ranks. And what that cancer is is white supremacy.

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<v Speaker 1>What is white supremacy? It is a doctrine of belief

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<v Speaker 1>that holds white skin is superior to all others. It

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<v Speaker 1>is a doctrine of delusion that holds the white man

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<v Speaker 1>is a superior being and that every other race is subordinated.

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<v Speaker 1>Where does this come from? All of its stems from

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<v Speaker 1>an essay that was written in the eighteen fifties by

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<v Speaker 1>a Frenchman named Arthur de Gobinaal. He coined a phrase

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<v Speaker 1>in that essay which was called the inequality of the Races.

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<v Speaker 1>He was the first person to introduce the term Arrian.

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<v Speaker 1>And when he introduced the term Arian, he introduced that

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<v Speaker 1>as the master race. They were members of a political

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<v Speaker 1>party they called themselves a National Socialists. We know them

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<v Speaker 1>as Nazis. And here in twenty twenty three America, the

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<v Speaker 1>Nazi flag is flying. It's flying when the Patriot Front marches,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's flying in front of this synagogue. It's flying

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<v Speaker 1>because imbeciles like Tommy Tuberville have given moral succor to

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<v Speaker 1>white supremacists, have courted them to be part of their

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<v Speaker 1>political coalition, have apologized for their sick doctrine what Tommy

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<v Speaker 1>Tuberville stands for, or the doctrines of Jim Crow, the

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<v Speaker 1>doctrines of segregation, the doctrines that hold one race is

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<v Speaker 1>superior to another. And Bob Marley was right when he

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<v Speaker 1>quoted in his song from HeLa Selassie. And until that

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<v Speaker 1>is no longer the case, than everywhere there is war.

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<v Speaker 1>The great challenge of this era in America's history is

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<v Speaker 1>for this generation to deal finally with America's permanent sin,

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<v Speaker 1>and to advance the proposition for this generation and the

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<v Speaker 1>next that all men and women are created equal, endowed

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<v Speaker 1>by Creator, with inalienable rights, life, liberty, and the pursuit

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<v Speaker 1>of happiness, that we embrace the vision of doctor King,

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<v Speaker 1>who saw a day when men and women would be

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<v Speaker 1>judged by the content of their character. Tommy Tuberville is

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<v Speaker 1>a man of astoundingly low character. He is a divider.

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<v Speaker 1>He is unprepared for his important duties. He is risking

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<v Speaker 1>the national security of the United States, and he's doing

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<v Speaker 1>it for reasons of racial Animis is it possible that

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<v Speaker 1>this man, who is being interviewed by Caitlin Collins truly

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't understand what he's saying. Is it possible that his

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<v Speaker 1>IQ measures under eighty what is wrong with him and

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<v Speaker 1>what is wrong with his Republican Senate colleagues. The day

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<v Speaker 1>would tolerate this. The Republican Party that I was once

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<v Speaker 1>part of took this nation's national security seriously. This generation

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<v Speaker 1>of MAGA Republicans treats it like a joke. And the

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<v Speaker 1>result of that is, one day, I promise you, it

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<v Speaker 1>will get some of our very best young men and

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<v Speaker 1>women killed, and then those politicians will be standing there

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<v Speaker 1>with crocodile tears, headbowd watching the American flags folded up

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<v Speaker 1>over the caskets, and then they'll make a platitude. It

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<v Speaker 1>is appalling, disgraceful, disgusting. What Tommy Turberville is doing isn't

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<v Speaker 1>just idiocy. It's not just scandalous, though it is. It

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<v Speaker 1>is an assault on an idea. What Tommy Tarbarville is

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<v Speaker 1>saying is that racial pride is okay, that to believe

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<v Speaker 1>that white is better, that it signifies something about your character,

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<v Speaker 1>your intelligence, a superiority. It's not an opinion. It's a sickness.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a cancer, and that cancer killed over one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>million people by the middle of the last century. Alabama

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<v Speaker 1>has a long history, and within that history are scores

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<v Speaker 1>of people who stood up and fought for justice, who

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<v Speaker 1>would not stand by as black people were terrorized. They

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<v Speaker 1>fought hard and for a long time to create a

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<v Speaker 1>more just society. Tommy Tarberville would not have been with

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<v Speaker 1>those people. He would have been with Bull Connor. He

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<v Speaker 1>would have been standing on the side of the Edmond

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<v Speaker 1>Pettus Bridge with a club in his hands. He would

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<v Speaker 1>have gleefully detonated the bridge to isolate the quilters of

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<v Speaker 1>Jee's bed. Tommy Tarberville serving in the United States Senate

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<v Speaker 1>is a sign of a national rock, a national decay.

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<v Speaker 1>What it says is that the people of Alabama are

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<v Speaker 1>apathetic and they're indifferent to intelligence, to rigor, to intellect,

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<v Speaker 1>heredy in honor. Why why would they want Tommy Turberville,

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<v Speaker 1>white supremacist, white nationalists, excuse her of, to be their

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<v Speaker 1>United States Senator. This country is in trouble because we

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<v Speaker 1>are led across the media, many of our businesses, and

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<v Speaker 1>our politics by some of the worst and lowest people

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<v Speaker 1>in this country. And until we figure out how to

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<v Speaker 1>fix that, our security will be threatened. Every American should

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<v Speaker 1>be our age that Tommy Tarberville, a millionaire football coach

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<v Speaker 1>who celebrates white nationalism, is holding up the promotions of

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred sixty nine military officers who are need in

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<v Speaker 1>the chain of command to lead American forces and prepare

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<v Speaker 1>them to go into harm's way. It is the most

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<v Speaker 1>deadly and the most serious business in this country, the

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<v Speaker 1>profession of arms. What a disgrace Tommy Tuberville is. Give

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<v Speaker 1>his office a call and let him know what you

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<v Speaker 1>think of them, what you think of him denying the

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<v Speaker 1>Marine Corps their commandant, what you think of him denying

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred and sixty nine men and women. They're earned promotions,

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<v Speaker 1>and what you think of him praising the Way Nationalists

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<v Speaker 1>as just another group celebrating some ethnic pride. Appalling doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>begin to describe it.