{"id":1969960,"date":"2023-07-11T17:00:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T21:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-denounces-white-supremacy-in-wake-of-tuberville-comments\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T17:01:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T21:01:17","slug":"mitch-mcconnell-denounces-white-supremacy-in-wake-of-tuberville-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-denounces-white-supremacy-in-wake-of-tuberville-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell condemns white supremacy after Tuberville&#8217;s remarks."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmitch-mcconnell-denounces-white-supremacy-in-wake-of-tuberville-comments%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1969960&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Senate Minority Leader McConnell Condemns White Supremacy<\/h2>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) took a stand against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-group-launches-legislative-blitz-on-biden-china-policies\/\" title=\"GOP group launches legislative blitz on Biden-China policies\">white nationalism<\/a>, addressing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-comes-out-swinging-for-fired-disney-star-gina-carano\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz Comes Out Swinging For Fired Disney Star Gina Carano\">controversy sparked<\/a> by Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL). In a press conference, McConnell firmly stated that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attack-ad-from-left-wing-activists-allowed-to-trend-on-twitter-inciting-violence-against-conservatives-the-liberty-loft\/\" title=\"Attack Ad From Left-Wing Activists Allowed to Trend On Twitter Inciting Violence Against Conservatives\">white supremacy<\/a> is &#8220;simply unacceptable&#8221; both in the military and throughout our entire country.<\/p>\n<h3>Tuberville&#8217;s Controversial Comments<\/h3>\n<p>Tuberville caused a stir with his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-cori-bush-rushes-to-defense-of-very-violent-criminals-rioting-attacking-guard-in-jail\/\" title=\"Democrat Cori Bush Rushes To Defense Of \u2018Very Violent\u2019 Criminals Rioting, Attacking Guard In Jail\">recent remarks<\/a>, claiming to reject racism but expressing his opposition to Democrats labeling white nationalists as racist. He even went as far as considering white nationalists serving in the military as &#8220;Americans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines white nationalists as &#8220;one of a group of militant white people who espouse white supremacy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-denounces-white-supremacy-in-wake-of-tuberville-comments\/\" title=\"McConnell condemns white supremacy after Tuberville's remarks.\">advocate enforced racial segregation<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville argued that the definition of white nationalism is subjective, dismissing it as &#8220;some people&#8217;s opinion.&#8221; He accused Democrats of using the term to promote &#8220;identity politics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<h2>Schumer Criticizes Tuberville&#8217;s Remarks<\/h2>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) took to the Senate floor to admonish Tuberville for his comments. Schumer expressed concern over Tuberville&#8217;s attempt to downplay the racist nature of white nationalism, warning that it is &#8220;very, very dangerous&#8221; and only fuels bigotry and intolerance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) addressed Sen. Tommy Tuberville&#8217;s (R-AL) remarks on white nationalism, firmly denouncing white supremacy as &#8220;unacceptable.&#8221; McConnell emphasized that such ideology has no place in the military or the entire nation. His comments came in response to Tuberville&#8217;s recent controversial statements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1969961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1969960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1969960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1969961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1969960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1969960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1969960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}