{"id":1974520,"date":"2023-07-16T14:47:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T18:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-lawmaker-blasts-tubervilles-hold-up-on-military-promotions-deeply-irresponsible\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T14:48:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T18:48:33","slug":"democratic-lawmaker-blasts-tubervilles-hold-up-on-military-promotions-deeply-irresponsible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-lawmaker-blasts-tubervilles-hold-up-on-military-promotions-deeply-irresponsible\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat slams Tuberville&#8217;s delay on military promotions as &#8216;reckless&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fdemocratic-lawmaker-blasts-tubervilles-hold-up-on-military-promotions-deeply-irresponsible%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=1974520&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>Rep. Abigail Spanberger \u200cDiscusses Sen. Tuberville&#8217;s Holdup \u200don\u2064 U.S.\u2064 Military<\/h2>\n<p>During a recent discussion, Rep. Abigail\u200c Spanberger \u2064(D-VA) shed light on the \u200ccurrent holdup caused by\u2063 Sen. \u2063Tommy Tuberville\u2062 (R-AL) in the United States military. Spanberger, a\u200d former\u200b CIA\u200b case\u2062 officer, \u200cexpressed her concern over the\u2063 impact of \u2063a single individual&#8217;s\u200c actions on the progression of \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-marco-rubio-introduces-bill-to-end-punishment-of-military-academy-members-over-covid-19-vaccine-refusal\/\" title=\"Sen. Marco Rubio Introduces Bill To End Punishment Of Military Academy Members Over COVID-19 Vaccine Refusal\">military careers<\/a>.\u200c She\u2062 emphasized\u2062 that \u200cforeign countries \u200bare likely\u2064 taking note of \u200bthis situation.<\/p>\n<p>Sen.\u2064 Tuberville&#8217;s blockade \u2064has\u2063 resulted in the \u200dhalt \u2063of promotions\u2064 for hundreds\u200b of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-fun-fraud-fact-all-900-military-ballots-in-fulton-county-georgia-went-to-sleepy-joe-biden-not-a-chance-in-hell\/\" title=\"ANOTHER FUN FRAUD FACT: All 900 Military Ballots in Fulton County, Georgia Went to Sleepy Joe Biden -- NOT A CHANCE IN HELL!\">military members<\/a>, drawing criticism \u2063even from \u2063the White \u200bHouse. Spanberger\u200d appeared on\u2064 MSNBC and urged\u2062 Tuberville\u200d to put an end \u2063to \u200cthis holdup, emphasizing that it\u2064 could\u2062 be \u200dresolved \u2063through\u200c unanimous consent, as \u2064has been\u200c the \u200ctradition.<\/p>\n<h3>Tuberville&#8217;s Grievance and \u2064its \u200bConsequences<\/h3>\n<p>Tuberville&#8217;s \u2063holdup stems\u200c from his\u200b disagreement \u2064with\u2064 a \u200dPentagon policy \u2063implemented \u2062this year.\u2064 The policy grants paid \u200dleave and \u200ctravel expenses\u2063 to female \u200cservice members \u200dstationed\u200c in states or overseas \u2063locations where\u200d abortion \u2062is\u2064 banned, allowing them to obtain abortions \u2062in states where they are\u200d available. Democrats argue \u200dthat\u200d this\u2062 holdup disrupts military readiness \u200band\u2063 negatively impacts the talent within \u2062the armed \u200dforces.<\/p>\n<p>Spanberger called on Republican\u2063 senators to intervene and\u200c urge Tuberville to cease \u200bhis actions.\u200b She expressed concern \u2063over the\u200d politicization of\u200b the military and\u2063 the irresponsible\u2063 impact \u2064it \u200chas on\u2062 readiness.<\/p>\n<h3>Biden and Tuberville\u200d Exchange Jokes<\/h3>\n<p>President Joe Biden joined\u200d the conversation, \u2062jokingly\u2064 stating \u2064that \u2062Tuberville was\u2064 &#8220;a \u200bbetter\u200d coach \u2062than he\u2019s a \u200csenator.&#8221;\u2064 Tuberville, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-lawmaker-blasts-tubervilles-hold-up-on-military-promotions-deeply-irresponsible\/\" title=\"Democrat slams Tuberville's delay on military promotions as 'reckless'.\">previously coached \u2063college \u200dfootball<\/a>, responded\u2062 by\u2063 joking \u200bthat \u2062Biden was\u200b &#8220;a better senator than \u200ca president.&#8221; Tuberville \u200demphasized \u200bthat \u200chis hold is \u200bnot solely about abortion but also about government\u200c overreach and the importance of legislative processes.<\/p>\n<p>It is \u200ccrucial to address this \u200dissue promptly to \u200densure the focus\u200b remains \u2064on national security and the\u200d well-being \u200dof \u2064the \u2064United \u200bStates military.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click \u2062here to \u200dread \u2064more \u200dfrom \u2064The\u2063 Washington\u200c Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) addressed Sen. Tommy Tuberville&#8217;s (R-AL) obstruction of the US military, alleging foreign countries support him. As a former CIA officer, Spanberger believes this showcases how one individual can significantly impact national security, potentially attracting attention from multiple nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1974521,"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-1974520","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\/1974520","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=1974520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1974521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1974520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1974520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}