{"id":1975192,"date":"2023-07-17T14:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T18:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-have-a-choice-back-tuberville-or-fail-a-majority-of-americans-on-abortion-again\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T14:13:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T18:13:43","slug":"senate-republicans-have-a-choice-back-tuberville-or-fail-a-majority-of-americans-on-abortion-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-have-a-choice-back-tuberville-or-fail-a-majority-of-americans-on-abortion-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Republicans must decide: support Tuberville or disappoint the majority of Americans on abortion once more."},"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\">32<\/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%2Fsenate-republicans-have-a-choice-back-tuberville-or-fail-a-majority-of-americans-on-abortion-again%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=1975192&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--><div class=\"article-content\"> \u200d\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>If\u200d Senate\u200b Republicans \u200dare \u2063truly \u2062the pro-life \u2064champions <a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/www.republicanleader.senate.gov\/newsroom\/research\/democrats-abortion-extremism-puts-them-outside-the-mainstream\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">they \u200bclaim\u200b to\u200b be<\/a>,\u2062 they have no choice \u200dbut\u2063 to\u200d back \u200bSen.\u2062 Tommy Tuberville \u2062as\u200b he fends\u2062 off \u200dthe\u2062 Biden administration\u2019s abortion \u2063extremism. <\/p>\n<p> \u200c \u2064 \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>So far,\u2063 they are failing at \u200dtheir task.\u200d Senate \u2062Minority\u200b Leader \u2063Mitch McConnell\u200d and \u200dSenate \u200bMinority\u2062 Whip \u200cJohn \u200dThune \u200chave <a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/12\/mcconnell-thune-join-bad-faith-dogpile-on-tuberville-for-fighting-militarys-taxpayer-funded-abortion-racket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\u200b noopener\">gone\u200b after<\/a> \u200cTuberville \u200cfor \u200dhis recent \u200dcomments \u2062and\u2063 decision\u2064 to stonewall\u200b certain high-profile\u2063 promotions \u200duntil the \u200dBiden administration\u200b stops subsidizing\u2062 service \u2062members\u2019\u200b abortions \u2062with taxpayer\u2062 dollars. \u200cMeanwhile,\u200c their\u2064 ally Sen. Lisa Murkowski\u2064 of \u2064Alaska and\u200c a few\u200b other <a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/4098609-gop-senators-rattled-by-radical-conservative-populism\/\" \u2062target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer \u2062noopener\">unnamed senators<\/a> joined the dogpile\u2063 on the \u201cradical\u2063 conservative \u2063populism\u201d\u200b that pro-life\u200d legislators \u2062like \u200bTuberville\u200d apparently\u200c tout.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long \u200bd-flex \u200bjustify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left:\u2063 auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-542102475\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" \u200cclass=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-78afab0abf6c93e6d4ab4a0944c196cc\u200d fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-78afab0abf6c93e6d4ab4a0944c196cc\"><\/div>\n<p> \u200b  \u2064\u2062 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m concerned. \u200bI\u2062 think that they\u2063 are allowing for\u2064 an exposure of vulnerability from\u2063 a\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-director-of-national-intelligence-joe-biden-is-greatest-national-security-threat-we-face\/\" title=\"Former Director Of National Intelligence: Joe Biden Is \u2018Greatest National Security Threat\u2019 We Face\">national security perspective<\/a>\u2062 and \u200dwish he would figure out \u200canother\u2063 way to make his point,\u201d \u200bMurkowski\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/tuberville-stumbles-pentagon-abortion-fight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer \u200cnoopener\">told<\/a> the\u00a0Washington\u2063 Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b  \u2062\u200b  <\/p>\n<p>The only\u200b other \u2063way \u200bto \u2064\u201cmake \u2062his\u2063 point\u201d would \u2062be if \u2062GOP \u200cleadership\u200b in\u200d the\u200d Senate find a\u200b way\u200b to bypass \u200cthe Democrat majority \u200cto pass the National \u200bDefense\u200b Authorization Act \u2063with a\u200b ban on the taxpayer-funded \u2062abortion Secretary\u2064 of Defense Lloyd Austin has pledged\u200d to\u200b continue\u2063 offering to service \u200dmembers\u200c and their families. <\/p>\n<p> \u200b \u200b  <\/p>\n<p>Passing \u200bthe NDAA\u200d with \u2062an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-governor-signs-bills-protecting-womens-sports-preventing-minors-from-gender-reassignment\/\" title=\"Arizona Governor Signs Bills Protecting Women\u2019s Sports, Preventing Minors From Gender Reassignment\">abortion prohibition<\/a> \u200bis\u200c not \u200ban \u200cimpossible feat\u200d considering President\u2062 Joe \u2062Biden, Democrats, \u2063and\u2062 Republicans \u2062all\u200c seem\u2063 keen on\u2062 keeping \u200dour\u200b <a\u2064 href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/11\/how-years-of-decay-and-neglect-crippled-americas-navy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">struggling<\/a> military\u2062 funded.\u2062 But it is a difficult \u200dtask because\u2063 \u2014\u200c Democrats\u2019 slim \u200bmajority\u2062 in\u200c the \u2064Senate \u200caside \u2014\u2064 it\u2063 requires convincing \u2063establishment Republicans <a\u200b href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/11\/17\/senate-republicans-keep-showing-us-why-they-never-deserved-a-majority\/\"\u200c target=\"_blank\"\u200c rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">who\u200c openly hate their voters<\/a> \u2064to\u2062 <a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/14\/associated-press-poll-is-corporate-medias-latest-language-twisting-exercise-in-advancing-abortion-extremism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">comply with their\u2062 constituents\u2019\u2063 wishes<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>   \u2063 \u2063<\/p>\n<h2 \u2064class=\"wp-block-heading\">Partisan Plotting<\/h2>\n<p>Despite \u200b<a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/14\/biden-regime-corporate-media-blame-the-military-abortion-fight-they-started-on-republicans\/\" \u2062target=\"_blank\" \u200crel=\"noreferrer \u200dnoopener\">severe \u200bpushback<\/a> from\u200d the Biden\u2062 administration \u200cand\u2064 corporate media, the\u2062 NDAA passed the\u2063 Republican-led \u200dHouse \u200blast week\u200b equipped \u2063with amendments that\u200c prohibit \u2063Americans\u2019\u2064 hard-earned dollars\u2063 from funding\u200b abortions\u2064 and irreversible \u200cmutilative surgeries \u2062for gender\u200b dysphoric individuals in\u2063 the\u2063 military.  <\/p>\n<div \u2064class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-7679cb6b8082da4f1118a3d2511541e4 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-7679cb6b8082da4f1118a3d2511541e4\"><\/div>\n<p>Under normal circumstances,\u200d the universal urgency\u200d about \u200dpassing \u2064such key \u200clegislation \u200dmeans\u2064 Senate \u200cRepublicans\u2064 have the leverage \u2062to\u200c demand\u2062 a vote on \u200cthe \u200dHouse GOP\u2019s\u2063 key abortion\u200b amendment and appease\u200d the <a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/www.kofc.org\/en\/resources\/communications\/polls\/majority-americans-still-support-abortion-limits.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\u200d noopener\">majority<\/a>\u00a0of \u2064Americans \u200bwho \u200doppose\u2062 using taxpayer\u200c dollars\u2062 to \u2063end\u200d life in\u200b the \u2064womb.\u200c <\/p>\n<p>\u2062    \u2062<\/p>\n<p>None \u2062of the staunch military-industrial complex \u2063supporters\u2064 in Senate GOP \u2064leadership seem \u200binterested in\u2064 defending\u2063 their colleague Tuberville from \u2062<a \u2064href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/14\/leftists-are-lying-to-you-about-tommy-tuberville-and-white-nationalists\/\"\u2062 target=\"_blank\"\u2063 rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">false \u2062narratives<\/a>,\u2063 much\u200b less interested in \u2063courting \u2062the votes\u2062 of \u200bany Democrat\u2064 senators\u2063 who\u200b might\u200d be \u2063willing \u200dto sacrifice the\u200c regime\u2019s abortion agenda \u2064to fund the military. \u2064Yet, \u200deven if\u2064 Senate Republicans do\u2064 get \u200ca vote\u200d on the \u2063amendment,\u2062 it\u200c won\u2019t be\u200c enough to \u2062end \u2062the\u2062 DOD\u2019s \u200billegal abortion \u2062scheme. \u200b<\/p>\n<p>\u200b  \u200b  \u200d<\/p>\n<p>The congressional veterans \u2064on the right\u2064 side of \u2063the aisle\u2063 may vote in favor \u200bof \u200bending the\u2062 Biden regime\u2019s taxpayer-funded\u2063 abortion \u2062project,\u200c but\u200b they\u200b know that without any extra shoving, an amendment\u200d like\u200c the one that passed\u200b the House was doomed to die in the \u2064Senate from\u2063 the start. <\/p>\n<p> \u2063  \u200d <\/p>\n<p>In\u200c a \u200bway,\u200d this is \u2063a\u2062 victory for\u200d establishment Republicans who will\u200c likely win good scores \u2064from \u2064pro-life \u200borganizations but don\u2019t have to suffer the \u2063political \u200cconsequences \u2064of \u2062risking\u2063 their\u2062 relationships\u200b with Democrats, \u2064the \u2062Biden\u200c administration,\u2064 or top brass. \u200c<\/p>\n<div\u2064 class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1b575ae81b1adccd11e443d71fadab87\u2064 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\"\u200b id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1b575ae81b1adccd11e443d71fadab87\"><\/div>\n<p>  \u200b \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>But it wouldn\u2019t \u200bbe a victory for \u2064their \u2064voters and the\u2063 majority \u200bof the \u2064American \u200cpeople.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063  \u200b <h2\u2064 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Ultimatum<\/h2>\n<p>\u200b \u2062 \u200c \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>There\u2064 is \u2064only\u200b one path Republicans \u2063can take \u2063to appease the millions of voters \u200cwho\u2064 say \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lone-gop-rep-threatens-foundational-piece-of-bidens-agenda-and-hes-not-budging\/\" title=\"GOP Rep. Refuses to Support Key Part of Biden's Agenda\">taxpayer-funded \u200babortion<\/a> is\u2064 illegal and unwanted in \u200cthis\u200c country, and that\u2063 is supporting\u200c Tuberville\u2019s stonewalling \u2063until the administration \u2062complies. <\/p>\n<p> \u2063\u2062  \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>GOP senators\u2063 have access to the procedural tools\u2063 they \u2062need to\u200d force the\u200b DOD\u2019s \u2063hand\u200d on this issue, \u2062as evidenced by Tuberville\u2019s nearly\u200c half-a-year hold on \u2064what \u2063could \u200cend\u200b up being\u200c hundreds \u200dof \u2063military\u2063 promotions.\u2062 <\/p>\n<p> \u2062   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere\u200d are \u200dthe rest of \u2064the \u200dsenators \u200bin \u200bcalling out the \u2063administration as\u2063 it\u200b attempts to \u2064force\u200c taxpayers\u200c to pay for abortions for \u2064military\u200b members?\u201d CEO and \u200dPresident \u200dof \u2062Concerned \u200cWomen\u2063 for America\u00a0Penny Nance\u2062 <a\u2064 href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/congress-blog\/4098741-in-defense-of-tommy-tubervilles-hold-over-pentagon-abortion-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\u200b noopener\">wrote for The Hill<\/a>. \u201cInstead of \u2064blocking\u200d and\u2063 tackling for\u200d coach \u2063[Tuberville]\u2062 while \u2063he\u2019s being\u200b pummeled by the left, \u200chis fellow \u200bRepublicans \u2062are\u200c not\u2063 even\u200b on \u200cthe field; \u2064some even\u200b seem\u200c to\u2064 be playing \u2063for \u200cthe\u200b opposing\u200c team.\u00a0They should \u200dtake a \u200cpage from\u2063 coach\u2019s playbook and \u2064muster up the\u2063 courage \u200dto challenge \u200dBiden\u2019s\u200b lawlessness\u2063 on abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, \u2063instead of calling out the \u2064Biden administration\u2019s lawlessness, some Republican\u2064 senators <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewDesiderio\/status\/1648718913151090692?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">opposed<\/a>\u00a0a resolution authored by Tuberville that would stop the \u2063Biden\u200d administration\u2019s Department \u200cof \u200dVeterans Affairs from \u200chanding\u2063 out abortions.\u2064 They have\u200c also <a \u200bhref=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/republican-senators-opposing-lindsey-graham-15-week-abortion-ban-1744177\" target=\"_blank\"\u2064 rel=\"noreferrer\u2064 noopener\">repeatedly\u2062 failed<\/a> to support\u200d key \u2063pro-life \u200blegislation\u2062 that would \u2062have finally brought\u200d the\u200b U.S. up to \u200dspeed with the type \u200cof restrictions\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/13\/make-democrats-defend-their-abortion-extremism\/\"\u200d target=\"_blank\"\u200c rel=\"noreferrer\u200b noopener\">other \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-have-a-choice-back-tuberville-or-fail-a-majority-of-americans-on-abortion-again\/\" title=\"Senate Republicans must decide: support Tuberville or disappoint the majority of Americans on abortion once more.\">civilized \u2062countries enacted years\u2064 ago<\/a><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u200d \u200d  \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s \u200bno \u2062doubt that the\u200b Biden administration\u2019s recent\u200d actions when\u2062 it comes to\u2064 the military\u2062 are horrific,\u200b unpopular, and exacerbating\u2064 the\u2064 nation\u2019s\u200b recruitment \u2063and \u2063readiness crisis. As Sen. Mike\u2063 Lee \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BasedMikeLee\/status\/1680772562748579841?s=20\" \u2063target=\"_blank\" \u200crel=\"noreferrer\u2063 noopener\">explained<\/a> \u200bin \u200da Twitter \u200bthread\u2064 over the weekend,\u2062 Biden\u2019s\u200d DOD \u200cis more willing\u2064 to \u200bpay\u200c to end\u200d life \u200bin\u2062 the womb \u2064than to\u200c subsidize bereavement for \u2063service \u200bmembers or continue\u2062 writing \u200bpaychecks \u200cto the \u2064families\u200c of\u2062 service \u200bmembers imprisoned\u2063 overseas.<\/p>\n<p>\u2064  \u2062  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p> \u200d\u200b \u200b  \u2063<\/p>\n<p>Senate \u2062Republicans\u2019 actions, \u200cor \u200binaction,\u200b when\u2062 it \u2064comes to pushing\u200b back against\u200d the\u2063 DOD\u2019s abortion agenda\u200d are even \u2062more\u2064 egregious \u200bbecause they deny the \u200coverwhelming \u2064majority of\u2063 voters who oppose\u2063 taxpayer-funded \u2063abortion \u200ca \u2062chance \u200bto \u200chold\u2062 the\u200b Biden\u2064 regime accountable \u200bfor \u200bits extralegal abortion promotion.<\/p>\n<div\u2062 class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-73b99718b5ee1dc75510ef3b7ebb924e fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" \u2063id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-73b99718b5ee1dc75510ef3b7ebb924e\"><\/div>\n<p>\u2063 \t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<hr \u2063class=\"wp-block-separator\">\u200c  \u200b\u200b \u2062 \t\t\t\t\t  \u200b \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If Senate Republicans truly champion pro-life values, they must support Sen. Tommy Tuberville against the Biden administration&#8217;s extreme abortion stance. However, they are currently failing in this regard. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Whip John Thune have criticized Tuberville for his actions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":1975193,"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":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1975192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"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\/1975192","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\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1975193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}