{"id":1978091,"date":"2023-07-19T23:33:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T03:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tuberville-stands-firm-after-renewed-effort-from-democrats-to-overturn-pentagon-protest\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T23:34:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T03:34:16","slug":"tuberville-stands-firm-after-renewed-effort-from-democrats-to-overturn-pentagon-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tuberville-stands-firm-after-renewed-effort-from-democrats-to-overturn-pentagon-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuberville remains resolute amidst Democrats&#8217; renewed push to reverse Pentagon protest."},"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\">22<\/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%2Ftuberville-stands-firm-after-renewed-effort-from-democrats-to-overturn-pentagon-protest%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=1978091&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>Sen.\u200d Tommy Tuberville Stands \u200cFirm \u200bAgainst \u2064Senate Democrats<\/h2>\n<p>Sen. Tommy Tuberville\u2062 (R-AL) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ghana-is-first-country-to-receive-vaccines-through-global-covax-program\/\" title=\"Ghana Is First Country To Receive Vaccines Through Global COVAX Program\">remains resolute<\/a> \u200cin his\u2064 protest \u2062against\u200d the appointment and promotion\u200d of \u2063military \u200cofficers,\u200b despite\u200c yet another effort by Senate Democrats to overturn it.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Sen. Michael Bennet \u200c(D-CO)\u2063 made his seventh attempt to convince Tuberville to lift \u2063his protest by\u200b calling for\u200d a \u2063vote by unanimous consent. However, the Alabama Republican \u200dfirmly voiced his objection, resulting in \u2064Bennet&#8217;s unsuccessful endeavor.<\/p>\n<h3>Biden Takes New Action on \u2064Junk\u2063 Fees, Food Prices, and \u2064Corporate Mergers<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;For 230 \u2064years, nobody\u2063 in this chamber\u200c has \u200cdone what the \u2063senator\u2064 from Alabama \u2062is \u200ddoing; put a hold\u200d on the military promotions that people\u2062 in uniform, \u200bthe flag officers of our \u200cDepartment of Defense, that \u200bordinarily \u2064come through\u200c here \u200cin a customary way \u2063to get approved by the \u2064Senate, for obvious \u200breasons,\u2064 because\u2063 we need\u2062 them, \u2064they&#8217;re here there for our \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-got-it-newsmax-reporter-emerald-robinson-national-security-source-confirms-a-piece-of-hardware-has-been-secured-in-germany\/\" title=\"We Got It! - Newsmax Reporter Emerald Robinson: National Security Source Confirms \"A Piece of Hardware Has Been Secured\" in Germany\">national security<\/a>, \u200cthey have sacrificed \u2064their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-one-photo-explains-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-democratic-party\/\" title=\"This One Photo Explains Everything You Need To Know About the Democratic Party\">entire adult lives<\/a>,&#8221; Bennet passionately expressed.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b Democratic senator then shifted\u200d the argument to \u200dfocus on abortion,\u2062 deviating from \u200bhis \u2063colleagues \u2062who have \u200cemphasized \u200bnational\u200c security. He\u200b continued, &#8220;What \u200bI \u2064would \u2062ask\u200b you\u2064 to consider, please, is what \u2063Senator \u200dTuberville \u200bwill win if he\u2064 wins? What will \u200cSenator \u2062Tuberville win if he wins? \u200dHe\u200c will assure that women are going\u2063 to be treated worse than men in the Department \u2063of \u2063Defense. He\u200d will assure that women will\u2064 be treated differently, unequally, and\u200d unfairly because, unlike anyone else who needs a medical\u2064 procedure, they \u200bwill have to \u200cpay \u2062for their \u2064own travel. I \u2063think it&#8217;s really important\u200b for the American people to understand what&#8217;s at \u2062stake \u200dhere.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This \u200bis not\u2064 a\u2063 game when \u2064all you&#8217;re\u2062 talking about is whether\u2063 we&#8217;re gonna \u200bhave a country that\u200d discriminates against people,&#8221;\u2064 Bennet \u200dadded. \u200c&#8221;Or \u200bwhether\u2064 people are going \u200dto be treated equally.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite Bennet&#8217;s appeal, \u200bTuberville\u200b remained unmoved, highlighting progress in his protest by pointing \u2063out the House&#8217;s inclusion of a ban on funding\u200c for abortion in the National\u200d Defense Authorization Act.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Senator Bennet, President Biden, and Secretary\u200c Austin need to \u200crealize this: I \u2062am not alone. Our \u2063team is\u2063 building \u200dand\u200d growing,&#8221; Tuberville asserted.<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville also mentioned\u200d his cordial but\u200b brief conversations with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, stating that\u200b the \u2062Pentagon has shown no \u2064willingness to compromise, leaving \u2064him with the impression that \u200cit&#8217;s\u2064 &#8220;their way or the highway.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As President Joe\u2063 Biden&#8217;s\u200d focus on the \u200cissue \u2062draws more\u200d attention, \u2063an \u200cincreasing\u200c number of\u2064 congressional Republicans have rallied behind\u200b Tuberville, with \u2064at least \u200b14 senators explicitly \u200bexpressing their support. \u2063On Wednesday, several members of the \u2062House Freedom Caucus sat behind \u2062Tuberville to show\u2063 solidarity.<\/p>\n<p>However, not all Republicans are \u2062in \u200dagreement with \u2063Tuberville. Senate Minority\u200b Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)\u2062 has urged\u200d the\u2062 Alabama Republican \u2062to end his protest.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cDepartment \u200dof\u2063 Defense\u200c held a briefing \u200dwith lawmakers, \u200dincluding Tuberville,\u2062 on Wednesday morning.\u200d During the briefing, the \u2062department expressed\u200b its displeasure\u2064 with \u200bthe \u2064protest\u2064 and warned of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tuberville-stands-firm-after-renewed-effort-from-democrats-to-overturn-pentagon-protest\/\" title=\"Tuberville remains resolute amidst Democrats' renewed push to reverse Pentagon protest.\">potential adverse national security effects<\/a>.\u2064 This briefing marked \u200bthe \u2063first since \u200cTuberville initiated his protest several months\u2063 ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK \u2064HERE\u2063 TO READ\u200c MORE FROM\u200c THE \u200cWASHINGTON \u2064EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) remains resolute as Senate Democrats persist in their attempts to overturn his protest against the appointment and promotion of military officers. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) made a seventh unsuccessful effort on Wednesday, calling for a vote by unanimous consent. Tuberville&#8217;s stance remains unchanged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1978092,"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-1978091","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\/1978091","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=1978091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1978092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1978091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1978091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1978091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}