{"id":1994178,"date":"2023-08-08T11:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T15:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-knocks-tuberville-for-blockade-on-military-promotions\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T11:46:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T15:46:11","slug":"nikki-haley-knocks-tuberville-for-blockade-on-military-promotions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-knocks-tuberville-for-blockade-on-military-promotions\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikki Haley criticizes Tuberville&#8217;s military promotions blockade."},"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%2Fnikki-haley-knocks-tuberville-for-blockade-on-military-promotions%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=1994178&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>Republican Presidential Candidate Nikki Haley Criticizes Senator Tuberville&#8217;s Blockade on Military Promotions<\/h2>\n<p>Republican presidential candidate and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley chided Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) on Tuesday for his blockade\u2063 on military \u200cpromotions in \u2064protest of the Department of Defense&#8217;s abortion policy.<\/p>\n<p>Haley, whose husband is currently deployed, agreed with \u2063Tuberville&#8217;s opposition to the\u2063 Pentagon paying for the travel expenses of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-marine-corps-commanders-using-form-letter-to-deny-religious-exemptions\/\" title=\"Exclusive: Marine Corps Commanders Using Form Letter to Deny Religious Exemptions\">service members seeking<\/a> an abortion. \u200bBut\u200c she questioned whether there might be other ways for \u2063the Alabama senator to make his \u200ddisapproval known.<\/p>\n<h3>Debate Can Make or Break \u200dCandidates<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;I \u2064mean, you look at the fact that the Department of Defense\u200b shouldn\u2019t be doing \u200cthis in the \u200cfirst place. But there\u2019s got to be other \u2064ways to go about doing this,&#8221; Haley told Hugh Hewitt on his radio show. &#8220;I appreciate what Tuberville\u2019s trying to do. I do. Like, it\u2019s totally wrong that the Department of Defense \u2062is doing this. But have we gotten so low that this is how we have to \u200dgo about stopping it?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite pressure from \u2062Defense Secretary \u2064Lloyd Austin, Tuberville has \u200dstuck with his monthslong blockade, which has prevented the \u2064promotions of more than 300 senior military\u2063 officers, including \u2063two nominees for the Joint Chiefs \u200dof Staff. Haley argued the\u2064 feud between Tuberville and \u200dthe Pentagon is only leading more people and\u200b military families \u200dto feel as if they&#8217;re being abandoned and not treated with respect.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For my husband who\u2019s serving overseas, and for all\u200b those military men and women, the idea that this is what they\u2019re\u2062 looking back and seeing, and this is what they are dealing with on top of the stresses of keeping themselves safe and being away from their families, it\u2019s wrong,&#8221; Haley said.<\/p>\n<p>Another 2024 rival, Gov. \u200cRon DeSantis (R-FL), has supported Tuberville&#8217;s actions in recent days, arguing \u2063that \u2062the Pentagon policy violates the law. &#8220;They are basically being told by the Biden administration to\u2064 do this. This is not consistent \u2062with long-standing U.S. law. \u2062And I think \u200dit plays\u2063 into a larger problem that we have seen in\u200b the military. You have a lot of civilians forcing them to engage in political and culture issues that are detracting from mission. This is one of them,&#8221; DeSantis said \u2062on Fox News&#8217;s Special Report earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Haley, a former U.S. ambassador \u200cto the United Nations, also claimed that President Joe Biden was leading the U.S.\u2064 into war with China, which,\u200d in conjunction\u200d with Russia, sent \u206411 military ships near the Aleutian \u200cIslands last week. &#8220;I think that we should make sure that\u200c we\u2019re\u200d not\u2062 in a conflict with China. And I think that President Biden\u2019s doing everything he can to make sure that we walk into it,&#8221; she said. &#8220;You don\u2019t run scared from China. You have to be\u200c strong. You have to make sure they know \u2064what we\u2019re focused on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Haley \u200chas often criticized China&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-proposes-more-investment-in-indo-pacific-to-counter-china-threat\/\" title=\"Biden Proposes More Investment in Indo-Pacific to Counter China Threat\">growing global influence<\/a> as she runs\u200c for president and cautioned that America must &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-knocks-tuberville-for-blockade-on-military-promotions\/\" title=\"Nikki Haley criticizes Tuberville's military promotions blockade.\">quit playing\u200d nice<\/a> with them&#8221; while\u2062 speaking with Hewitt.\u2063 Last month, Haley \u200dcalled China an &#8220;enemy&#8221; of the U.S. and warned that the nation must bolster its military equipment to ward off China on Tuesday. &#8220;Right now, they\u2019re just not scared of us. And neither are Russia or Iran,&#8221; she later said.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 candidate \u200calso reiterated\u2063 her\u2064 reluctance to comment on \u2062former President Donald Trump&#8217;s latest indictment related to his efforts to overturn the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/katie-couric-trump-supporters-need-to-be-deprogrammed-video\/\" title=\"Katie Couric: Trump Supporters Need to Be \u201cDeprogrammed\u201d (VIDEO)\">2020 presidential election results<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have said with this last \u200cindictment that came down,\u2062 I\u2019m tired \u2063of commenting\u2062 on every Trump drama,&#8221; Haley said, before adding\u2063 that the GOP debate \u2064later this month \u2062should focus on other issues. &#8220;But I think we need to be focusing on how we\u2019re going to stop China. I think\u2064 we need to be focusing on how we\u2019re \u2064going to close our border. I think \u200bwe need to talk about how we\u2019re\u2062 going to reverse Bidenomics and the fact that people are still feeling inflation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She did say Trump&#8217;s latest indictment should not be held in Washington, D.C., when Hewitt asked. Trump&#8217;s lawyers have attempted to move the \u2062trial to West Virginia, \u2064claiming the former president won&#8217;t receive a\u200b fair trial in the nation&#8217;s capital.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A Republican can\u2019t get a fair trial in D.C.,\u2062 and I\u2019ve long said that Jan. \u200c6 was a terrible day,&#8221; Haley said, &#8220;but Trump did not attack the Capitol.\u200b It\u2019s not a crime for him to\u2063 say that he thinks the election\u2062 was stolen. I\u2063 mean, \u200dI just don\u2019t think you should \u2063prosecute him for that, but I don\u2019t think anybody feels like you\u2064 can \u200dget a fair case for a Republican in D.C. \u2063or New York. So yeah, I think that changing venues would be totally warranted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley criticized Sen. Tommy Tuberville for blocking military promotions due to the Department of Defense&#8217;s abortion policy. 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