{"id":2095099,"date":"2023-11-09T12:21:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T17:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-heritage-foundations-military-vets-stand-united-behind-tubervilles-pentagon-abortion-protest\/"},"modified":"2023-11-09T12:24:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T17:24:58","slug":"the-heritage-foundations-military-vets-stand-united-behind-tubervilles-pentagon-abortion-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-heritage-foundations-military-vets-stand-united-behind-tubervilles-pentagon-abortion-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Military veterans support Tuberville&#8217;s Pentagon abortion 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\">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%2Fthe-heritage-foundations-military-vets-stand-united-behind-tubervilles-pentagon-abortion-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=2095099&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>Alabama Senator Tuberville Receives\u2062 Support\u2064 from Military Veterans \u200cin Fight Against Pentagon&#8217;s Abortion\u200b Policy<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n      <!-- Image goes here --><br \/>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>After facing unhinged \u2064attacks\u200c from his \u200dSenate GOP \u2062colleagues, Alabama\u2019s Tommy Tuberville is receiving backup from more U.S. military\u2063 veterans\u2064 who support his ongoing \u2063efforts to stop the Pentagon\u2019s\u200b radical abortion\u2063 policy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Thursday, former service members now working for \u200bThe \u2063Heritage Foundation penned a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/press\/heritages-military-veterans-stand-united-sen-tuberville\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> in support of Tuberville\u2019s ongoing protest of the Defense Department\u2019s use\u2062 of U.S. taxpayer money to fund abortion-related travel for\u2063 Pentagon\u2062 employees.<\/p>\n<p>For the past several months, Tuberville has been using his position on the Senate Armed Services Committee\u2063 to \u200bslow-walk votes on \u2063President \u2064Biden\u2019s military nominees. Rather\u200c than allow the committee to confirm\u200d a large number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-sniping-at-tubervilles-dod-abortion-protest-are-cowardly-fools\/\" title=\"Senate Republicans Sniping At Tuberville\u2019s DOD Abortion Protest Are Cowardly Fools\">military nominations \u2062\u201cen masse<\/a>,\u201d the \u200cAlabama senator\u2019s protest forces the\u200b body\u2063 to vote on each nomination \u200done at a time.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to facing attacks from Senate Democrats \u2014\u2064 who <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/09\/20\/schumers-cave-on-military-nominations-shows-his-attacks-on-tuberville-were-always-political\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">possess<\/a> the power to bring these nominations to the floor for\u200b individual confirmation \u2014 Tuberville has more \u2064recently come under \u200cfire from his \u200cspineless Republican colleagues. Last week, a group of \u200bGOP\u200d senators led by Alaska\u2019s Dan Sullivan had \u200ba <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/11\/01\/gop-senators-betray-tuberville-over-protest-of-pentagons-abortion-extremism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">melodramatic \u200cmeltdown<\/a> on the Senate floor over Tuberville\u2019s protest, \u2063in which they \u2062openly criticized his \u2062stand for\u200d unborn life and regurgitated\u2062 baseless Democrat talking points about harms to \u201cmilitary readiness.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Heritage&#8217;s Military Veterans Stand\u200d United with Tuberville<\/h3>\n<p>In \u200dtheir\u2062 Thursday statement, Heritage\u2019s military veterans professed their unwavering support for Tuberville\u2019s opposition\u200d to the Pentagon\u2019s \u201cillegal and immoral policies,\u201d and noted how the agency\u2019s guidance attempts \u201cto bypass U.S. law \u2064and \u2026\u200c further erode America\u2019s trust in the capability of the U.S. armed\u2062 forces\u200b to fulfill \u2063its \u2064mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American\u2064 people have\u200d indicated time and again that they do not\u2063 approve of \u2062using taxpayer funds to fund and \u200bpromote abortions,\u201d the\u200c statement reads. \u201cIt \u200dis essential those who\u200b take an oath to protect and defend the\u200c Constitution of \u200cthe \u2062United States comply with \u200bour laws. \u200cFailure to do \u200bso undermines public trust and confidence and the chain\u2064 of\u2064 command.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Signatories \u200dof the \u200cstatement \u2062include Heritage\u2019s Robert Greenway, \u2062JV Venable, Dakota Wood, Wilson Beaver, James Jay Carafano, and Steven Bucci.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The aforementioned veterans didn\u2019t just use Thursday\u2019s statement to voice their support for\u2062 Tuberville\u2019s protest. They\u200c also used it to debunk Democrat and establishment Republicans\u2019 unsubstantiated claim that Tuberville\u2019s holds \u201cleave gaps\u201d in military readiness.<\/p>\n<p>As\u2062 noted in the\u2064 statement, the\u200d military \u200cis equipped with enough \u201cfully qualified officers capable of\u2064 fulfilling\u200d the duties of\u2064 any vacant \u200bposition in its ranks.\u201d Moreover, if there ever were a position that\u2064 <em>had<\/em> \u200b to be filled \u200cfor national \u2064security reasons, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/09\/20\/schumers-cave-on-military-nominations-shows-his-attacks-on-tuberville-were-always-political\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senate Majority Chuck Schumer<\/a> \u201ccan, and has, invoked cloture and moved select promotions to the floor for a vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe approval of key service leaders over the\u200c past few months is \u2062proof of this; when it is actually\u2063 important enough\u2064 to have an official in a \u200cspecific job, the Senate finds a\u200c legal, common-sense, and timely remedy. Nothing that Sen. Tuberville is doing prevents this,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>In concluding their remarks, the veterans \u200dhighlighted how ongoing attacks against Alabama\u2019s senior senator are nothing more than \u201c[a]ttempts to misdirect public\u2064 attention from unlawful policies of the Department of Defense, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-heritage-foundations-military-vets-stand-united-behind-tubervilles-pentagon-abortion-protest\/\" title=\"Military veterans support Tuberville's Pentagon abortion protest.\">undermine civil-military relations<\/a> \u2063and erode the foundation of \u200bour armed\u2062 forces \u200bby pursuing a political\u200b agenda at\u2063 the expense of\u2063 its mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSen. Tuberville is taking a principled \u200bstand that strengthens our constitutional democracy, and as veterans we support his \u200bopposition to \u2062these policies \u2062for the sake of our military, the rule of law, and\u2062 the unborn,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s \u2063statement is not the only instance in which Tuberville \u2062has received reinforcements from America\u2019s veterans. In July, more than 5,000 current and former service \u2063members <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/11\/08\/senate-republicans-sniping-at-tubervilles-dod-abortion-protest-are-cowardly-fools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">signed and\u200b sent<\/a> a letter to Schumer \u200band Senate \u200dMinority Leader Mitch McConnell expressing support\u200d for\u2062 Tuberville\u2019s protest.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Shawn Fleetwood is a\u2064 staff writer for \u2062The Federalist\u2062 and a graduate of the University of \u2063Mary Washington. He previously served as a state \u200bcontent writer \u2063for Convention of States\u2063 Action and \u200bhis work has been featured\u2063 in\u2062 numerous outlets, \u2062including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him \u2064on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How \u2063do military veterans support Senator Tuberville&#8217;s protest against the Pentagon&#8217;s abortion \u200cpolicy, and what role do they play in upholding U.S. laws and maintaining the integrity of the armed forces<\/h2>\n<p><span>  &#8220;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noreferrer noopener&#8221;>Senate Democrats have the power to bring those nominations to the floor for individual confirmation despite Tuberville\u2019s holds.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The statement also highlighted the broader issue at hand \u2014 the Defense Department\u2019s use of taxpayer funds to support abortion-related travel for Pentagon employees. This policy, according to the veterans, goes against the will of the American people and undermines trust in the armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville\u2019s protest against\u2063 this\u2062 policy is not just a stand for unborn life, but also a stand for the integrity of the\u2062 military \u200band the adherence to U.S. laws. By using his position on the Senate Armed\u200d Services Committee to slow-walk votes on \u2064military nominees, Tuberville is demanding that \u200deach nominee be\u2063 considered and voted on individually, rather than in a \u200bbatch.<\/p>\n<p>While facing attacks and criticism from both Senate Democrats and establishment Republicans,\u2063 Tuberville continues \u200bto receive support from military\u200d veterans. The statement from Heritage\u2019s military veterans reaffirms their unwavering support for Tuberville\u2019s opposition to \u200bthe\u2064 Pentagon\u2019s abortion policy, \u2062and highlights the need for those in positions of power to comply with U.S. \u200claws \u2062and uphold public trust in the armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>The statement also debunks the\u200b baseless claims that Tuberville\u2019s protest leaves\u200c gaps in military \u200creadiness. \u2064According to the veterans, the \u200cmilitary is fully equipped with qualified officers who can fulfill any vacant position, and if there is a need for immediate filling of a position for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hillbilly-elegy-author-jd-vance-confirms-hes-seriously-considering-senate-run-in-ohio\/\" title=\"\u2018Hillbilly Elegy\u2019 Author JD Vance Confirms He\u2019s Seriously Considering Senate Run In Ohio\">national security reasons<\/a>, Senate Democrats have the\u200d power to do so.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Alabama Senator Tuberville\u2019s \u200bprotest against the\u2062 Pentagon\u2019s abortion policy has garnered support from military veterans who stand united \u2062with \u200chim in opposing the use of \u2062taxpayer funds for abortion-related\u200b travel. This support reaffirms \u2063the importance of upholding U.S. laws and protecting the integrity of the armed forces. Despite facing attacks and criticism, Tuberville remains steadfast in his stand for\u200d unborn life and the principles he believes in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville is gaining support from military veterans in his fight against the Pentagon&#8217;s extreme abortion policy. The Heritage Foundation, comprising former service members, released a statement backing Tuberville&#8217;s ongoing protest against the Defense Department. 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