POS Senator finally stops trying to destroy the military (mostly)

[IGotWorms 4,062]

Senator Tommy Tuberville, Republican of Alabama, on Tuesday lifted his blockade of nearly all the military promotions he had delayed for almost a year in protest of a Pentagon policy ensuring abortion access for service members, saying he would continue to hold up only the most senior generals.

Hours after Mr. Tuberville said he would allow the promotions of about 440 service members, the Senate confirmed all of them in one fell swoop, by a single voice vote.

“Thank God,” Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the majority leader, said after he pushed the promotions through. “These military officers will now get the promotions they so rightfully earned.”

The retreat represented a stark reversal for Mr. Tuberville, who for 10 months had steadfastly defended his move to stall all senior military promotions over a new Pentagon policy that offers time off and travel reimbursement to service members seeking abortions or fertility care.

With his blockade, the first-term senator had single-handedly disrupted the Pentagon’s ability to fill its top ranks, leaving hundreds of promotions in limbo. Other officials in senior positions were left to operate on an “acting” basis, unable to hire people to staff their new positions or to move into the quarters that come with the job.

“In the end, this was all pointless,” President Biden said in a statement. “Senator Tuberville, and the Republicans who stood with him, needlessly hurt hundreds of service members and military families and threatened our national security — all to push a partisan agenda. I hope no one forgets what he did.”

The reversal came amid mounting pressure on Mr. Tuberville from both Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill.
 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/us/politics/tommy-tuberville-military-promotions.html

[seafoam1 3,401]

Liberals are so stupid. 

[EternalShinyAndChrome 4,339]

Hah!  The OP is trying to convince us that liberals now CARE about the military? 

GTFO.  You bastards have looked at the military with disdain for at least 4 decades now.

[Hardcore troubadour 15,908]

Thank god.  I’ve heard the misgendering in the armed forces has become out of control. Now we can get a handle on that. 

[Voltaire 5,453]

It was a stupid action and glad he relented. As for the military, they shouldn't have been affected readiness-wise. Stuff an unpromoted captain in a major's role, a major in a colonel's role, a colonel in a general's roll and keep moving.

All he accomplished with this stunt was hurt was the paychecks of each and every individual involved. This person and that one and that one were all doing a job that should have came with a pay increase and didn't get one and that was horrible and inexcusable.

[thegeneral 3,549]

More like Tommy Turderville!

[League Champion 1,926]

10 hours ago, IGotWorms said:

their new positions

That's awesome. Now they can promote Tranny corporals to 5 Star Generals.

[edjr 6,880]

I bet some liberal greased up those airline stairs. 

[IGotWorms 4,062]

6 hours ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

Hah!  The OP is trying to convince us that liberals now CARE about the military? 

GTFO.  You bastards have looked at the military with disdain for at least 4 decades now.

That was probably true for a while but now it’s the republicans trying to destroy the military and undermine our allies who are at war with Russia. Plus your standard bearer spent years disparaging POWs, gold star parents and service members that were killed or wounded in action.

So how about you gtfo?