Sen. Tommy Tuberville appears to defend white nationalists in a recent interview by suggesting they should not be barred from serving in the military.
published this week by Birmingham-based radio station WBHM, Tuberville criticized the state of the military and said Democrats were to blame.
Asked whether he believed white nationalists should be allowed in the military, Tuberville said: “They call them that. I call them Americans.” "Sen. Tuberville’s quote shows that he was being skeptical of the notion that there are white nationalists in the military, not that he believes they should be in the military," Steven Stafford said in a statementStafford separately told NBC News that Tuberville"has kind of a sarcastic sense of humor" and that"he was expressing doubt about this being a problem in the military.
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