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   Republican Senator Has No Problem With White Nationalists: “I Call Them   
   Americans”   
   Tommy Tuberville is defending racists in the military.   
      
   Senator Tommy Tuberville doesn’t really see the difference between white   
   nationalists and Americans.   
      
   The Republican senator said that white nationalists should be allowed in   
   the U.S. military because blocking any ideological group from serving would   
   weaken the institution.   
      
   During an interview Monday with the Alabama radio station WBHM, Tuberville   
   was asked if he thought white nationalists should be allowed to serve in   
   the military.   
      
   “They call them that,” he said, referring to the Biden administration. “I   
   call them Americans.”   
      
   “We are losing in the military so fast,” he continued. “Our readiness in   
   terms of recruitment. And why? I’ll tell you why, because the Democrats are   
   attacking our military, saying we need to get out the white extremists, the   
   white nationalists, people that don’t believe in our agenda.”   
      
   Tuberville also referred to the military as a “strong, hard-nosed, killing   
   machine,” which is definitely how you want national leaders discussing   
   their opinion of defense policy.   
      
   His office released a statement Wednesday saying that Tuberville meant he   
   was “skeptical” that white nationalists were in the military, not that he   
   thought they should be in the military. But the Alabama Republican is wrong   
   there, too.   
      
   A month after the January 6 attack, Pentagon officials said in a report   
   that white supremacist ideology had made significant inroads in the   
   military. The report found that white supremacist groups would try to   
   recruit active military personnel and veterans and group leaders would   
   often try to enlist in order to get weapons and training. One Florida   
   National Guard member co-founded a fascist group and said he was “100   
   percent open” about being a neo-Nazi—and no one batted an eye.   
      
   As for military readiness issues, Tuberville might want to take a look in   
   the mirror: He has blocked nearly 200 military promotions since March over   
   his objection to the Defense Department’s abortion policy. Defense   
   Secretary Lloyd Austin warned in a letter to Senator Elizabeth Warren last   
   week that Tuberville’s delay “harms America’s national security” and poses   
   a “clear risk” to the military’s readiness.   
      
   Tuberville’s apparent openness toward white supremacists makes sense when   
   you think about his unwavering support for former President Donald Trump,   
   who counted extremists Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller among his inner   
   circle. Trump also infamously told the far-right Proud Boys to “stand back   
   and stand by,” which prosecutors in the hundreds of January 6 lawsuits said   
   the white nationalists interpreted as a call to action.   
      
   Tuberville’s support for Trump remains unflagging, despite the former   
   leader’s ongoing legal woes. On Tuesday, Tuberville said that a jury   
   finding Trump liable for sexual assault and defamation “makes me want to   
   vote for him twice.”   
      
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