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   TV ad rips 'traitor' Sen. Tommy Tuberville: 'Small man with big mouth'   
      
       Updated: Jul. 14, 2023, 12:06 p.m.|Published: Jul. 14, 2023, 11:02   
   pgattis@al.com   
      
   A new TV ad released Friday that will air in the Birmingham market from an   
   anti-Trump group describes Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville as a “traitor”   
   because of his holds on military promotions.   
      
   Though the ad by The Lincoln Project does not explicitly state its issue   
   with Tuberville, it appears to focus on the fact that the Marines do not   
   have a Senate-confirmed commandant for the first time in more than a   
   century. That position is one of about 250 affected by Tuberville’s hold   
   on military promotions as a protest over a new Pentagon policy that   
   provides paid leave and travel expenses for servicemembers seeking   
   abortions.   
      
   Related: Tuberville talks to defense secretary after first rejecting   
   meeting   
      
   Related: Biden says Tuberville ‘jeopardizing US security’ by blocking   
   confirmations: ‘Totally irresponsible’   
      
   “Today, the Marine Corps faces a domestic enemy,” the ad states. “A small   
   man with a big mouth determined to destroy the corps for his petty   
   political agenda. Tommy Tuberville is creating a national security   
   nightmare.”   
      
   Tuberville’s office declined to comment on the ad. In addition to the   
   Birmingham television market, the Lincoln Project said the ad will also   
   run in Washington and Quantico, Va.   
      
   The Lincoln Project said the ad will also run digitally on “Capitol Hill,   
   national security community and USMC bases across the nation.”   
      
   Required to leave the job after four years, Gen. David Berger stepped down   
   as leader of the Marines on Monday. Gen. Eric Smith, the assistant   
   commandant, has been nominated to replace Berger but will be serving in an   
   acting capacity because he has not been confirmed by the Senate.   
      
   Under the law, Smith can serve as the acting commandant, but he can do   
   nothing that would presume confirmation, The Associated Press reported   
   Monday. As a result, he can’t move into the main residence or the   
   commandant’s office, or issue any new formal commandant’s planning   
   guidance, which is traditional for a new leader. He has the authority to   
   implement new policies such as budget, training and other personnel   
   decisions.   
      
   The Lincoln Project ad said that China, Russia and ISIS are winners with   
   the Marines not having a confirmed leader as a result of Tuberville’s   
   holds.   
      
   Tuberville started the holds in February as a strategy to overturn a   
   policy announced last year by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to increase   
   access to abortion for the military. Tuberville’s objection is that the   
   policy has not been approved by Congress. The senator has insisted he will   
   keep his hold in place until the policy is reversed or Congress votes its   
   approval.   
      
   The strategy has brought a wave of criticism of Tuberville. The top two   
   Republicans in the Senate, Mitch McConnell and John Thune, have said they   
   do not approve of Tuberville’s tactics as well as Democratic Senate   
   Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. President Joe Biden has sharpened his   
   attacks on Tuberville in recent weeks as well.   
      
   Tuberville has countered that the confirmation process can go forward on a   
   one-by-one basis – which critics have responded is unnecessary and time   
   consuming. Typically, military promotions are uncontroversial and quickly   
   confirmed by voice vote.   
      
   “Tuberville insults every Marine who ever served and puts the men and   
   women of the Marine Corps on the line in danger,” the ad concludes. “Every   
   U.S. Marine is a patriot. Tommy Tuberville is a traitor.”   
      
   The Lincoln Project started in 2019 by former Republican strategists to   
   oppose the re-election of former President Donald Trump as well as what it   
   describes as Trumpism. Tuberville has been a strong supporter of Trump.   
      
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