ALGOP Chairman – “Democrats Prove Senator Tuberville Right”

Alabama Republican Party Chairman John Wahl released the following statement regarding Democrat Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's decision to allow the U.S. Senate to start voting on some military promotions individually.

"For months Democrats and the mainstream media have been attacking Senator Tuberville with the claim that his holds on DOD promotions were putting our national security at risk. However, today's actions by Chuck Schumer prove there was absolutely nothing stopping Senate Democrats from bringing up military promotions on a case-by-case bases. Instead of being honest and having an open debate on the root issue - using taxpayer money to fund abortions - liberal pundits and Democrat elected officials let this situation drag on as they played party politics. The reason? To vilify Alabama's Republican senior Senator, who is simply trying to uphold the Hyde Amendment - which prohibits the use of taxpayer funds for abortion - and the Constitution, which gives the power of the purse to Congress.

"The Alabama Republican Party is thankful to Senator Tuberville for exposing the hypocrisy of the left, as well as the Pentagon's unconstitutional use of taxpayer money to fund abortions. Now that the truth on this issue has been revealed for all Americans to see, it is my hope that the Pentagon will end its unlawful policy. Until then, we will continue to support Senator Tuberville and his stand for life and fiscal responsibility."

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