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Who's willing to take on Tuberville? |
When Sen. Tommy Tuberville was asked recently whether the military should enlist white nationalists, his answer should have been a straightforward disavowal of white supremacy, writes Fox News political analyst Juan Williams. Instead, the Alabama Republican gave us "the most hateful, anti-American quote of the year." "'Well, they call them that. I call them Americans,'" Tuberville responded. |
Later, when asked to elaborate, Tuberville only made matter worse, saying: "I look at a white nationalist as a Trump Republican. That's what we're called all the time, a MAGA person." "Is he defending Trump Republicans by proudly labeling them all racists?" Williams asks. "Tuberville's race-baiting is part of a larger political strategy for getting attention in a disproportionately white party as America becomes increasingly racially diverse." The senator is also blocking military promotions to protest reimbursement of military personnel who travel to procure abortions. Williams writes: "The combination of Tuberville's attacks on racial diversity and abortion are evidence of his incredible sense of white male privilege being larger than his concern for the unity and readiness of the U.S. military." Republicans have at times been willing to take on and shun their most extreme members. Williams's question is: "Where is the Republican willing to take on Tuberville?" Read the op-ed at TheHill.com. |
Welcome to The Hill's Views & Opinions newsletter, it's Tuesday, May 23. I'm Daniel Allott, bringing together a collection of key opinion pieces published from a wide range of voices. |
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By Jonathan Turley, Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law for George Washington University |
Biden is not the first president to disregard legislative authority. But these members of the legislative branch are beseeching their leader to ignore them and their constitutional authority. Indeed, the most important power given to Congress under Article I is the "power of the purse." It was the ultimate control over government. Whatever entanglements or commitments a president may seek, he must ultimately get the Congress to go along. |
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By Glenn Altschuler, Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies at Cornell University |
Bail reform may or may not go away. But Republicans will not stop slamming Democrats as soft on crime, even if it means slanting and sensationalizing facts about bail reform, murder and mayhem — as long as voters continue to buy what they're selling. |
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By Douglas E. Schoen, former adviser to President Clinton |
While Biden has more or less articulated individual responses to the Russia-Ukraine war, China's economic manipulation and Iran's enrichment of nuclear weapons, he has thus far failed to offer a coherent approach to confronting this "axis of evil" comprised of all three nations. |
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By Donald Kirk, foreign correspondent |
The defeat of the American-equipped, American-advised South Vietnamese forces in the first four months of 1975 invites comparisons to today's American support for Ukraine against Russian invasion. |
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