Alabama's dumbass Republican Sen. Tommy "Dixie Dolt" Tuberville, who's single- handedly holding up military promotions over the Pentagon's abortion policy, has no problem giving imaginary promotions and medals to his WWII veteran father:
For nearly a decade, Tuberville has described the World War II exploits of his father, Charles R. Tuberville Jr., in a relatively consistent way — that he was a tank commander, that he earned five Bronze Stars, that he participated in the D-Day landing and that he lied about his age to join the army. News organizations have tended to accept Tuberville’s version and either reprint or broadcast it.
Yet an examination of army histories, newspaper reports and other materials calls into question many of the claims put forth by Tuberville, who sits on both the Senate Armed Services and Veterans’ Affairs committees and is now in a high-profile battle with the Biden administration over a Defense Department policy offering time off and travel reimbursement to service members who need to go out of state for abortions. Since February, he has blocked every personnel move in the U.S. military that requires Senate confirmation, stalling the promotions of more than 265 senior military officers. The Pentagon has said Tuberville’s holds are putting the nation’s military readiness at risk, as 650 general and flag officers will require Senate confirmation by year’s end.
In effect, Tuberville has promoted his father to highly decorated tank commander — but based on our research, that claim is dubious...
"Dubious." Translation: bullshit.
The fact checker goes on to call into question or outright explode a number of claims made by the Dixie Dolt, who never served, to add martial luster to the family name. It's enough bullshit to make George Santos envious.
The fact that this chode wields so much power is all one needs to prove that the rules of the Senate need drastic reform, and maybe that Alabama voters need to prove they're smarter than the Dixie Dolt in order to vote.
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