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Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) offered up a head-spinning defense of white nationalists on Monday, saying hes against racism but that many of them just have different beliefs.

Tuberville, who has blocked hundreds of military promotions to protest the Pentagons abortion policy, was asked by CNNs Kaitlan Collins about comments he made in May when asked about white nationalists.

I call them Americans, he said at the time.

He didnt back down, saying hes against racism but believes white nationalists are just Americans and that the term is just a cover word for the Democrats now where they can use it to try to make people mad across the country, identity politics. Im totally against that.

Collins reminded him what the term actually means.

A white nationalist is someone who believes that the white race is superior to other races, she said.

Well, thats some peoples opinion, Tuberville replied, and again he defined a white nationalist as an American.

Its not an opinion; white nationalists are literally defined as one of a group of militant white people who espouse white supremacy and advocate enforced racial segregation, according to Merriam-Webster.

But Tuberville said theyre Americans who have different beliefs while repeating that hes totally against racism.

A white nationalist is racist, senator, Collins reminded him.

Well, thats your opinion, Tuberville said, as he did earlier. Thats your opinion.

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Tuberville has a history of racist rhetoric so much so that his own brother called him out over it.

Due to recent statements by him promoting racial stereotypes, white nationalism and other various controversial topics, I feel compelled to distance myself from his ignorant, hateful rants, musician Charles Tuberville wrote on Facebook in May. I DO NOT agree with any of the vile rhetoric coming out of his mouth.

Last year, the NAACP criticized him for flat out racist, ignorant and utterly sickening comments comparing Black people to criminals.

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Critics on Twitter called him out for his latest comments:

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