Schumer decries Republican senators revolting remarks on white nationalists – The Guardian US
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Senate majority leader speaks after Tommy Tuberville of Alabama appeared to defend white nationalists in US military
The Democratic US Senate leader, Chuck Schumer, condemned as utterly revolting remarks in which the Alabama Republican Tommy Tuberville appeared to defend white nationalists in the US military.
In an interview with the Alabama station WBHM, published on Monday, Tuberville was asked: Do you believe they should allow white nationalists in the military?
He answered: Well, they call them that. I call them Americans.
The Senate armed forces committee member added: We are losing in the military so fast. And why? I can tell you why. Because the Democrats are attacking our military, saying we need to get out the white extremists, the white nationalists, people that dont believe in our agenda, as Joe Bidens agenda.
Tuberville is currently attempting to impose his own agenda on the US military, by blocking promotions and appointments in protest of Pentagon rules about abortion access.
On Thursday, Schumer said: Does Senator Tuberville honestly believe that our military is stronger with white nationalists in its ranks? I cannot believe this needs to be said, but white nationalism has no place in our armed forces and no place in any corner of American society, period, full stop, end of story.
Previously, Sherrilyn Ifill, a former president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) legal defense fund, said: I hope we are not getting so numb that we refrain from demanding that Mr Tubervilles colleagues in the Senate condemn his remarks.
Schumer added: I urge Senator Tuberville to think about the destructive spectacle he is creating in the Senate. His actions are dangerous.
On Wednesday, a spokesperson for Tuberville said he was being skeptical of the notion that there are white nationalists in the military, not that he believes they should be in the military.
A Tuberville spokesperson told the Washington Post the senator resents the implication that the people in our military are anything but patriots and heroes.
The same spokesperson told NBC Tuberville has kind of a sarcastic sense of humor and was expressing doubt about this being a problem in the military.
Reports have shown the US military has a problem with white nationalism and white supremacy, despite the Pentagon having prohibited active participation in extremist groups since 1996.
In October 2020, a Pentagon report warning of a problem with white supremacists in the military was sent to Congress. It was released in 2021.
In February 2022, the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors extremism, co-published documents showing one in five applicants to one white supremacist group claimed ties to the US military.
On Thursday, Adam Hodge, spokesperson for the White House national security council, said it was abhorrent that Senator Tuberville would argue that white nationalists should be allowed to serve in the military, while he also threatens our national security by holding all pending DoD military and civilian nominations.
Extremist behavior has no place in our military. None.
Fact-checking Tuberville, WBHM, an NPR station, noted Pentagon efforts to keep extremists, particularly fascists, out of the military.
The station also fact-checked a remark about what [Joe Bidens] done to our military with the woke ideas, with the [critical race theory] that were teaching in our military.
Critical race theory is an academic discipline that examines the ways in which racism operates in US laws and society. Republicans have turned it into an electoral wedge issue.
WBHM said: The US military is not requiring that CRT be taught and there is little evidence that its being discussed much at all in the ranks. According to Military Times, the one instance in which it is being used in an educational setting is at the US Military Academy at West Point.
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