Tommy Tuberville: “reserving the right to object. Last night, I spoke on the phone with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. I also spoke…”

“reserving the right to object. Last night, I spoke on the phone with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. I also spoke with him last Thursday. Both conversations were very cordial. We had good conversations, respectful; but they were very brief. There was absolutely no offer--there was no offer--of a compromise. It is their way or the highway. Thus far, the Pentagon has done nothing but attack me, and I keep repeating the same claims over and over. Since I spoke with Secretary Austin on Thursday, a few things have changed. One is that the House of Representatives has now passed their annual Defense bill. The bill contains an amendment that would explicitly repeal the memos which implemented the Pentagon's new abortion policy. It wasn't in the base text of the bill. It was added on the floor by the majority of the House Members. The majority of the House of Representatives has spoken out in opposition to this policy. It was a bipartisan vote. Senator Bennet, Secretary Austin, and President Biden need to realize this. I am not alone. Our team is building and growing, and 60 percent of the country is opposed to taxpayer funding for abortion. That includes Democrats, Republicans, and Independents--60 percent. The Pentagon's new abortion policy is even worse than that. It is a taxpayer-funded abortion that nobody--and I mean nobody--in the House or here voted for. It gets worse.…”