Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
“Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) acknowledged on Tuesday that there’s urgency to resolving his blockade that’s left more than 400 military promotions in limbo in protest of the Pentagon’s abortion travel policy,” Politico reports.
Said Tuberville: “We’ve got several things that we can do. I understand the urgency. I’m not just being hard-headed about this. I understand we’ve gotten into some unique problems the last few weeks.”
He added: “I want to get this over with.”
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