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Maddow Blog-After struggling in the Senate, Alabama's Tommy Tuberville launches campaign for governor
If the senator makes it to the governor’s office next year, it’ll be a classic example of a politician failing up.
As Tommy Tuberville launches a Republican gubernatorial campaign in Alabama, remember: If he wins — as seems likely — it’ll be a classic example of a politician failing up.
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-05-27T20:20:45.368Z
The coach-turned-senator’s tenure on the Hill can charitably be described as an embarrassment. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/tommy-tuberville-governor-alabama-run-senate-republican-rcna209294
During a Tuesday afternoon appearance on Fox News, the Republican made it official, announcing that he's ending his congressional career after just one term and running for governor in his adopted home state of Alabama.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3lq6jqlgaio2a
......But while this failed effort was a stain on Tuberville’s career, it was not his only fiasco. Remember when he accused Democrats of partnering with “a Satanic cult” to destroy America’s youth? How about the time he suggested to a group of veterans that he was “more military” than they were — despite the inconvenient fact that he never actually served in the armed forces? Or maybe the time he said it’s not up to senators to “determine” whether Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees are qualified?
Over the course of four years and four months, there are countless related incidents. Upon arriving in Congress in January 2021, the first votes Tuberville cast were against certification of the 2020 presidential election results. Two months later, the Alabama Republican said the three branches of the federal government were the House, the Senate and the White House — he apparently forgot about the judiciary — and talked up government-imposed religious lessons, in defiance of the First Amendment and U.S. Supreme Court rulings.
In the months and years that followed, Tuberville became known for election denialism, provocative rhetoric about race, disparaging the U.S. military, struggling with policy details and needlessly giving Russia’s Vladimir Putin the benefit of the doubt. All the while, he’s faced residency questions he apparently doesn’t want to answer — as recently as 2018, the ostensible Alabaman was casting votes in Florida — while engaging in more stock trading than 98% of other members of Congress.
If Tuberville makes it to the governor’s office next year, it’ll be a classic example of a politician failing up.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3lq6jqlgaio2a
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......But while this failed effort was a stain on Tuberville’s career, it was not his only fiasco. Remember when he accused Democrats of partnering with “a Satanic cult” to destroy America’s youth? How about the time he suggested to a group of veterans that he was “more military” than they were — despite the inconvenient fact that he never actually served in the armed forces? Or maybe the time he said it’s not up to senators to “determine” whether Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees are qualified?
Over the course of four years and four months, there are countless related incidents. Upon arriving in Congress in January 2021, the first votes Tuberville cast were against certification of the 2020 presidential election results. Two months later, the Alabama Republican said the three branches of the federal government were the House, the Senate and the White House — he apparently forgot about the judiciary — and talked up government-imposed religious lessons, in defiance of the First Amendment and U.S. Supreme Court rulings.
In the months and years that followed, Tuberville became known for election denialism, provocative rhetoric about race, disparaging the U.S. military, struggling with policy details and needlessly giving Russia’s Vladimir Putin the benefit of the doubt. All the while, he’s faced residency questions he apparently doesn’t want to answer — as recently as 2018, the ostensible Alabaman was casting votes in Florida — while engaging in more stock trading than 98% of other members of Congress.
If Tuberville makes it to the governor’s office next year, it’ll be a classic example of a politician failing up.
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