Tommy Tuberville Triples Down On White Nationalism As McConnell Declares Such Beliefs “Simply Unacceptable”

ABC News reports:

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Tuesday told ABC News that white nationalists shouldn’t all be labeled as “racist” while also insisting he opposes racism — tripling-down on controversial comments that have drawn criticism from Democratic leaders and head-scratching from some of Tuberville’s Republican colleagues.

“Listen, I’m totally against racism. And if Democrats want to say that white nationalists are racist, I’m totally against that, too,” he told ABC’s Senior Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott on Tuesday. “But that’s not a Democratic definition,” Scott said. “Well that’s your definition. My definition is racism is bad,” Tuberville responded.

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Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville tells @rachelvscott that white nationalists shouldn’t all be labeled as “racist” while also insisting he opposes racism. https://t.co/FiFvbg60XC pic.twitter.com/c02SOUVmFP

— ABC News (@ABC) July 11, 2023

CNN’s @mkraju: “Do you have any concerns that … Sen. Tuberville … seems to have a hard time denouncing white nationalism, especially … white nationalism in the military?”

Mitch McConnell: “White supremacy is simply unacceptable in the military and in our whole country.” pic.twitter.com/OEw1sQCGd5

— The Recount (@therecount) July 11, 2023