While insisting he's "totally against" racism, Sen. Tommy Tuberville refused to condemn white nationalism as a supremacist ideology in a CNN interview.
Nia-Malika Henderson writes Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s hesitance in calling White nationalists “racists” shows that while he may not be the best student of history, he certainly has learned well the lesson of rewriting history and downplaying racism
Tuberville previously maintained that white nationalism was a matter of opinion and couldn’t be equated with racism—even though the term is almost exclusively used to refer to white supremacists.
By Manu Raju, Rashard Rose and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama finally condemned White nationalists, telling reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday that “White nationalists are racists,” after previously refusing to equate White nationalism with racism.
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is backing off his defense of white nationalists, telling reporters in the Capitol that white nationalists “are racists.” Tuberville’s brief comment Tuesday follows several media interviews in which he has repeatedly declined to describe white nationalists as racist.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, the Alabama Republican, does not consider himself to be a racist – which is an important place to start from since you’re about to hear quite a bit about his apparent defense of White nationalists, who he suggested Monday might not be racist either.
Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama expanded on his comments about White nationalists in the military, insisting “racism is totally out of the question.”
The senator from Alabama stated that he was "totally against" racism but that the term white nationalist was a "cover word" used by Democrats to create anger.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) was forced to reverse course Tuesday after suggesting during a CNN interview Monday night that describing white nationalists as racists was up for debate. “My opinion…
Tuberville was asked to clarify remarks he made in May to a radio station in which he appeared to defend white nationalists by suggesting they should not be barred from serving in the military.
In an interview with CNN on Monday night, the Alabama senator was given the opportunity to clarify remarks from this spring in which he appeared to be advocating for white nationalists to serve in the U.S. military.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) on Monday refused to walk back statements he recently made defining white nationalists as nothing more than your average patriotic “Americans.” During an interview on CNN…
Tuberville on Monday said he rejects racism but pushed back against CNN host Kaitlan Collins when she told him that by definition white nationalists are racist because they believe their race is superior to others.
Tommy Tuberville, an Alabama senator, said white nationalists are racists weeks after declining to say so. Earlier in May, Tuberville said he would call white nationalists Americans.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) received bipartisan condemnation and staunch criticism on Tuesday after refusing to denounce white supremacism as a racist ideology earlier this week. Now he’s reversing…
WASHINGTON >> Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville today backed off his defense of white nationalists, telling reporters in the Capitol that white nationalists “are racists.”
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