Sen. Tommy Tubervilleās spokesperson asked anti-abortion groups to āmake clearā GOP senators risk primary challenges if they support an effort to overcome his military holds over a Pentagon abortion policy, according to an email obtained by POLITICO.
The email, written by Tubervilleās communications director Steven Stafford from his Senate email address, made clear that the Alabama Republicanās staff is worried that at least nine Republicans might join with Democrats to pass a resolution that would allow the Senate to bypass Tubervilleās holds. It was sent on Oct. 26, after news broke that senators were going to release a resolution that would allow the Senate to more easily stop Tubervilleās holds on more than 300 nominees up for military promotions.
Thisā¦ doesnāt seem like it would work - āSenator blahdeblah voted for 300 military promotions and also abortions are bad and for some complicated reason we canāt explain in a 30-second clip those two things have something to do with each other, so anyway please vote for me, a sentient pair of truck nuts, insteadā