You do not know, what our middle terry leaders do in the pentagon every day . You think they are just about giving advice . The ignorance this guy . I have to bring in Claire Mccaskill here, general hurdle, a guy who knows what hes doing. General hurdling retweeting an interview that he had on fox news. Where tuberville said that the Navy Secretary has to get wokeness out of the navy because quote, we have got people doing on Aircraft Carriers. And general hurdling said what i wouldnt get for a real journalist to Say Something like what the f, are you talking about senator. Senator, you are on the air forces committee. You are on the committee in the house, it is not that hard to figure out what they are doing at the pentagon every day. And it has to do with protecting america from our enemies, and planning on keeping this country safe. And keeping our allies safe, and keeping freedom safe from tyranny. And also, i must say, from idiocy like that guy. I have to tell you the truth. When i came to washington, i was steeped in some negative feelings about the military because of the iraq war, that had gone on. And i had seen all the waist and all the stuff that had gone on their. With contractors. And so i got to see it on the Armed Services committee, and over the next year or two, my attitude about the military changed dramatically. Because i had a chance to see the leadership, and to understand what they did every day. It was an honor, and a privilege. And i am not saying that everybody in the military is perfect, or the military has not made mistakes. I beg them up very hard about the contracting practices, and money wasted. But for a man to sit in the United States senate, from the state of alabama, and talk about this kind of disregard of our military leadership. All you have to do is look at ukraine, and see how badly russia has performed. Helen righty they were, how logistics were a joke. And then he really will understand how good our military is. That would have never happened if the United States was trying to be on the ground in that country. I really am disgusted by this guy, and he is hurting our military. It used to be a disqualification in the Republican Party if you did not support the military. This guy is trying to dismantle our military, and it appears to me that he is not paying the political price for it, he dam wells it. It is despite the fact that the people of alabama really oppose this. Like in polls. They want tuberville to move on from , he has now stopped three services from having a later. The marines dont have a commandant for the first time in 150 years because of Tommy Tuberville. And, you know, alabama has always been. The people of alabama has always been strongly supportive of the United States military. And for a guy to go in there, and just, talk like a fool. Saying i do not know what they do at the pentagon all day. Well learn find out you are a United States senator. And going back to the jonah, goldberg piece again. The sky is a perfect example. Where jonah talks about how there is this stupid, lazy, assumption that everybody is corrupt, everybody is on the take, everybody is there for the wrong reason, and like claire i know political times at the pentagon. A knew generals that had one star that were focused on getting the second star and little else. And i have to say, 99 of the people who were there were good, honorable, americans who were there to serve their country. Even if it meant willing to go to war. Willing to sacrifice themselves, willing to sacrifice their lives, willing to be away from their family for months, years, at a time. And those are the people that Tommy Tuberville is hurting every single day. It is disgusting. And this is the end result, this is what we are seeing now of the rock that has been around for too long now. Which is anything that runs counter to what i want to happen. Anything that runs counter to what i believe, must be discredited. So now it could be apparently the United States military. It can be capitol police. It could be prosecutors, judges, it could be jerrys, it could be the constitution in the case of donald trump. But Mike Barnacle who joins us at the table, ill just get some numbers from the pentagon. Because of what senator tuberville is doing. There is 301 generals and admirals sitting and liberal right now. 80 33 stars, or four Star Nominees are pending. And as joe, said the three branches of the Military Service do not have leadership at this moment. So either way it is bad. If you really dont know, which i find hard to believe, what they do at the pentagon . That is real bad. But if you are cynically pretending what they do, you dont know, for some reason. To get rules change, to get abortion out of the military, thats worse. Weve had discussions, and most discussions around this table for months now, about the age issue. Having to do with mitch mcconnell, President Biden, and the aging of politics in our people who served in politics. We have very little discussion about the caliber of people who serve. Caliber. Like intellectual caliber. Like moral character, caliber. Like Tommy Tubervilles lack of character. His lack of intellect. Like ron johnson in wisconsin, his lack of intellect. His selfish approach to everything, im talking about both of these guys now. But tuberville is specific. And for him to say that he does not know much about what is going on in the pentagon. He doesnt have to go to the pentagon. Either write down across the bridge. Go to quantico. Look at the trading class of marine corps offices. He could go in his home state to any post in his home state. And look at the caliber of officers serving. And look at the sacrifice that they make. Im not talking about the selleck revise of Carrying Arms in the war. Im talking about the sacrifice of taking families from one pose to another. Year after year after year. And this year. The start of the school year right now and august for many of them. They do not know where they are going. Where they are serving. What the rank is gonna be. Whats the pay scale is gonna be. And what the promotion prospects are going to be. Shame on top of the tuberville. Shame on Tommy Tuberville and shame on republicans for letting this happen. Shame on republicans saying that they wish our troops were more like russian troops. This is personal, mika, of course because rather served in the United States army. Mika has a nephew who got out of college, couldve got a job anywhere. He decided he wanted to serve his country and he wanted to be in the marine corps. And he is busting his [bleep], he has gone through hell like all marines do. Like all marines to. He has sacrificed, why . Because he loves this country. Like all marines to. He wants to give his all to this countries. Thats why you become a marine. Im not sure what you become a football coach, i like football coaches. I love coaching football. It was one of the best jobs ive had. It is not being a marine, tommy. Its not being a marine. Its not being a member of the United States army, it isnt being a ranger. I, mean its just, i can go down the services and the sacrifice these men and women make. And you know, mike talks about it. Mike talks about the sacrifices that our soldiers and our sailors, and our marines, and our members of our airmen, members of the coast guard, that they make. I think it is disgusting what he said i also think it is discussing how little some of them get paid. That there are actual people serving this country that are on food stamps but they keep doing it because they want to serve america. And who the hell is Tommy Tuberville . To do this . Who the hell are these republicans who are allowing this to happen. And who the hell are the republicans that say that whether our troops, our marines, our soldiers, our sailors, our airmen, our members of the coast guard, who are these republicans to say that they are weak . Week . Why dont you go down to quantico. Why dont you try to do what a marine has to do to become a marine . Week . Why dont you go through Ranger School . Why dont you, week . Why dont, why dont you go out to coronado, see what it takes for one day to become a seal wake . No. Now. Theres a reason why the russians are scared to death of us. There is a reason why the chinese are scared to death of our military. Because they are the best in the world. They are stronger than they have ever been, relative to the rest of the world, since 1945, make a. And i have got to say that there is, as well he said, and going back to Jonah Goldberg as he said, there is a riot in america conservativism. There is a rock in the american party. And Tommy Tuberville is a perfect metaphor. A perfect example of that right. That they are allowing people who have children, who have families, who have sacrificed for years for their families to sacrifice for this country, who are in limbo because Tommy Tuberville wants to make a political point that even the good people of alabama are begging him to stop. It is disgusting. And he is also, if anything is weakening the military. It would be Tommy Tuberville. And on top of it. And republicans. Keeping women who are serving in the military, or who want to serve in the military. Thinking twice about it because of this abortion issue. Which is exactly what Tommy Tuberville is hinging this hold up on. And this issue is another reason that republicans find themselves on the losing side of everything. And they choose to lose more. Look at what they are doing to the countries. Look at the front page of the New York Times. Help for risky presidencies drop since doctors flee abortion limit. Theyre looking at one state, idaho, where doctors are leaving because of the strict abortion rules. Because they cannot give the care that women need to the women without getting arrested. So now, there are literally deserts in Maternity Care and owed bg why and care. In one state, and probably many others. This is one of many examples, and again thanks to the republicans, thanks to donald trump, and thanks to people like Tommy Tuberville, who want to take this issue and push it to the extreme. Again if anybody is making our military week it is tommy. It is Tommy Tuberville, and it is republicans who are saying that they are weak, and woke, and saying that the russians are better than we are. Which is again, that is unamerican. That is an american. Claire mccaskill, very quickly. Then we get past this. But i just want to go to you because i remember going over to the pentagon, or i remember where leaders were come over to do the Armed Services committee. And someone to bring up a social issue. And they would sit there, and they would be very polite. Issue and theythey deferential, becauu know, being deferential to civilian leadership. But they would say sir, or maam, could you please have your debate about social issues on the floor of congress . And keep the Armed Services committee about protecting and defending the United States of america. Please just please do that for us. And we always respect them. Because yeah they were right. Armed Services Committee isnt about abortion, it isnt about all these other issues. It is about protecting and defending the United States of america. And Tommy Tuberville is taking a social issue and he is literally, literally doing everything that he can to hurt the pentagon. The United States military. Because he is not getting his way. On an issue that has nothing to do with National Security. Lets say for a minute thats serving the military from missouri overseas, she is raped in a foreign country, and they sent her back to missouri. All the policy says is that she will begin a time off, and some travel, money if she wants to travel to another state to terminate the pregnancy from someone who raped her in a foreign country while she was serving in uniform. This is not an unreasonable policy, and i will say the most corrosive thing that these idiots are doing to our institutions, are they are taking institutions like the military, that is non political, nonpartisan, not steeped in cultural issues. The military, the fbi, our chris criminal justice system. They are trying to make longtime prosecutors, longtime fbi agents, longtime Military Serviceman. They are trying to turn them into political operatives. And they are using it for political purposes, in ways that is dishonest and really, really damaging. Up next, dont underestimate joe biden. 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