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Why is there no hardball with Tuberville? [1]

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Date: 2023-08-09

Republicans know they can count on Democrats to wimp out every time, although Dems like to say “We are the adults in the room.” Look, this isn't complicated. You have heard the expression, “Don’t bring a knife to a gunfight?” Tuberville is doing incalculable damage, not just to our national security, but to the very institution of government.

These MFers are perfectly happy burning everything to the ground. They cannot be reasoned with. They only respond to force. When is Biden going to apply some real pain to Tuberville?

OK, blocking the Space Force move was something, but seriously, it was insanity to move the HQ of a high-tech agency to one of the least likely states to attract the kind of talent needed to be nationally competitive in the 21st century. That move should have been canceled even if Tuberville was perfectly behaved.

Be that as it may, it is time for Biden to start kicking Tuberville in the proverbial nuts. Alabama is the 5th biggest taker state., receiving over $3.00 of Federal pork for every $1.00 in Federal taxes paid.

www.theatlantic.com/...

Here are the major military installations in Alabama:

Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base

Anniston Army Depot

Fort Rucker

Redstone Arsenal

Fort McClellan

Coast Guard training center

Dept of Veteran’s Affairs

Army Corps of Engineers

And here are some big civilian installations:

Department of Agriculture - Farm Service Agency

GSA in Huntsville

Federal Contract Compliance

International Education Agency

NASA

Census Bureau

… and many more

Biden’s Chief of Staff needs to make it clear that every 30 days, there will be a new project kicked off to begin the process of moving one of those installations out of Alabama. If Tuberville doesn’t support the armed forces, then maybe there shouldn’t be any bases at all in Alabama. I’m sure there are plenty of other states that would be happy to have the flood of money that Alabama has latched onto.

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