U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) on Tuesday pushed back against an AL(dot)com report that he alleged took remarks he gave to CNN about his Alabama colleague U.S. Sen. Katie Britt's (R-Montgomery) State of the Union Republican response out of context.
Tuberville told CNN that Britt citing an incident happening during former President George Bush's time in the White House "didn't go over too well" and should have been "vetted" better, but he argued that it was "a good point of emphasis of what really goes on from the border." The senator also touched on Britt's delivery, which he noted was "emotional" - something he said was typical of Britt when discussing topics important to mothers.
Tuesday morning, AL(dot)com ran the story by Greg Garrison with a since-changed headline that read: "Tuberville says Britt's response to Biden needed vetting: 'Didn't go over too well ... She gets emotional.'"
The story was updated two hours later with a new headline to now read: "Tuberville says Britt's SOTU sex trafficking claim needed vetting: 'Didn't go over too well.'"
Tuberville appeared on "Joey Clark Live" to sound off about Britt's rebuttal, which he defended the morning after. He told host Joey Clark on Tuesday that he was "proud" of Britt and said getting "emotional" over what's going on in Washington, D.C. was natural.
"The problem is ... it's almost an impossible job, OK?" Tuberville explained. "She did a good job. She had the material right, she had everything going, she practiced it well, she got it over very well, and as I tell people ... you get emotional about it. And you should. I mean, we had better start shedding tears for what's going on by this Democratic Party, socialist party in tearing our country down from everything."
"They have actually done things to destroy this country you and I live in, and Katie tried to get that over, but it's hard to do that in 15 minutes," he added. "But I thought she did a good job. And somebody said, 'Well, you said she was emotional.' Well, damn right. Hey, I'm emotional, and I'm going to start crying on every TV channel if I continue to see the way this is going because we are ... losing our country every day."
"I was proud of her. And I think everybody in this state was proud of her," Tuberville concluded.
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