During a call with reporters on Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) spoke about a group of Democratic legislators who are now under fire after calling on active-duty service members to refuse what they considered to be "illegal" orders.
Tuberville expressed firm support for looking into the questionable actions of U.S. Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), along with U.S. Reps. Chris Deluzio (D-Penn.), Chrissy Houlahan (D-Penn.), Maggie Goodlander (D-N.H.) and Jason Crow (D-Colo.).
"I think President Trump's on the right track. They should be interviewed. They should be questioned for the meaning of what they did," Tuberville said. "That could really do a lot of damage to our military."
According to Tuberville, now is not the time for such antics from Democrats.
"And we're in a situation right now where our military is coming off a disastrous four years of Joe Biden. It's like eggshells," he stressed. "We got new leadership. We're trying to put discipline and respect back into the military."
The lawmaker expressed deep disagreement with what he called the "blanket" statement made by the legislators, now known as the "Seditious Six."
"Now here's where I have a problem. If you have one specific thing that you want to question about the direction that President Trump and Secretary Hegseth are going, that's one thing," articulated Tuberville. "But when you put a blanket [statement] on top of everything, saying 'Hey, just don't worry about anything that they say, you know, go against all orders. That is not right. And people should pay the price for that."
The efforts from the liberal lawmakers, Tuberville argued, run counterproductive to improving overall military readiness and capabilities.
"That's not what we're supposed to be doing here in Washington, D.C.," he outlined. "We're supposed to be respecting our military, trying to back our military and trying to make it the strongest force ever."
"This was not a situation where they went after one order that came down from the White House or from the Pentagon," said Tuberville.
"This was a blanket statement, 'Hey, listen. If you don't want to go by these orders, don't worry about it. Don't go by it,' and that is definitely wrong," he added.
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