>>> THERE'S BEEN ABSOLUTELY NO NEGOTIATION FROM MY DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES OR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. I'VE HAD A BRIEF PHONE CALL A COUPLE TIMES WITH THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, NO NEGOTIATIONS AT ALL. YOU WOULD THINK IF THEY WERE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR MILITARY IN A TRYING TIME IN WHICH WE HAVE ALL OVER THE WORLD WHICH THEY HAVE CREATED, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE CALLED ME, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS, LET'S WORK IT OUT. >> IRONY MAY, IN FACT, BE DEAD. THAT WAS ALABAMA SENATOR TUBERVILLE EARLIER TODAY ACCUSING DEMOCRATS OF NOT CARING ABOUT THE MILITARY OVER HIS OWN BLOCKADE OF MILITARY PROMOTIONS OVER THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT'S ABORTION POLICY. THAT BLOCKADE ENDED YESTERDAY FOR THE MOST PART. MORE THAN 400 PROMOTIONS CONFIRMED IN ONE SINGLE VOTE. AFTER SENATOR FUBER VILLE RELENTED, HE SAID, IT WAS PRETTY MUCH A DRAW, THEY DIDN'T GET WHAT THEY WANTED, WE DIDN'T GET WHAT THEY WANTED. AS IF IT WAS JUST A GAME. TUBERVILLE IS HOLDING UP THE PROMOTION OF NEARLY A DOZEN FOUR-STAR GENERALS. WITH ME FOUNDER OF VETERANS OF AMERICAN AND HOST OF THE INDEPENDENT AMERICANS PODCAST, PAUL RYKOFF. WOW. WOW. ANOTHER INSTALLMENT OF THIS WEEK STUPID STARRING TUMMY TUBBERVILLE. STUNNING DISPLAY FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD TO SEE. THE STUPID HAS GOTTEN MORE NARROW BECAUSE HE'S WITHIN DEFEATED HE'S WITHIN ROLLED BY PEOPLE IN HIS OWN PARTY. BY VETERANS GROUPS, BY FORMER SECRETARIES OF DEFENSE, MY MEDIA. HE'S BEEN FORCED TO BACK DOWN BECAUSE SCHUMER WOULD HAVE PUSHED TO IT A VOTE. NOW HE'S NARROWED IT DOWN TO ONLY -- WHICH ARE STILL SENIOR LEADERS THAT ARE GOING TO COMMAND LEADERS IN TIMES OF MILITARY CONFLICTS HE'S NARROWED HIS FOCUS, BUT IT'S DETRIMENTAL TO OUR SECURITY AS EVER BEFORE. >> WHAT DID HE GET? >> NOTHING. HE GOT MADE FAMOUS FOR BEING RIDICULOUS AND UNDERMINING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY. I THINK HE HURT HIS OWN PARTY. I THINK MAYBE HE JOCKEYED FOR FAVOR AMONG HIS OWN PARTY. MAYBE HE'S TRYING CURRY FAVOR WITH TRUMP. HE'S IMPACTING RECRUITING, RETENTION. -- BLOCKING A FEMALE ADMIRAL BECAUSE SHE DID SOMETHING LIKE PROMOTE WOMEN IN THE MILITARY. IT'S NARROWED BUT AS EXTREME AND RECKLESS AS EVER BEFORE. >> THE DAMAGE THAT THAT DOES, IT'S HARD TO MEASURE, BUT I HAVE TO IMAGINE THAT IT LASTS. >> IT DOES. I MEAN, IT DRIVES PEOPLE OUT OF THE MILITARY, FORCES PEOPLE TO RETIRE EARLY, ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO JUST NOT JOIN BECAUSE THEY MIGHT GET CAUGHT IN THIS POLITICAL CROSS FIRE. WE'RE FOCUSING ON THIS INSTEAD OF SUPPORTING UKRAINE, WHILE UKRAINIANS ARE DYING IN THE MUD TO FIGHT PUTIN. WE'RE NOT FOCUSING ON ISRAEL AND GAZA, WE'RE NOT FOCUSING AT DOMESTIC THREATS HERE AT HOME OR EVEN THE BORDER. WE'RE FOCUSING ON THIS BECAUSE HE'S ENGAGED IN AN EXTREMELY RADICAL CRUSADE. IT'S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, AND IT SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN GUN AND IT'S ONE GUY WHO'S CAUSED IT. >> YOU MENTIONED THIS IS SOMETHING OF A COMING PLAYBOOK. THEY'RE HOLD UP THREE THREE-STAR NOMINATIONS. IT DOESN'T SEEM THEY HAVE LEARNED THEIR LESSON. >> THEY'VE SPREAD OUT THE TARGETS MAYBE AND THEY'RE PICKING THEIR SPOTS RATHER THAN HOLDING A BIG GROUP. THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE POLITICAL EXAMPLES OUT OF PEOPLE WHICH IS DAMAGING. LET'S MAKE IT CLEAR, THEY'RE OPPOSING THEM BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY'RE TOO WOKE BECAUSE THEY SUPPORT ADVERSITY. >> AND A BODY THAT RELIES ON DIVERSITY. >> YOU HAVE A FEMALE WHO SUPPORTED OTHER WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY, SAID THERE SHOULD BE MORE WOMEN IN COMMAND. THAT'S A CONSENSUS NOT JUST
