On Saturday, the Alabama Republican Party State Executive Committee passed a resolution reprimanding President Joe Biden for his circumventing the Hyde Amendment and using taxpayer money to fund abortion-related expenses for service members and their dependents.
The resolution also supported Senator Tommy Tuberville for his stance in standing up to the Biden Administration’s policy.
Tuberville has been widely criticized by the mainstream media, Senate Democrats, and the Whitehouse, including by President Biden himself, for his refusal to give unanimous consent to military and Department of Defense promotions until the policy is reversed.
“The Senator from Alabama’s actions are not just the usual back and forth in Washington. His holds pose a grave threat to our national security and our military readiness,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts). “Sen. Tuberville’s hold is just another indication of the madness that seems to have seized extremists in the Republican Party.”
President Biden has called Tuberville’s position “ridiculous” and “bizarre.”
However, 99.1% of his party colleagues in Alabama, from all 67 counties, voted to support Tuberville’s stance, a move that has stalled 360 military promotions, including that of the Commandant of the Marine Corps and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The resolution reads:
“Reprimand of the Biden Administration for Violating the Principles of the Hyde Amendment
WHEREAS, The Hyde Amendment was enacted as part of the federal budget in 2022 and bars the use of federal funds to support abortions at any level, and
WHEREAS, The Biden administration has gone against the principles of the Hyde Amendment by ordering the use of federal funds to pay for <me off from work and travel costs to obtain abortions for both service members and their dependents, and
WHEREAS, A Marist poll sponsored by the Knights of Columbus earlier this year showed 60% of all American adults oppose the use of taxpayer money to fund abortion related expenses, and
WHEREAS, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville has stood strong against the actions of the Biden administration.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Alabama Republican Party calls on the Biden Administration to reverse the policy of using taxpayer money to fund abortion related expenses against the will of the people, and thanks Senator Tommy Tuberville for his stand against this flawed policy.
This resolution adopted by the Alabama Republican Executive Committee on this the 5th day of August, 2023, in session at Montgomery, Alabama.”
The 475-member Republican State Executive Committee meets at least two times a year to elect officers, pass resolutions such as this, and consider bylaws changes.
Tuberville spoke to the group on Friday night when he introduced former President Donald Trump.
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