Tommy Tuberville's Hissy Fit Shows McConnell Has Lost His Hold on the GOP

Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyIt should be a national embarrassment, worthy of widespread outrage, that a former football coach and junior senator from Alabama can hamstring military promotions for months without severe consequence.Freshman Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) is holding scores of military appointments hostage because he doesn’t want the Pentagon to pay the travel costs for service members seeking abortion care.Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says military rea

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