Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said Sunday it was a “mistake” to use military families as “political pawns” in response to Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) holds on the confirmations of more than 300 military officers to protest the Pentagon’s new abortion policy. “We don’t need to be using military families as political pawns,” Haley said…
Four female Democratic lawmakers slammed Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) for holding up some 250 military nominees in protest to a Defense Department abortion policy, accusing the Republican senator of using “women servicemembers as political pawns” in a culture war. Reps. Mikie Sherrill (N.J.), Chrissy Houlahan (Pa.), Elissa Slotkin (Mich.) and Abigail Spanberger (Va.) joined the…