The Pentagon allowed service members to get reimbursed for leaving the state to access abortion care post-Roe v. Wade.
In response, GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville has blocked more than 300 service members from getting promoted.
In a recent podcast, he doubled down and said "I don't care if they promote anybody to be honest with you.".
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Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who's singlehandedly blocked hundreds of military promotions in protest over the Pentagon's abortion policies, said he's not going to change his mind and doesn't care that people aren't being promoted.
"I don't care if they promote anybody to be honest with you," Tuberville said.
As Tuberville downplays the situation, Pentagon officials have said that the hundreds of military vacancies has created "unnecessary and unprecedented" risks for the country. »