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Former college football coach Tommy Tuberville, in his first run for public office, became the Republican nominee for a U.S. Senate seat from Alabama in the 2020 election. He was elected to the U.S. Senate later that year.

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Tommy Tuberville
stated on February 22, 2024 in at the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference:

The Olympic boxing committee “decided this year that men can box against women in the Olympics.”

By Grace Abels • March 1, 2024
Tommy Tuberville
stated on March 2, 2023 in a speech at the CPAC conference:

"Half the kids in this country, when they graduate, can’t read their diploma.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2023
Tommy Tuberville
stated on October 8, 2020 in an ad:

Says Doug Jones "has voted to spend our tax dollars on late-term abortions" and "supports abortion up until birth."

By Tom Kertscher • October 14, 2020
Tommy Tuberville
stated on August 17, 2020 in an interview:

Amid COVID-19, 25 of the 26 Republican governors "have decided to play football," but "three-fourths" of the 24 Democratic governors "have decided not to play already and most will probably not play.”

By Tom Kertscher • August 19, 2020

Charles Schumer
stated on March 28, 2023 in a Senate floor speech:

Sen. Tommy Tuberville is preventing military promotions “because he objects to women within the military getting access to reproductive care.”

By Mary McNaughton • May 4, 2023
Doug Jones
stated on October 1, 2020 in an ad:

Says Tommy Tuberville "quit on his players" all four times that he was a college football coach.

By Tom Kertscher • October 6, 2020
Doug Jones
stated on August 10, 2020 in an interview:

In April, when asked how he would handle the COVID-19 pandemic, Tommy Tuberville "said he didn't have a clue" and after winning the Republican nomination in July, "he still said he didn't have a clue."

By Tom Kertscher • August 27, 2020

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