Senator Tommy Tuberville
Appearances
Morning Wire
CEO Shooter Celebrated & Hegseth Support Surges | 12.11.24
We've got, as I've said, people on the Republican side for some reason that they're trying to push the envelope too much. We need to get President Trump his people. And I know we're up here for confirmation. But I'm going to take President Trump's word that the people he picks are vetted and that the type of people that he needs.
Morning Wire
CEO Shooter Celebrated & Hegseth Support Surges | 12.11.24
It's just hard to watch what's going on up here because it's Republicans versus the Democrats in the media. You know, they gang up on us up here.
Morning Wire
CEO Shooter Celebrated & Hegseth Support Surges | 12.11.24
Not right now. We've got three or four of these nominees fighting to get all the Republican votes. They're fighting hard and they're having to go see senators more than once. It makes no sense to me whatsoever.
Morning Wire
Black Sea Ceasefire & Signal Leak Hearing | Afternoon Update | 3.25.25
So the attack sequencing and timing and weapons and targets you don't consider should have been classified?
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing Watch Party
Caught me totally off guard there. I'd like to submit for the record signatures by 32 members of the House of Representatives who are veterans. The signatures call on the Senate to honor the constitutional duty of advice and consent by conducting a fair, thorough confirmation process that evaluates his nomination solely on substance and merits.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing Watch Party
His distinguished military service, academic credentials, and a bold vision for revitalizing the national fence. I ask unanimous consent to enter into the record.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing Watch Party
You know, there's a lot of talk going about talking about qualifications and then about us hiring him if we are the board. But there's a lot of senators here I wouldn't have on my board because there is no qualifications except your age. And you've got to be living in the state and you're a citizen of the United States to be a senator. In fact, we've got to convince a lot of people to vote for us.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing Watch Party
And then when we start talking about qualifications for if you're qualified for it, could the chairman tell me what the qualifications are for the secretary of defense? Mr. Chairman, could you tell me what the qualifications are for the Secretary of Defense?
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing Watch Party
I'm just making a point because there's a lot about qualifications. I think it's so hypocritical of senators, especially on the other side of the aisle, to be talking about his qualifications, not about a lead senator.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing Watch Party
the secretary or be the secretary of defense and yet your qualifications aren't any better you guys aren't any more qualified to be the senator than i'm qualified to be the center except we're lucky enough to be here but let me read you what the qualifications of the secretary of defense is because i googled it and i googled it and went through a lot of different sites and really it's hard to see but in general the u.s secretary of defense position is filled by a civilian that's it
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing Watch Party
If you have served in the U.S. Army Forces and have been in the service for, you have to be retired for at least seven years, and Congress can weigh that. And then there's questions that the senator from Massachusetts brought up about serving on a board. inside the military industry.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing Watch Party
And yet your own secretary that you all voted for, Secretary of Austin, we had to vote on a waiver because he stepped off the board of Raytheon. But I guess that's okay because that's a Democrat secretary of defense. But we so quickly forget about that. And then Senator King, or I guess I better use the Senator from Virginia, starts bringing up the fact that what if you showed up drunk to your job?
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing Watch Party
How many senators have showed up drunk to vote at night? Have any of you guys asked them to step down and resign from their job? And don't tell me you haven't seen it because I know you have. And then how many senators do you know have got a divorce before cheating on their wives? Did you ask them to step down? No. But it's for show.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing Watch Party
You guys make sure you make a big show and point out the hypocrisy because a man's made a mistake. And you want to sit there and say that he's not qualified. Give me a joke. It is so ridiculous that you guys hold yourself as this higher standard. You forget you got a big plank in your eye. We've all made mistakes. I've made mistakes. And Jennifer, thank you for loving him through that mistake.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing Watch Party
Because the only reason why I'm here and not in prison is because my wife loved me too. I have changed, but I'm not perfect. But I found somebody that thought I was perfect. And for whatever reason, you love Pete, and I don't know why. But just like our Lord and Savior forgave me, my wife's had to forgive me more than once too, and I'm sure you've had to forgive him too. And so thank you.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing Watch Party
So before I go down this rabbit hole again, tell me something about your wife that you love.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing Watch Party
No, no. Well, she's also the mother.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing Watch Party
I'm trying to help you here. You know, do you believe that you're going to be running the secretary or the Department of Defense by yourself?
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing Watch Party
So in your organizations that you did have the privilege of running, did you have a board?
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing Watch Party
Okay, and what did you do with that board? What kind of decisions did you make with him? Those boards provided oversight and insight into decision-making. They all have special, unique sets that maybe filled gaps that you're not the expertise in? Yes, sir.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing Watch Party
So do you believe you're capable of surrounding yourself with capable individuals that you're going to be able to run those same ideas by and surround yourself with people that are smarter and better equipped and maybe areas that you don't necessarily carry expertise with?
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing Watch Party
Let me end with this, Mr. Chairman, about the qualifications. You got a man who has literally put his butt on the line. He served 20 years in service, multiple deployments, has heard the bullets crack over the top of his head, has been willing to go into combat, been willing to see friends die for this country. And he's willing to still put himself through this.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing Watch Party
His wife is willing to still stand beside him, knowing he wasn't perfect, knowing that all this was going to be brought up. And he's still willing to serve the country. What other qualifications does he need?