Tommy Tuberville, MAGA Republicans, Stereotypes and the Horrendous Stench of White Supremacy!

Elwood Watson, Ph.D.
The Polis
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3 min readMay 24, 2023

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol on May 16, 2023. | Francis Chung/POLITICO

During his commencement speech at Howard University last weekend, President Joe Biden stated that white supremacy is the greatest threat to our society. Biden was absolutely right on target in his remarks, which is evident in some of the more inflammatory comments made by conservative politicians.

“There he goes again!” is a common phrase most notably employed by the late president, Ronald Reagan, in 1984 against his predecessor, Jimmy Carter, who made critical comments directed at his ultimate successor. It’s a phrase applied perfectly to Tommy Tuberville.

The perennial, rhetorically obscene Alabama senator recently hurled another in a slew of previously offensive comments to the ire of many rational-minded citizens.

In an interview that aired earlier this month on NPR member station WBHM, Tuberville complained that military recruitment was down “because the Democrats are attacking our military, saying we need to get out the white extremists, the white nationalists, people that don’t believe in our agenda, as Joe Biden’s agenda.” The former Auburn University coach was just getting warmed up.

“Well I don’t look at it like that,” Tuberville added. “I look at a white nationalist as a Trump Republican. That’s what…

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Elwood Watson, Ph.D.
The Polis

Historian, Syndicated Columnist, Public Speaker, Social-Cultural Critic. Professor of Black Studies and Gender Studies, at East Tennessee State University.