U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) appeared on Fox Business’s Kudlow to discuss the ongoing federal government shutdown, attributing responsibility to Democrats for the impasse. During the interview, Tuberville addressed concerns about missed paychecks for air traffic controllers and potential interruptions to food assistance programs.
Host Larry Kudlow outlined some of the effects of the shutdown, noting that “the air traffic controllers will not be paid as of today. I think they miss a paycheck. There, let’s see, November 1st, the food stamps program will not be paid out. That’s another one. The federal employees, union, 800,000 of them… They’re saying that the Republican CR should be voted, and then we should open up the government again.”
Tuberville responded by stating: “Yeah. I get a lot of Left-wing media questions here in the Capitol, and it’s all about, ‘What are we gonna do?’ Wait a minute. The Democrats have voted 13 times to shut the government down. 13 times not to pay our veterans, not to pay our troops, and to cut SNAP cards. I mean, this is the Democrats. And so, we’re gonna have to probably, Larry, at the end of the day, if they continue to say, ‘Listen, this is all about politics, we don’t care about the American people, we’re not gonna pass anything.’ We’re gonna have to bust the filibuster. That’s what’s gonna have to happen. And I hate to say that. I’m not one to do that, but at the end of the day, if we ever lose the Senate, they’re gonna do it anyway. And so we better start thinking down the road, but the Democrats could care less about this country or the people in this country. They wanna shut it down. They wanna keep it shut down because it’s politics all the way with Chuck Schumer. He is bound and determined to not let AOC get in this race to beat him for the New York Senate seat, but I hope that happens.”
Kudlow closed by thanking Tuberville: “Well, we’ll see. Senator Tommy Tuberville. Thank you, sir. We appreciate your wisdom, as always.”
Senator Tuberville serves Alabama in Washington and sits on several committees including Armed Services; Agriculture; Veterans’ Affairs; Health Education Labor & Pensions (HELP); and Aging.
