Tommy Tuberville
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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As head football coach at Texas Tech University, “I recruited (Patrick Mahomes) ... I’ve got to be very good friends with him.”
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The Olympic boxing committee “decided this year that men can box against women in the Olympics.”
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"Half the kids in this country, when they graduate, can’t read their diploma.”
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Says Doug Jones "has voted to spend our tax dollars on late-term abortions" and "supports abortion up until birth."
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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…