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Tommy Tuberville

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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Tommy Tuberville
Tommy Tuberville
stated on February 3, 2025 an interview on "The Megyn Kelly Show" podcast
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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By Madison Czopek • February 9, 2025
Tommy Tuberville
Tommy Tuberville
stated on February 22, 2024 at the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference
The Olympic boxing committee “decided this year that men can box against women in the Olympics.”
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By Grace Abels • March 1, 2024
Tommy Tuberville
Tommy Tuberville
stated on March 2, 2023 a speech at the CPAC conference
"Half the kids in this country, when they graduate, can’t read their diploma.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2023
Tommy Tuberville
Tommy Tuberville
stated on October 8, 2020 an ad
Says Doug Jones "has voted to spend our tax dollars on late-term abortions" and "supports abortion up until birth."
False
October 14, 2020
Tommy Tuberville
Tommy Tuberville
stated on August 17, 2020 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.”
False
August 19, 2020
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Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on June 10, 2025 posts on X
California has lower homicide rates than Alabama, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
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By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2025
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on March 28, 2023 a Senate floor speech
Sen. Tommy Tuberville is preventing military promotions “because he objects to women within the military getting access to reproductive care.”
Half-True
By Mary McNaughton • May 4, 2023
Doug Jones
Doug Jones
stated on October 1, 2020 an ad
Says Tommy Tuberville "quit on his players" all four times that he was a college football coach.
Half-True
October 6, 2020
Doug Jones
Doug Jones
stated on August 10, 2020 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."
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August 27, 2020
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