Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville says white nationalists are racists

Tommy Tuberville, an Alabama senator, said white nationalists are racists weeks after declining to say so. Earlier in May, Tuberville said he would call white nationalists Americans.

In a May interview, Tuberville suggested that the Biden administration’s efforts to expand diversity in the military were weakening the force and hampering recruitment, though the Army has said that the real problem is that many young people do not see enlistment as safe or a good career path.

"We are losing in the military so fast. Our readiness in terms of recruitment," Tuberville told the Alabama radio station WBHM. "And why? I’ll tell you why. 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."