U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is declaring victory after the Islamic Academy of Alabama withdrew their application to relocate a new school to a busy area in Hoover.
Earlier this week, the Hoover Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to deny its request to relocate earlier this month. This came after considerable pushback from Tuberville and Hoover city residents.
Even though the school withdrew its application, the leadership still condemned the public outcry for being misplaced, claiming comments from Tuberville and others distorted the mission of the school.
“Such rhetoric puts our students, some as young as 3 years old, at real and immediate risk,” the academy’s assistant principal, Stacy Abdein, said.
“When public officials spread dangerous myths about innocent students and families, they embolden hostility and increase the likelihood of harassment or targeted threats, undermining the safety and well-being of our entire school community.”
During an appearance on “Rightside Radio” with hosts Allison Sinclair and Amie Beth Shaver Monday, Tuberville didn’t apologize for his beliefs and bashed “weak-kneed” politicians who live their lives trying to appease both parties.
“Let’s just let them know right now where we stand and what we believe in, Tuberville said. “Fine if you want to live here, but as long as you go by our laws and believe in the things that made this country great, I’m all in.”
Tuberville said Americans can no longer ignore the threat from Radical Islamism.
“This goes back to a very deep subject – because we’re at war,” he argued. “We’re at war in this country with all the people that have come here from all over the world. And listen, we love immigration. We’re we’re all a part of an immigrant family one time and the other. But a lot of people come here and they want to assimilate. They want to go by our laws. They want to go by our Constitution. They want a better life. It’s what they want. And they want to come here and just live much better than where they moved from.”
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted 7-0 to recommend denial of the proposal, citing concerns that the project did not align with the city’s long-term Comprehensive Plan for the Meadow Brook Corporate Park area. City staff and commissioners also raised issues involving traffic impacts, occupancy projections and inconsistencies in supporting documents submitted during the review process.
Senator Tuberville kept it simple today, summing up his opinion on the issue.
“At the end of the day, it doesn’t need to be here. We’re a Judeo-Christian country that believes in God. We believe in the Bible, and we built it off our what our forefathers built it off, off of that precedent. And so at the end of the day, we do not want to change. We don’t want people changing us.”
Tuberville also spoke in depth on his America-first stance, reiterating that he “will fight for this country” and is working for the people of Alabama.
The Senator even touched on the surge of mosques in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, saying politicians in the area are afraid to “upset the apple cart,” and assured he would not let Alabama have the same fate.
Yaffee is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” weekdays 9-11 a.m. on WVNN. You can follow him on X @Yaffee
