On Wednesday, former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a candidate for the GOP nomination for Alabama’s U.S. Senate election to be held in November, called on his opponent former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville to face him in a debate.
Thursday, Tuberville downplayed Sessions’ call, citing the severity of the coronavirus pandemic and argued the focus should not be on politics.
Tuberville told Huntsville radio’s WVNN that a debate proposal was “the least” of his worries.
“That’s the least of my worries,” he said on “The Jeff Poor Show.” “You know, they keep attacking me. You would think somebody would have a little bit of compassion and don’t talk politics. I probably won’t talk politics for another five, six, seven weeks. There’s no reason to. I mean, we need to protect our families and our future because this is not a drill. I mean, this is real — what we’re having go on right now.”
Tuberville mentioned his son, currently residing in New York City, and the hardship he was facing to illustrate how Americans are being asked to give up their freedom amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“And again, it’s not to us as much as what is going on right here in Alabama as it is in other places,” Tuberville added. “I have a son that lives in New York, Tucker, who went to Auburn a few years ago. And now he is up there in finance. He said, ‘Dad, it’s a different world up here. It’s really different. You can go into the street. If you do, you got certain times you can go to the grocery stores. We’re losing our freedom, and this is a country where we love our freedom. And that’s what it is all about.”
“We’re starting to lose our freedom for a limited time,” he continued. “But we’re losing them for the right reasons. You’ve got to protect freedom for the future. And so, politics aside — this is not about any kind of election right now. We’ve got our people elected — they need to do the right thing for the state and our country. And I’m going to follow all the rules and regulations. Once we get back to politics, we’ll pick up where we left off, and get ready to go beat Doug Jones in November.”
@Jeff_Poor is a graduate of Auburn University, the editor of Breitbart TV, a columnist for Mobile’s Lagniappe Weekly and host of Huntsville’s “The Jeff Poor Show” from 2-5 p.m. on WVNN.
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