U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is defending the Trump administration’s actions against drug boats in the Caribbean.
Since September, President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth have ordered military strikes against cartel boats shipping drugs to the U.S.
Several Democrats have spoke out against the strikes, suggesting the President needs to get authorization from Congress before conducting such military operations.
Tuberville, who is also a candidate for Alabama Governor in 2026, discussed the issue Wednesday on WVNN’s “The Dale Jackson Show.”
“It’s a mystery to me why elected leaders up here are concerned about these narco-terrorists more than they are American citizens,” Tuberville said. “It’s absolutely amazing. You know, as I said, we’ve lost hundreds, thousands of lives. It’s the number one cause of death in this country to young people. And President Trump ran on, hey, solving this drug problem, and now he’s trying to cut off the drug source.”
Tuberville said he believes the cartels have basically been at war with the United States for years.
“Now, this war that we’ve had with Venezuela and the drugs has not been going on for six months,” he explained.
“It’s been going on for years, and years, we have lost hundreds of 1000s of people because of the drugs coming this country. So it is a war. It’s a war trying to save American lives, and President Trump knows that, and Pete headset knows that, so that’s the reason they’re attacking all these drug boats coming out.”
Tuberville also defended Hegseth after the Washington Post accused him of ordering a second strike against one of the boats. Democrats have used the report to accuse the War Secretary of war crimes.
“The second most attacked person in Washington, DC, behind Donald Trump, is Pete Hegseth,” he argued, “because he’s trying to straighten out the strength of our country, which is the military, you know, and he’s got it back on the right track. But since day one, even Republicans have been after him, and he’s done a great job.”
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 Twitter @Yaffee
