Tuberville: SCOTUS fight ‘about pro-religious liberty’ — ‘Doug Jones needs to represent his state instead of his party’

With the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg last week, there has been a renewed focus on U.S. Senate races across the country down-ballot from the presidential contest.

The Supreme Court fight has not been lost by Republican U.S. Senate nominee Tommy Tuberville, who will face incumbent U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) in November.

During an interview with Mobile radio’s FM Talk 106.5, Tuberville elaborated on an earlier statement he made about the Supreme Court vacancy by saying this could be a big win for advocates of religious liberty.

“This is throwing another log on the fire of a very intense election season,” he said on Monday’s broadcast of “The Jeff Poor Show.” “We’ve got 42 days until the election, and this just amped it up, big time. People are saying they should appoint someone — hey listen, we elected Donald Trump and a Senate to get this done when they first got in. They have already put two in. Your term is not over until four years. I think President Trump is going to nominate someone. I’m excited about it. He said it’s going to be a woman. He said it is somebody that’s going to be very conservative, which is what we need. This is about pro-life, pro-Constitution, pro-guns. But the big thing, too: This is about pro-religious liberty. We’re losing religion in this country because the left is trying to take it away from us every day. I tell you, this is going to pay huge dividends for us if we can get somebody in there that’s conservative, that will stand up for the Constitution and the rule of law.”

Tuberville also took a crack at his opponent Jones, who he called on to represent Alabama instead of the Democratic Party.

“Doug Jones has already come out and said McConnell shouldn’t do it,” Tuberville added. “Well, Doug Jones needs to represent his state instead of his party. That’s ridiculous. Stay out of it. But hopefully, it gets done.”

@Jeff_Poor is a graduate of Auburn University and the University of South Alabama, the editor of Breitbart TV, a columnist for Mobile’s Lagniappe Weekly and host of Mobile’s “The Jeff Poor Show” from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. on FM Talk 106.5.