Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville Announces His Campaign For Governor

Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville is leaving the Senate as he embarks on a quest to become the next governor of the state.

The senator made his announcement official on Tuesday evening when he appeared on Fox News and spoke to host Will Cain.

โ€œAs you know, I coached, and it was a great time. We made some great friends. Itโ€™s been a lot of fun,โ€ the senator, who had a successful career at Auburn University as a football coach, said.

โ€œSo a fewย years ago, I decided to give back to this great country and fight. Presidentย Trump was a guy that really was behind me in doing the Senate race. Heโ€™s beenย behind me ever since and today I will announce that I will be the future governor of the great state of Alabama,โ€ Tuberville said.

โ€œIโ€™m doing this to help this country and the great state of Alabama,โ€ the senator said. โ€œIโ€™m a football coach. Iโ€™m a leader. Iโ€™m a builder. Iโ€™m a recruiter, and weโ€™re going to grow Alabama.โ€

โ€œWeโ€™re going to bring manufacturing to this state. Weโ€™re going to stop this illegal immigration. Weโ€™re going to make education better again, and weโ€™re going to do everything possible to make sure our kidsโ€ฆ stay in this state and work,โ€ he said.

The senator has been endorsed by President Donald Trump to succeed the term-limited Republican Governor Kay Ivey.

Alabama Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth announced last week that he would not seek the position which all but assures that Tuberville will be the next governor of the deep red state.

The last Democrat to hold the position of governor was former Gov. Don Siegelman who served one term from January 18, 1999, to January 20, 2003.

Since then, the governorship has remained in Republican control with Govs. Bob Riley, Robert Bentley and Ivery each serving two terms.

The senator said that while he prepares to campaign for governor, he still has work ahead of him in the Senate, like passing President Trumpโ€™s โ€œBig Beautiful Bill.โ€

But House Speaker Mike Johnson is warning that a handful of Senate Republicans may โ€œtankโ€ President Donald Trumpโ€™s โ€œBig Beautiful Billโ€ by stripping out key measures from the bill that are directly important to the presidentโ€™s agenda.

During an interview on CBS Newsโ€™ โ€œFace The Nation,โ€ Johnson also warned that the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate may take out the measure in the House-passed bill that restricts activist judges from issuing nationwide injunctions on every single case.

โ€œBefore I let you go, I want to ask you about another provision that was tucked into this bill. Democrats say it is weakening separation of powers and punishing the courts. Itโ€™s a specific provision that would restrict a federal courtโ€™s power to enforce injunctions with contempt, unless there was a bond attached to it. Sounds really weedy, but itโ€™s causing a lot of outcry. If this might get stripped out in the Senate anyway, why did you bother to stick it in?โ€ Brennan asked.

โ€œWell, we bothered to stick it in because thatโ€™s our responsibility in Congress. It is about separation of powers. And, right now, you have activist judges, a handful of them around the country, who are abusing that power. Theyโ€™re issuing these nationwide injunctions. Theyโ€™re โ€” theyโ€™re engaging in political acts from the bench. And that is not what our system is intended for. And people have lost their โ€” their โ€” their faith in our system of justice. We have to restore it. And bringing about a simple reform like that is something that I think everybody should applaud,โ€ Johnson responded.

Later in the interview, Johnson slammed a false talking point from liberals that the โ€œBig Beautiful Billโ€ will take away Medicaid from people.

โ€œWe have not cut Medicaid, and we have not cut SNAP. What weโ€™re doing, Margaret, is working on fraud, waste, and abuse,โ€ he said.


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