# How do you solve a problem like Tuberville **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 25, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-tuberville/987571 "2023-07-25T17:41:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-tuberville/987571/261 "2023-12-09T14:03:32Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > They’ve mistaken “small government” for “petty government”. That’s a very quotable line. (So I quoted it). ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-tuberville/987571/262 "2023-12-10T03:42:47Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > I have to assume that a bunch of Republicans swarmed his office. “We’re gonna hafta suspend the rules because of you and that’ll put us on record for a vote. We don’t wanna take no written responsibility for your shit. Now get the fuck out on the floor and back the fuck down.” “Or else?” “See this folder? Pictures that show you in bed with a dead girl and a live boy.” “Fuck. Thought I burned those. You win.” > > Or words to that effect. Ha ha, it happened almost exactly like that. > **[Inside the closed-door meeting where Tuberville caved](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/09/republicans-tuberville-military-blockade-00130884?ICID=ref_fark)** > > Colleagues spent months getting the Alabama senator to drop his abortion protest. “Like being pro-life, this [supporting the military] is a core principle that distinguishes Republicans from Democrats,” he [Dan Sullivan R-Alaska] told senators. “For that reason, if we’re forced to take this vote on the Reed [resolution], a number of us will feel compelled to support it. My hope is that instead of a vote of nine or 10 of us, that this could be a vote of 30 or 40.” Principles were invoked, but not making other Republicans look bad is the only core principle that mattered. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-tuberville/987571/263 "2023-12-20T12:26:40Z")
After already giving up his hold on all but the four-star officers, Tuberville finally completely caved and the Senate confirmed 11 remaining four-star nominees by voice vote. He secured no concessions. Good work, coach. > **[Senate confirms top military nominees, ending Tuberville’s hold over promotions](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/19/senate-confirms-top-military-nominees-ending-tubervilles-hold-over-promotions-00132588)** > > The blockade ends with no concessions from the administration on the Pentagon’s abortion travel policy. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-tuberville/987571/264 "2023-12-20T12:42:10Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > After already giving up his hold on all but the four-star officers, Tuberville finally completely caved and the Senate confirmed 11 remaining four-star nominees by voice vote. He secured no concessions. Great to hear. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-tuberville/987571.md?page=13)