Former college football coach Tommy Tuberville has said some interesting things since being elected to the United States Senate in 2020. But today’s comments on Vladimir Putin and Russia are in a whole different stratosphere.
In an interview with 1819 News, the Republican Alabama senator bizarrely tried to claim that one of the reasons Putin invaded Ukraine is because he needed its farmland to feed the Russian people.
“He can’t feed his people,” Tuberville said of the Russian president. “It’s a communist country, so he can’t feed his people, so they need more farmland.”
No matter what your political orientation is, this is blatantly false. Russia hasn’t been a communist nation in three decades, and while Putin has multiple reasons for deciding to escalate and attack Ukraine, none of them have anything to do with a starvation crisis.
Not surprisingly, Tuberville is being taken to task on social media for his statements.
Tommy Tuberville is a great reminder that incredible athletes can make a football team succeed in spite of absolutely broken-brained coaches https://t.co/wb78scch2f
— Brian Floyd (@BrianMFloyd) February 24, 2022
Ah, yes. Tommy Tuberville invokes Hitler’s “Lebensraum” rationale to justify Putin’s aggression. The largest country in the world just needs more farmland. The exact same argument Hitler used to invade Ukraine. Nice job, Tommy! https://t.co/E41xRNTcEt pic.twitter.com/uay8vQFo8O
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) February 24, 2022
every time you have imposter syndrome just remember that tommy tuberville is a senator https://t.co/WBZLJufnFV
— v.o. (@vanillaopinions) February 24, 2022
Tommy Tuberville not understanding the opponent. A tale as old as time. https://t.co/DZwub3HlXl
— Ben Malisewski (@bmalisewski) February 24, 2022
tommy tuberville, it appears, is, in fact, not quite qualified to be a us senator. who would have ever guess that
— eric, fr🥶m 🥶nline™ (@ericisbad_) February 24, 2022
Area senator first misidentifies the three branches of government and who we fought in WWII https://t.co/pSScX6ujye and now the system of government in Russia since 1991 https://t.co/0Rvhl6DRgd
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) February 24, 2022
Tommy Tuberville having a convoluted understanding of playing offense is about right. https://t.co/JFh7HwJ9BC
— Rob Slater (@RobSlater10) February 24, 2022
Tommy Tuberville watching The Americans and issuing press releases about the war in Ukraine.
— Prof. Lemon Gogurt, Podcast State University (@Ugarles) February 24, 2022
“It’s a communist country, so he can’t feed his people, so they need more farmland,” is how Senator Tommy Tuberville explains Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, though Russia is not a communist country, and the invasion has nothing to do with farmland
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) February 24, 2022
Tommy Tuberville may be the world’s dumbest human being, and these days that’s saying a LOT. https://t.co/zkP1xjfMWm
— Daniel J. Willis (@BayAreaData) February 24, 2022
Alabama! Do better!!
re: Tommy Tuberville pic.twitter.com/8aAy6EZsMn— Interterrestrial Computer Stove (@YourStankMule) February 24, 2022
Tommy Tuberville is a time capsule for geopolitics circa the 1980s. https://t.co/QXeTyWejS9
— (((THEE R.A. Roth, 2022 Electric Boogaloo))) (@fantagor) February 24, 2022
How in TF did Tommy Tuberville ever get elected to anything???
— bud riddle (@blackcloudbud) February 24, 2022
Tuberville was a pretty good college football coach in his day, but he might not be cut out for this government thing.
At least, he is not meant to weigh in on any major geopolitical issues right now.
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