WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined “The Evening Edit” with Liz MacDonald on Fox Business to discuss the nomination of Kash Patel to be FBI Director and Linda McMahon to be Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. Senator Tuberville also responded to New York City Mayor Eric Adams expressing willingness to work with the incoming Trump administration.
Read excerpts from the interview below or watch on YouTube or Rumble.
ON NOMINATION OF KASH PATEL TO BE FBI DIRECTOR:
MacDONALD: “Joining us now from Senate Armed Services is Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville. Senator, it’s great to see you again. What is your reaction when you hear that? I mean, the President is saying he wants the Justice Department, the FBI, to go after crime [which is] hurting Americans, not political rivals.”
TUBERVILLE: “FAKE Bureau of Investigation, Liz. We’re going to have a new one. Christopher Wray will be gone. Kash Patel will be in. Pam Bondi is good friends with Kash Patel—they will work very well together. The American people are scared to death of the FBI. They’ve been weaponized. They’ve been going after people—not just President Trump, but all of his, a lot of his people—his friends, matter of fact—and pushing people to the limit. They have done things by going into homes at six in the morning, waking people up. It’s absolutely amazing what they’ve done and and they’re dead wrong about it, and Christopher Wray will be gone. He’ll actually get out himself. But we’ll have a new FBI director.”
MacDONALD: “Yeah. You know, anecdotally, we spoke to millennial voters. Even millennial voters say they don’t feel comfortable with the Justice Department, just picking and choosing who they’re gonna go after politically.”
ON MEETING WITH LINDA McMAHON:
MacDONALD: “So, you met with Linda McMahon, the incoming nominee for the Education Department. Your reaction to that?”
TUBERVILLE: “Very good. She’s well qualified. As you well know, I spent 35 years in the education business. Our education is in trouble, like everything else. We’re 27th in the world in education. She’s big on homeschool. She’s big on school choice. We need to do something with, obviously, with Title IX—men in women’s sports. We’ve got to get back to educating and teaching math, English, all the things that kids need to do. […] I’m very impressed with her, I think she’ll do a great job.”
MacDONALD: “Senator, there’s also this. So, a lot of work needs to be done, right? And, you know, the big one here in New York City and in cities nationwide—it’s about Democrats allowing for the sanctuary status to stay to protect criminal illegal aliens. We’re talking rapists, kidnappers, murderers—and listen to New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Senator, he now says he wants to get rid of New York City’s sanctuary status. Watch this.” […]
TUBERVILLE: “Well, good for him. I tell you, he’s really changed his attitude since President Trump got elected. The sanctuary cities have devastated these cities, and if you go back to what we were talking about a little bit earlier, sanctuary cities have destroyed the education for young people in these cities. And again, we love all kids. We want all kids to be educated. But exactly what Eric Adams is saying—they have no chance in these sanctuary cities because healthcare has gone through the roof. We’re spending billions of dollars, and kids do not have a chance. Discipline in the schools has gone out the door, and we have no opportunities for these kids to learn in a great environment.”
MacDONALD: “Trump’s trying to change it. Senator Tuberville, a pleasure to see you again. Thanks for being with us on a Monday night.”
TUBERVILLE: “Thank you.”
Senator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans’ Affairs, and HELP Committees.
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