'Literally your job': Tuberville mocked for saying he read up on 'the big game' instead of election results

Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) apparently didn't keep up with election results as voters largely rejected anti-abortion Republicans across the country Tuesday night, and the senator is getting ridiculed on social media for his ignorance.

In a post to X (formerly Twitter) Wednesday, journalist Al Weaver of The Hill tweeted about a revealing exchange with Sen. Tuberville at the US Capitol, tweeting that Alabama's senior US senator "says he has not looked at the election results re abortion last night," adding "I don't keep up with that." When Weaver asked Tuberville what he did read about, the senator referred to the "big game" between Auburn University — where Tuberville was head coach of its football team — and the University of Arkansas.

"A U.S. Senator, ladies and gentlemen!" Political commentator Chris Cillizza tweeted.

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"You don't keep up with elections? But senator that's literally your job," X user @theegreatdabsby replied.

"[S]o much for a well educated / well informed senator[.] He should go back to losing games for Auburn," tweeted @sefbos, in reference to Tuberville's 85-40 record (50-30 in the Southeastern Conference) at the program.

"Senator, you are payed[sic] almost $200k for a job involving US politics. Please pay more attention to that than reliving your glory days," X user Taylor Keating wrote.

Sen. Tuberville is also still the subject of widespread derision in response to his ongoing blockade of more than 300 high-ranking military promotions. Tuberville is protesting the Pentagon's policy of compensating service member's travel costs to obtain abortions out of state in response to multiple states' criminalization of abortion following the overturning of Roe v. Wade last year. The inability of those officers to be fully confirmed by the US Senate has resulted in many top officers having to take on double their normal workload. Marine Commandant Gen. Eric Smith — a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — recently suffered a heart attack amid a demanding workload, as his would-be deputy has yet to be confirmed due to Tuberville's blockade.

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On Wednesday, Senator Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) called on his colleagues to "go around" Tuberville in order to make sure the US military is able to respond appropriately to ongoing geopolitical crises.

"We need our military to be stronger and more focused than ever," Kelly said. "However, because of one senator, our military is being severely hamstrung... [Tuberville] either doesn't know what he's talking about, or he doesn't care."

Tuberville's anti-abortion blockade could be seen as out of step with American voters, as Ohio — a Republican trifecta state that Donald Trump won convincingly in 2020 — voted Tuesday night to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution. Governor Glenn Youngkin (R-Virginia) also suffered crushing losses Tuesday night, losing control of the Virginia house and failing to retake the majority in the Virginia senate after campaigning on a 15-week abortion ban.