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GOP Senator Tommy Tuberville tries to clear up comments on white nationalists
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Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville, of Alabama, and his office are trying to clear up comments the former Auburn University football coach made late last week about white nationalists serving in the military.
In an interview that aired on NPR member station WBHM Thursday and was posted online Monday, Tuberville complained that military recruitment was down "because the Democrats are attacking our military, saying we need to get out the white extremists, the white nationalists, people that don't believe in our agenda, as Joe Biden's agenda."
WBHM's Richard Banks followed up with a question about whether he believes white nationalists should be allowed to serve in the military.
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