Opinion This bloviating Trumper wants to govern red state -- while apparently living elsewhere

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By Brian Liman, Alabama Reflector- Commentary
Published February 2, 2026 4:08 PM ET

If Tommy Tuberville’s alleged Florida life makes you question his qualifications for Alabama governor, let me offer a few other concerns.

Our senior U.S. senator has called most immigrants “garbage.” He compared city residents to rats. Tuberville said Black Americans “do the crime.” He attacked Muslim Americans in dangerous ways.

There’s also the general unpreparedness he’s brought to the U.S. Senate; his apparent belief that his only constituent is Donald Trump, and the strange influencer vibe that leads him to appear on a vile Sandy Hook denier’s broadcast.

https://www.rawstory.com/tommy-tuberville-2675068872/?utm_source=opinion

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1. Republicans have long ignored residence requirements for their state officials.

From Oz in Pennsylvania in 2024 all the way back to Jim Buckley as Senator from New York while living in Connecticut in 1970.
When a sitting US Senator thinks the three branches of government are the Executive, the Senate and the House, it should not come as a surprise to anyone that there is a border between Florida and Alabama, that he is on the wrong side of it to be governor of Alabama, and that he doesn't know that.

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2. Totally agree................