Tommy Tuberville’s Newsmax Rant Ends In Spectacular Facepalm Moment

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) “no dictatorship” comment went embarrassingly awry on Thursday.

Railing on Newsmax against criticism of President Donald Trump’s new executive order that seeks to ban trans women and girls from women’s sports, the Trump acolyte boldly declared:

“There is no dictatorship here other than Donald Trump saying, ‘This is not gonna happen.’”

Watch here:

Tommy Tuberville: “There is no dictatorship here other than Donald Trump saying, ‘this is not gonna happen.'”

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)2025-02-06T22:23:43.399Z

Critics said pretty much the same thing in response:

That’s literally the definition of dictatorship

(@erroneousbosch.bsky.social)2025-02-06T23:54:43.352Z

We don’t have a dictatorship, we just have this one guy who dictates what happens.

Dan Thiell (@danthiell.bsky.social)2025-02-06T22:26:40.194Z

“There is no dictatorship here other than our leader dictating what can and cannot happen.”

Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social)2025-02-06T23:44:44.930Z

So, like a… mmm dictatorship?

Gaël (@goonergael.bsky.social)2025-02-06T22:25:10.235Z

Tommy Tuberville just admitted Trump is a dictator—he just thinks it’s fine. “There is no dictatorship here other than Trump saying ‘this is not gonna happen.’” Buddy, that’s the definition of a dictatorship! They aren’t even hiding it anymore. Wake up, America!

Liberal Donald J. Trump (@notdontrmp.bsky.social)2025-02-06T22:34:39.558Z

Man who doesn’t know what words mean attempts to use them anyway.

(@libertyogre.bsky.social)2025-02-06T22:24:45.208Z

God even without the volume on, you can hear the stupid coming out of him.

KyotiWiles (@kyotiwiles.bsky.social)2025-02-07T02:51:23.007Z

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