While Gov. DeSantis is on the same page with many Senate Republicans who oppose the Pentagon's policy, not all of Sen. Tuberville's GOP colleagues approve of his tactics.
this week and pledged to"rip the woke out" of the Defense Department. During Thursday's interview, DeSantis said that if elected president he would eliminate the Defense Department's abortion policy on his first day in office.
"We have all these other problems in our military. You know, we need more ammunition. We need more recruiting. We need all these other things, and yet they’re focusing on abortion tourism. So that’ll be an easy thing for me, day one as commander-in-chief," he said."That policy will go out the window, and we’re going to focus on mission accomplishment again."
While DeSantis is on the same page with many Senate Republicans who oppose the Pentagon's policy, not all of Tuberville's GOP colleagues approve of his tactics. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.,There may be a resolution on the horizon. Tuberville has said he wants a “standalone vote” on the policy, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
DeSantis has not made abortion restrictions a major focus of his campaign. In April, before he announced his White House bid, DeSantisAsked about Florida's abortion ban in a Fox News interview clip that aired Thursday, DeSantis applauded states that had passed restrictions but also said,"We have a big diverse country. I acknowledge that.”
“And I’m not suggesting that somehow New York is necessarily going to follow Iowa’s lead on that. I think you’re going to see some differences.”
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