Senator Tommy Tuberville is an endangered species in official Washington. That’s not because political hacks – in uniform and out – are taking every imaginable cheap shot at him, including that he is “endangering our national security” by holding up the promotions of some 300 officers.

Rather, what makes Coach Tuberville such a rarity is that he actually has sound principles – and is willing to fight for them.

Specifically, he believes the U.S. military is not an instrument for political warfare, but for the shooting kind. And Army Ranger veteran Will Thibeau will tell Congress today that at least 42 percent of the 300 promotables have publicly supported the cultural Marxist makeover of our armed forces.

For that reason alone, not a one of them should be promoted. And as long as it is up to the principled, patriotic Tommy Tuberville, they won’t be. 

This is Frank Gaffney.