‘Oh. My. God.’ Morning Joe Gobsmacked By Tommy Tuberville Getting ‘Twisted in Knots’ on Alabama IVF Ban
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) attempted to answer a reporter’s question about the Alabama Supreme Court ruling on frozen embryos used in IVF treatment, and it was clear he had no idea what he was talking about. And the Morning Joe crew on MSNBC were pretty stunned by the whole thing.
Tuberville, who held the United States military hostage for months over his own beliefs about abortion, initially said he agreed with the court’s ruling that frozen embryos had the same legal rights as children because “We need to have more kids, we need to have an opportunity to do that, and I thought this was the right thing to do.” But when reminded that many people used IVF to have more kids and this ruling had a chilling effect on that, he said, “Well, that’s for another conversation.”
NBC’s Dasha Burns continued to press Tuberville, who made it patently obvious to anyone watching the interview that he was not well-informed on the issue despite supporting the “bill” he hadn’t read. (There was no bill. It was a court ruling.)
Co-host Willie Geist introduced the clip of Tuberville, who “reversed his position several times in less than two minutes.” And when the clip was over and they cut back to Geist, Joe Scarborough, and Mika Brzezinski in the studio, their reaction was palpable:
Brzezinski: Oh–
Geist: Wow, Joe, we need more kids.
Brzezinski: My–
Geist: We need more kids.
Brzezinski: God.
Geist: Amen to that. IVF gives the gift and the miracle of children to people who otherwise couldn’t have it. Obviously no command of the issue. He’s talking about a bill. He hasn’t read the bill. There’s no bill. This is a Supreme Court ruling in the state of Alabama. Totally twisted in knots there, as many Republicans have been just in the last two days on this issue.
Brzezinski pointed out what seems to be the case: “He clearly doesn’t know what IVF is.” Then Scarborough then lambasted Tuberville on his blithering answer, comparing him to fictional Alabama native Forrest Gump “if he got the ball and just ran in circles.”
Scarborough also added: “[T]his is such a nightmare for Republicans politically, and they know it.”
Watch the video above via MSNBC.
