Ron DeSantis Tells Morning Joe He Supports Tuberville’s Fight Against Taxpayer-Funded ‘Abortion Tourism’

Florida Governor and Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis made the case for Senator Tommy Tuberville’s (R-AL) hold on military promotions in the upper chamber of Congress on Morning Joe Thursday, arguing that his fight against taxpayer-funded “abortion tourism” was righteous.

Asked by Mika Brzezinski if he agreed with Senate Republicans that Tuberville should “lift the blockade on military promotions,” DeSantis answered in the negative.

“Actually, I think that what the DOD is doing, I don’t think they’re following the law with respect to the abortion tourism. I don’t think taxpayer money should be spent on that,” answered DeSantis. “We have a very weak defense industrial base, we’ve got huge problems with recruiting. And so their focus on that, I don’t think it’s consistent with the law, I also think it’s misguided. I would also point out that you can promote people on an individual basis, I think the Senate has decided they have not wanted to move a lot of those. But if there’s people that are mission critical, they can move it in spite of what Senator Tuberville did. But I think fighting back on the Pentagon going outside the boundaries of the law, I think that’s Congress’s appropriate role and oversight and checks and balances.”

“But to answer the question, do you think that Senator Tuberville should lift the blockade that he’s put on military promotions?” inquired Brzezinski again.

“No, because I think that he, we’re trying to force a change in Pentagon policy to conform them to the law, while at the same time he has allowed individuals to be appointed,” replied DeSantis definitively. “So if there are mission critical promotions, bring them before the Senate. I think he’s been very clear that that’s appropriate, and I know that they have done that in certain instances.”

On Twitter, DeSantis promoted the clip while urging Tuberville to “keep fighting.”

Watch above via MSNBC.