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- Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama has long been opposed to Ukraine aid.
- He delivered a nearly 10-minute floor speech railing against it before the bill passed on Tuesday.
- But during the actual vote, the Alabama senator was nowhere to be found.
Ahead of a final Senate vote to send Ukraine aid to President Joe Biden’s desk, Sen. Tommy Tuberville made one last stand against it.
The Alabama Republican delivered a more than nine minute floor speech denouncing further aid on Tuesday, describing Ukraine as a “black hole with no accountability” while accusing House Republican leaders of having “sold out Americans” by allowing a vote on the bill in the first place.
“The war in Ukraine is a stalemate. It has been for a while,” said Tuberville. “We should be working with Ukraine and Russia to negotiate an end to this madness.”