MORNING GLORY: Democrat El-Sayed reminds us just one senator can do great damage to our military

Opinion

There's no doubt the Michigan Senate race is the most important election in the country this year

By Hugh Hewitt Fox News

Published August 13, 2026 5:00am EDT

Comments Facebook Twitter Threads Flipboard Print Email Add Fox News on Google

Video

‘Radical, anti-American’ El-Sayed has much to answer for: Hugh Hewitt

Fox News contributor Hugh Hewitt discusses far-left streamer Hasan Piker campaigning for Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed on ‘One Nation.’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!

It is not often that I write critically of a Republican United States senator. But that happened in February 2023, when Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville placed a hold on military promotions to protest a Department of Defense policy that covered travel expenses for service members seeking reproductive healthcare across state lines. Tuberville's hold ultimately delayed the promotions of more than 400 senior military officers, many of whom were colonels or Navy captains awaiting promotion to general or flag rank, for roughly 10 months.

The "Tuberville Blockade" upended the lives and careers of hundreds of Army, Air Force and Marine Corps colonels and Navy captains by seriously disrupting carefully planned career paths and assignments. It also disrupted the carefully constructed career paths of the generals and admirals who were sidelined by the ill-considered embargo.

Career military officers ought never again to be held hostage for political goals. Sen. Tuberville eventually relented after months of mounting pressure from senators in both parties. He lifted his blanket "hold" after long meetings with his Senate colleagues, who emphasized to him that he was damaging the careers of people who had provided exemplary service over decades.

MORNING........

© Fox News

visit website