Nefarious Conspiracy Theory

Tommy Tuberville was famous for being the head football coach at Auburn University. He used this "creditability" to somehow become a US Senator.  

Currently, he is singlehandedly holding up the confirmation of over 300 senior military officers in a protest over abortion. This "unprecedented campaign to try to change Pentagon abortion policy by holding up hundreds of military nominations and promotions, forcing less experienced leaders into top jobs and raising concerns at the Pentagon about military readiness. Senators in both parties have pushed back on Tuberville’s blockade, but Tuberville is dug in. He says he won’t drop the holds unless majority Democrats allow a vote on the [abortion] policy." He is also a person who, while a US Senator, denied white nationalists are inherently racist.

First of all, it is insane that one person could hold up these confirmations. To make things worse, it has nothing to do with the actual officers, but an abortion policy. 

This is where I start a conspiracy theory...

What if it isn't about abortion at all, what if it's about Trump. Trump has a very good chance at becoming President and there is a reasonable prospect that he will do everything possible to stay in power forever. Say he cancels elections, who is there to stop him. Not Congress, who doesn't have the votes to impeach him and is filled with loyalists. The only logical alternative to defend the Constitution (besides revolution) would be the military. Holding up these confirmations would give Trump a chance to appoint loyalists to these senior-level military positions. Make no mistake, Trump learned his lesson from Jeff Sessions and Bill Barr, and he will never put anyone who is not loyal in a position of power within his administration or in the military. Tommy Tuberville may be a stooge, but perhaps he is playing the long game for a coup.


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