Civil Rights Leaders Join Nation In Rejection of Statement By Sen. Tommy Tuberville

National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial denounced Sen. Tommy Tuberville's outrageously racist tirade at Saturday's Trump rally in Nevada, calling on members of the Senate to condemn the statements.

Even in this era of heightened racial rhetoric, Sen. Tuberville's bigoted comments were stunning,” Morial said. "Every member of the Senate must make it clear that Tuberville's repugnant views are unacceptable and must bear no influence on public policy.

"Tuberville's racial views are even more heartbreaking in light of his decades of coaching Black athletes who entrusted their health, safety and futures to a man who clearly holds them in the lowest contempt," Morial said.

“People of conscience can disagree on the best way to achieve economic justice after centuries of slavery, segregation, and discrimination. Sen. Tuberville has disqualified himself from serious discourse by smearing in the ugliest possible terms those who pursue racial justice and those to whom justice is owed."

“His words promote a centuries-old lie about Black people that throughout history has resulted in the most dangerous policies and violent attacks on our community,” the organization’s president, Derrick Johnson, said in a statement about the Alabama lawmaker.

“We’ve seen this before from the far-right, and we’ve seen what they can do when they take power,” Johnson’s statement continued. “Next time the Senator wants to talk about crime, he should talk about Donald Trump’s hate-fueled rally on January 6, 2021, and the attacks that followed. Perhaps the real criminals are in his orbit.”