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Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville has a very weird theory for why Russia invaded Ukraine
The amount of stupid that eminates from Tuberville specifically and Talabama generally is astounding.
2.26.22
Senator Tommy Tuberville (R/AL) thinks he knows why Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine. It's not because Ukraine was once part of the Soviet Union and Putin wants to restore those former borders. Nor is it that Putin worries about the encroachment of the West -- and NATO -- into Ukraine and at his country's western border. According to the Alabama Republican senator, it's communism. And farmland. Or something. "He can't feed his people," Tuberville said of Putin in a speech to the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce earlier this week, as was reported by 1819 News. "It's a communist country, so he can't feed his people, so they need more farmland." Uh, what?
First off, it's worth noting that Russia is not, in fact, a communist country. The Soviet Union was a communist country, but its fall in 1991 signaled the end of the communist regime. Russia is now an authoritarian regime with Putin in charge. I also did a bit of digging on Tuberville's claim about Russia's inability to feed its people -- and, it turns out, he is totally wrong. According to the 2021 Global Hunger Index, Russia ranks 25th out of 116 countries -- with a level of hunger that is "low." And Russia is currently the top exporter of wheat in the world. I reached out to Tuberville's office for some clarity on what, exactly, he was talking about. They didn't get back to me, but if they do, I will be sure to share their perspective.
The amount of stupid that eminates from Tuberville specifically and Talabama generally is astounding.