Bill Kristol says whatever Tuberville is saying about airline workers, "it's not terrifying"
Writer and commentator, The Bulwark, posting on X
“Fact check: Whatever Tuberville thinks he’s saying here, it’s not terrifying.”
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Post by Bill Kristol quoting FactPost's clip of Senator Tuberville saying that many airline pilots, flight attendants and air traffic controllers are part of the furry community and that it is terrifying.
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Clip of the floor remarks from C-SPAN2 coverage posted by the FactPost account the day after the speech. Lead Stories, Bill Kristol, The Bulwark and the AFA-CWA union's Bluesky account all cite or quote it or a similar clip.
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Kristol's post quotes FactPost's clip of Tuberville saying that many airline pilots, flight attendants and air traffic controllers are part of the furry community and that it is terrifying.
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Kristol's post is one sentence long. The clip is from Tuberville's September 22 floor speech.
How this statement is classified
Case context: Is there evidence for Tommy Tuberville's claim that furries working in the airline industry are a flight-safety risk?
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Why this label?
The reference point is Tuberville's claim that many airline pilots, flight attendants and air traffic controllers are furries and a flight-safety risk. Kristol disputes Tuberville's framing of it as "terrifying" without denouncing the claim or addressing evidence, so the closest competing label, condemns, loses.
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