President Trump and Senator Tuberville are Taking the Fight to the Swamp — Ending the Filibuster Is Step One

Guest Opinion by Perry Hooper, Jr.

Washington’s gridlock finally met its match. Coach Tommy Tuberville joined President Donald J. Trump in calling for the end of the Senate filibuster. Now the real action starts.

Good leaders adjust when the game changes. Great ones know when to blow up a broken play. That’s exactly what Coach Tuberville did. After meeting with President Trump, Coach made it clear: the American people care about results, not Senate rulebooks.

“The American people don’t care about Senate procedures — they care about putting this country back on track,” Coach Tuberville said. “We can’t let outdated rules stop President Trump from doing what the voters sent him here to do. It’s time to bust the filibuster and move forward.”

For too long, Washington insiders and Senate lifers had used the filibuster to protect their power. They didn’t want reform. They wanted control. The filibuster became a weapon of obstruction. A tool to keep President Trump’s agenda stalled while America suffered. Coach Tuberville and President Trump said enough is enough.

In Alabama, when something isn’t working, we fix it. We don’t debate the rulebook, we get the job done. That’s the mindset Coach Tuberville brought to Washington. He wasn’t afraid to call an audible when the country’s future was on the line.

Coach said it best: the American people care about outcomes, not process. They care about secure borders, affordable energy, law and order, and a strong economy. What they don’t care about are procedural tricks designed to let 41 senators block the will of 330 million Americans. That’s not democracy. That’s gridlock by design.

As President Ronald Reagan reminded us, “You can’t help the poor by destroying the rich, and you can’t strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.” Ending the filibuster isn’t about grabbing power,  it’s about restoring strength to a nation that’s been strangled by bureaucracy.

Coach Tuberville’s support for ending the filibuster marked a major moment. It wasn’t a reversal, it was a realization. The filibuster might have once been a symbol of Senate debate, but today it’s a weapon for dysfunction. Coach Tuberville saw what President Trump saw: the American people want fighters, not talkers. They want leaders who would stand up, take the heat, and move this country forward.

Now it’s time for every Republican Senator to forget the past. Forget the speeches about “tradition.” Forget the excuses about “how it’s always been done.” The people didn’t send anyone to Washington to preserve the past — they sent them there to build the future. It’s time to put America first, not procedure first. It’s time to fight for what’s right, not protect what’s broken.

This is what leadership looks like. This is what courage sounds like.

The American people didn’t elect a president to be tied down by procedural tricks or partisan delay. They elected Donald J. Trump to deliver results. and now, with Coach Tuberville at his side, he’s got a Senate ally who knows how to win when the clock’s running out.

Alabama doesn’t need more talkers in Washington. We need fighters who do what they say. With Coach Tuberville and President Trump calling the plays, America is ready to move the ball again.

This is what leadership looks like. Alabama is leading again with President Trump and Coach Tuberville taking the fight to the swamp and finish the mission to take our country back.

Perry O. Hooper Jr. is a longtime Alabama Republican figure, former Alabama Legislator and Montgomery businessman. He served as Co-Chair of “Alabama Trump Victory” in 2016, and served as an at-large delegate to the Republican National Convention. He is a noted civic leader in Montgomery with deep family roots in Alabama’s legal and political history.

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