Kyle Whitmire
Political Commentator and Columnist at AL.com
Columnist for @aldotcom. 2023 Pulitzer Prize winner. I write about character, cruelty and corruption.
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4 days ago |
al.com | Kyle Whitmire
This is an opinion column. A crowd of protestors crossed the street toward the U.S. Capitol to decry Donald Trump’s "Big Beautiful Bill," when the “Don’t Walk” signal cut the procession in two. A red electric wheelchair braked at the curb. Its driver, an elderly white man with a round face, wore black clergy robes, a weathered Hard Rock Cafe hat and wide wire-rimmed glasses. I’ve been running into the Rev.
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1 week ago |
al.com | Kyle Whitmire
This is an opinion column. I’m telling you now: Tommy Tuberville will be Alabama’s next governor. When Alabamians venture beyond the state lines in 2027 and curious outsiders ask how the state hired a coach once fired by Auburn to be its leader, the answer may be a short one. There was no one else on the ballot. Qualifying doesn’t close until February, but this thing might have been done a week ago, when the closest person Tuberville had to a Republican primary opponent — Lt. Gov.
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2 weeks ago |
al.com | Kyle Whitmire
This is a column. In the middle of Alabama’s fraught congressional redistricting, a political consultant deeply involved in the process sent Alabama Sen. Steve Livingston, R-Scottsboro, a text message asking if they could meet. “Coming through?” the consultant, Chris Brown, who lives in Jefferson County, asked in 2023. “I’m clear the rest of the day.” Livingston, who co-chaired the state’s redistricting committee and was in the state capital, replied with three words.
Alabama GOP chairman John Wahl has a Tennessee driver license, will help decide Tuberville residency
3 weeks ago |
al.com | Kyle Whitmire
This is an opinion column. Stories involving Alabama Republican Party chairman John Wahl tend to wind up in strange places. Like, how did a butterfly farmer — real thing — become one of Alabama’s most powerful political figures? Or how can someone vote with an ID they made themselves — also real — and not wind up in jail?
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1 month ago |
al.com | Kyle Whitmire
This is an opinion column. In Alabama, if you want a hint of what the future might be like, look to the past. This time, we don’t have to look back that far. In 2023, David Cole went to jail because the Alabama Republican Party Executive Committee didn’t do its job. And the Alabama Republican Party lost a House seat for their mistake, too. Oops.
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Many of you have asked what's up with Tommy Tuberville's stock trading. My colleagues @hannah_denham1 and @HowardKoplowitz have answers. https://t.co/BgbXuY6BbS
Alabama GOP chair (also RNC vice-chair) John Wahl will help decide whether Tommy Tuberville lives in Alabama or Florida. Turns out, he uses a Tennessee driver’s license under a different name. https://t.co/z95CXhMKSO
The Alabama GOP executive committee has a history of kicking people they don't like off the ballot for arbitrary reasons. Others, they've set up to run unopposed, including an Alabama lawmaker who they were told didn't live in his district. https://t.co/LEsl69EDlT
