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Folks,
January 6, 2021 was a double gut punch for me. First, I got the call early that morning that I would not be the next Attorney General of the United States. It was really hard. I went into the woods for a bit to clear my head.
By the time I got back, the Capitol had been breached. Shots had been fired. The sacred halls of our democracy had been overrun with people trying to overturn a free and fair election. It was one of the darkest days in American history.
Now fast forward to yesterday—January 6, 2026. The perpetrators of this attack have all been pardoned. And Tommy Tuberville, who was a brand new Senator on January 6, 2021, starts spewing lies about what happened that fateful day. This, coming from the man who had to be evacuated from the Senate floor—then turned right around and voted to deny certifying the election:
He said the riots were “peaceful protests.” He said the 2020 election was “illegally tampered with.” And he blamed the “deep state” for the insurrection that he cheered on.
Now, when a woman is shot by ICE in Minneapolis he runs to the same old tired playbook to divide and blame.
This is all a game to Tommy Tuberville. So of course he’s saying whatever the hell he wants. Because it doesn’t matter to him.
January 6th was not a hoax. The rule of law and accountability matters. None of this is a game.
It’s not a game when the bills pile up on the kitchen table and every month they’re higher than the last.
When groceries become so expensive parents have to decide what food they can go without.
It’s not a game when your kid gets sick and the insurance you used to have is gone … or the nearest hospital has shut its doors. Health care isn’t a talking point. It’s a lifeline. And when politicians treat it like politics-as-usual, real people pay the price.
It’s not a game when young people do everything we ask of them — graduate, work hard, play by the rules — and still can’t find a job that lets them stay in Alabama and build a life here.
When our kids feel like the only way forward is to leave the state, that’s not a failure of ambition. That’s a failure of leadership.
Alabama deserves leaders who are here — who wake up every day thinking about this state, these communities, and these people.
This race isn’t about left versus right. It’s about serious versus unserious. About whether we want a governor who treats the job like a responsibility — or like a role. Alabama is not a stadium. Our lives are not a scoreboard. And our future is far too important to be treated like a game.
I’m running because I’ve seen what happens when leadership shows up, listens, and does the hard work. I believe that Alabama can do better. And I believe the people of this state are ready for leaders who don’t play games with their lives, their livelihoods, or their future.
If you are too, I hope you’ll join my campaign. [ [link removed] ]
Thank you.
-Doug

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