Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) said during a podcast appearance that a wall along the southern border may not be sufficient, suggesting that Alabama might eventually need a wall of its own.

Tuberville made the remarks on Wednesday while appearing on "The Charlie Kirk Show," a podcast hosted by Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, a conservative youth activism organization.

"If we don't straighten out this country's voting and immigration system, we're not going to make it," Tuberville said. "It's going to be over."

"I'm going to go back to Alabama, and hey, we might build a 30-foot wall around our state," he added.

The comments were shared on social media by journalist Aaron Rupar: https://x.com/atrupar/status/2085098614569771310

Border security and wall construction along the U.S.-Mexico border have been defining issues for the Republican Party since Donald Trump made a border wall a centerpiece of his 2016 presidential campaign. Tuberville, a close Trump ally, has consistently emphasized immigration enforcement throughout his time in the Senate, where he previously drew national attention for a monthslong hold on senior military promotions in 2023 in protest of a Department of Defense policy providing leave and travel reimbursement for service members seeking abortions.

Tuberville, who was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2020 following a decades-long career as a college football head coach at institutions including Auburn University, the University of Mississippi, and the University of Cincinnati, is currently running for governor of Alabama. He is among several Republican senators who have chosen not to seek another term in their current office this election cycle.

His Senate tenure and gubernatorial campaign have been marked by a number of controversies, including allegations that he secretly resides in Florida rather than Alabama.