TX-21: Chip Roy Tries Rewriting History, But No One's Listening
Does Chip Roy even believe what Chip Roy is saying? Certainly no one else does.
His cash problems aside, Congressman Roy has a new TV ad an exercise in gaslighting so obvious it drew instant mockery from independent analysts following the toss-up race for Texas 21st Congressional District.
Austin American-Statesman: Roy ad at odds with his voting record
The framing is
at odds with his voting record.
Hes describing himself as an independent, but he often bucks his party not because hes moderate, but because he is very conservative, Gervais said. To the extent that he doesnt go along with his party, it is because they are too moderate.
The same database rates Roy as more conservative than 99% of his colleagues in the U.S. House.
HEADLINE: The Hill: Freedom Caucus member Chip Roy touts bipartisanship in first campaign ad
Across the 21st District, little league dugouts are empty because the virus that Roy downplayed dozens of times remains rampant, after Roy claimed children are immune and not at risk and compared bipartisan COVID-19 relief to welfare and free toilet paper.
Behind Roys new soft-spoken tone is the same voice that screamed I hope you make a lot of money! and I hope they make a lot more! to corporate drugmakers in the U.S. House.
And underneath Roys baseball glove? A hand he used to vote no on tax relief for Gold Star families one of just three Members of Congress to do so and unilaterally block bipartisan disaster relief for Texas small businesses and families hurt by Hurricane Harvey.
The few times Congressman Roy actually brought Democrats and Republicans together were to condemn him for voting against tax relief for Gold Star families and single-handedly blocking bipartisan disaster relief for Hurricane Harvey victims, DCCC spokesman Avery Jaffe said. Congressman Roy is a lifelong political insider whose dangerous agenda has put Texas families and small businesses at risk and his desperate TV ad is one more reason why Texans cant trust him.
This isnt Field of Dreams. TX-21 is Chip Roys nightmare, and hes living it.
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