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applegrove

(118,021 posts)
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 05:54 PM Sep 2017

Heartless House Republicans Laughed At Trump Officials When Asked To Vote For Disaster Relief

By Jason Easley at Politicus USA

http://www.politicususa.com/2017/09/08/heartless-house-republicans-laughed-trump-officials-asked-vote-disaster-relief.html

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Conservative House Republicans hissed and groaned at Trump’s Treasury Secretary, and they laughed at the President’s Budget Director during a meeting where they were asked by the White House to support the hurricane relief/debt limit increase bill.

Bloomberg reported:
Conservative House Republicans hissed and groaned at Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin as he implored them to vote for a hurricane relief bill that includes a short-term extension of the federal debt limit.

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Republicans also laughed at White House budget director Mick Mulvaney during his presentation. Several said it was ironic that Mulvaney, who as a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus led several fights over the debt limit and pushed to shut down the government, pleaded with Republicans to pass the kind of measure he used to crusade against.


The far right House Republicans refused to vote for hurricane relief and keeping the government open because they did not want to vote to increase. The Republicans were described as being insulted and outraged by the presentation.


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Heartless House Republicans Laughed At Trump Officials When Asked To Vote For Disaster Relief (Original Post) applegrove Sep 2017 OP
90 house republicans voted against aid. Cattledog Sep 2017 #1
Democrats should be papering Texas and Florida (next week) with notifications that Squinch Sep 2017 #7
K&R... spanone Sep 2017 #2
I thought I read that 17 of them voted against relief BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #3
In think you're talking about senators Control-Z Sep 2017 #5
OH, OK, I get it now. BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #9
POS list Motley13 Sep 2017 #4
Some of them are from Oklahoma as usual. redstatebluegirl Sep 2017 #6
And they will lie about Ilsa Sep 2017 #8
So they didn't want to vote for aid to hurricane refugees Abu Pepe Sep 2017 #10

BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
3. I thought I read that 17 of them voted against relief
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 06:06 PM
Sep 2017

but they weren't all far right. McCain, Flakes, etc were on the list. I think the group that voted NO was split into two groups...Tea Party/Freedom Caucus voted no on principle and the less conservative just wanted to say Fuck Off the the fake prez.

Motley13

(3,867 posts)
4. POS list
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 06:25 PM
Sep 2017


The four Texas Republicans who voted no were Rep. Joe Barton, Rep. Jeb Hensarling, Rep. Sam Johnson, and Rep. Mac Thornberry, none of whose districts are in the region hardest hit by the storm.

The Two Florida Republicans who voted against the legislation were Rep. Matt Gaetz and Rep. Ted Yoho.

redstatebluegirl

(12,264 posts)
6. Some of them are from Oklahoma as usual.
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 06:34 PM
Sep 2017

They will feel differently when a F5 tornado hits OKC, Norman, Tulsa or Moore. They will be asking where the federal funds are to help rebuild and clean up. What a bunch of morons.

Abu Pepe

(637 posts)
10. So they didn't want to vote for aid to hurricane refugees
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 07:09 PM
Sep 2017

if it meant also paying our bills and keeping our credit rating intact?

Well, alrighty.

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