Colorado GOP vote for disaster assistance for their state despite fighting to deny aid after Sandy [View all]
Source: New York Daily News
Four Colorado Republicans — Reps. Cory Gardner, Mike Coffman, Doug Lamborn and Scott Tipton — opposed the Sandy aid for the Northeast but crowed after they secured federal disaster funding for their constituents.
New York lawmakers who had to wage a bitter fight for the Sandy money found the flip-flop by their Colorado counterparts too tough to take.
“Natural disasters don’t discriminate, but apparently Republican members from Colorado do,” the normally affable Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-Queens) told the Daily News.
“When Hurricane Sandy struck New York, Reps. Gardner, Coffman, Lamborn and Tipton opposed providing federal assistance to help us rebuild. But their opposition to federal emergency aid dissolved when their state was struck by historic floods.”
He added, “It’s the height of hypocrisy for them to have so quickly and conveniently changed their position. I only wish the best for the people of Colorado as they repair their lives after such devastation, but I hope New Yorkers make clear these members are persona non grata in our town.”
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/colorado-republicans-vote-disaster-assistance-denial-article-1.1473395
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