Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL) had made absolutely clear that he did not approve of the bipartisan infrastructure bill (BIF) when it passed the House in early November, no sir!
Classic move. Luckily for him the GOP was outnumbered for once, else he wouldn’t have been able to claim credit.
The Dems and allied Super PACS need to put billboards next to projects in every district of a member who voted against the BIF: “Representative X / Senator Y voted against this project.”
Not “Voted against the bill,” “Doesn’t support rebuilding America,” or some other generic bullshit.
VOTED AGAINST THIS PROJECT.
Pigs at the trough. Cowardly and mendacious pigs, at that.
Well, I give him credit for 1 thing - he acknowledged that the Dems DID NOT freeze out RepubliQans (even though they deserve it) and included projects where needed regardless of the bastards representing that area.
An example of GOP governance at its best.
Monumental hypocrisy has long been considered an attribute by the fascist base.
Challengers take note as well, even in deep red “safe” seats.
But he was cheerful! Doesn’t he get credit for that? /s
That’s how bipartisanship works now. Dems author and enact legislation, GOPers try to kill it and then take credit for it.
There’s a word, actually several words, for what he and other Republicans are doing here.
None of those words is “governing.”
I’d be sure to ask him at every turn whatever happened to the “Communist takeover of America” that this bill was supposed to bring about.
TBF: The Communism part of the bill is the money being spent in districts other than his, so it’s totally okay.
Will he get death threats from the GQPers too?
Will the democrats who voted against it also take credit?
The ads just write themselves. Rep. Palmer voted against the very project he claims credit for. People really don’t like when people get or claim credit for things they didn’t do, especially women who have it happen to them time and again.
Oh the things you can do when your constituency is dumber than a box of rocks.
His “NAY” button wasn’t even cold yet.
He was against it before he was for it? Outrageous!!!
Like his fellow Alabamian Roger Wicker, Palmer is confident that the RW media system will shield his constituents from the truth.