Republicans SCREW themselves with UNEXPECTED consequence | Another Day

Republicans SCREW themselves with UNEXPECTED consequence | Another Day

Republicans finally passed their big beautiful bill and all it took was all their integrity. This is just another day. Well, after months of assurances by Republicans that they would never cut Medicaid, they’d never blow up the deficit. Today, they did both of those things with near unonymity.
The yays are 218, the NAS are 214. The motion is adopted. You know, I know they’re chanting USA, USA, but to me, all I hear is we got played. We got played. Because every member of the Republican party is uporiously celebrating their complete feely to this guy. By signing on to this piece of legislation, they are hoping to appease a man who can only be appeased by agreeing with him 100% of the time. And by the way, what did Americans receive for this total lack of integrity? What was our precious reward? Over $4 trillion added to our national debt, 17 million people kicked off of Medicaid, 18 million kids losing access to school meals, and our country’s most vulnerable having their food assistance ripped away. Look, I I I think a lot of the estimations about uh what this legislation would do uh in a negative manner to communities in my state or any other are far overblown.
No, I think the only thing overblown is your boss. I’m surprised you could rip your mouth away to hold a press conference. The Republican party used to have members that could walk around with a modicum of self-respect. People who weren’t forced to shower the president with compliments out of fear that they would suddenly find themselves on the receiving end of a slanderous tweet. But those days are long gone. I thank President Trump for his leadership in getting this bill across the finish line. Without his leadership, none of this would have been possible. His vision, none of this would have would have been possible. Remind me what that leadership and vision was again. Because from where I sit, all I see is angry press conferences and threatening posts. That’s like saying Darth Vader had great leadership and vision when in reality, the force choke was doing most of the heavy lifting. But you were saying
today we passed actual transformational legislation. Legislation that will impact every family.
I completely agree, just not in the celebratory tone you’re bringing to this. You know that you can put a positive spin on any terrible news if you do it in an upbeat voice. Watch. Well, what we’ve discovered is not only massive, but stronger and more resilient than ever before. Sorry, Nana. It’s cancer. See, since Donald Trump sent his demands uh sorry, bill over to the Congress, Republicans spent every waking moment trotting out a myriad of lies in an effort to sway public opinion. And one of these lies has been that there’s some loser who has been holed up in his mom’s basement scamming Medicaid for years.
The 35year-old who’s sitting at his mom’s basement playing video games. They shouldn’t be going to a 29-year-old guy who’s living in his mom’s basement. It’s the loser in his mama’s basement playing video game playing video games. If I could make two points to these fear-mongerers in regards to this elusive, fictitious gamer they keep talking about. First, the video games you’re so gleefully deriding are now a multi-billion dollar business that’s bigger than the entire film and TV industry. So, maybe pick a different profession to trash if you want to illustrate someone wasting their time. You know, like becoming a Republican in Congress. And second, if that’s your definition of a loser, then what do you call this? president was wonderful as always. Um, informative, funny, told me he liked seeing me on TV, which
is kind of cool.
That’s Representative Tim Burchett of Tennessee, a Republican member of the Freedom Caucus who was against Trump’s bill until apparently someone told him he likes seeing him on TV. If a fake guy playing video games in his mom’s basement is the epitome of loserdom, then an elected official changing their vote because Donald Trump gave him a pat on the head must be a gold medallion level loser. This is a grown ass man. Tim Burchett is the guy who buys an overly expensive suit cuz he believed the saleswoman when she said that he looked young and hot. And by the way, for a guy who thinks he’s made for TV, might want to think again.
So you’re taking issue with the CBO estimate here? Yes, ma’am. I do have an issue with it. I The office is very partisan.
So, in January 2024, there was a Republican who trusted the CBO so much that they reintroduced a resolution to require the House clerk to read the CBO estimate of any bill.
I believe that was you, sir. The third time you introduced that resolution. Is that right?
That’s correct, ma’am.
I just hope that daddy was watching and gives your hair a good little tussle before he tucks you into bed. And clearly the I like seeing you on TV speech was delivered to more than one member of the Republican party because Representative Troy Nells walked right out of the capital and headed straight toward the cameras.
Can I ask you though about the CBO score in the idea that 11 million 12 million Americans may
I don’t have any faith and confidence in the CBO. They’re scoring. They’re wrong half the damn time. I don’t give any
No, I’m not worried about the CBO.
Why are both of his hands wrapped up? What did Troy Nails do to the CBO? He’s like, “Frankly, I don’t think the CBO is going to be too worried about me.” All right, let’s just say we’ve come to a mutual understanding that neither C, B, or O ain’t going to bother us no more. So, don’t you worry your pretty little face. Look, I’m old enough to remember when getting a member of the US Congress to sign on to your signature piece of legislation actually cost you a pretty penny. People would demand that they got roads or bridges in their home state named after them. Now, apparently you can buy a senator for a plate of wings and a t-shirt. And that’s not hyperbole. In yesterday’s New York Times, Senator Lindsey Graham said, “On the record that there’s an allure to dining with the president at his golf resort because, and I quote, Trump asks, “Can I get you something? Would you like anything other than wings?” And upon leaving, he lets you quote, “Go to the pro shop and pick out a shirt.” Can you imagine how much faster this bill would have flown through the Senate if Trump offered Lindsey Graham dessert and gave him a few quarters for the arcade? These are not men. They are children. Before the vote in the House, Wisconsin Congressman and everyone’s angry high school science teacher Derek Van Oran, who represents a rural district in his state, had this to say in back in March about the prospect of rural hospitals being forced to close as the result of Donald Trump’s bill. And I’ve been crystal clear with the leadership in the House here. If during this budget reconciliation process, they’re going to try to cut rural healthcare, I am not on board. I will not be on board with a package that does that if anybody is trying to cut any type of rural health care. Um it’s just not going to happen on my watch.
Damn. Not on his watch. Well, he must have lost that watch because Troy voted for the bill. And when a reporter confronted him and asserted that the only reason he got on board was because Trump told him to, his response was, “No, no, no. I’m not going to let you get away with that. The president of the United States didn’t give us an assignment. We’re not a bunch of little around here.” Yeah. Me thinks the watchless gentlemen doth protest too much. So, an entire party has abandoned their fiscal principles and locked arms with an erratic autocrat. And for what? What did they get in return? It sure as hell wasn’t loyalty from dear leader. No, they were willing to kick 17 million Americans off of Medicaid, deprive countless children from receiving school lunches, and explode our national debt, all to be in good standing with a man who will turn his back on you the moment that you cross him. I guarantee every politician who did Trump’s bidding today by signing onto this bill will find themselves on the receiving end of a demeaning tweet and a primary challenge the instant they grow a spine and push back on Donald Trump’s agenda. any aspect of it. They are merely pawns in one man’s quest for neverending power. But if I’m wrong, well, I’ll happily buy them a t-shirt and some wings. I know what makes them happy.

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