Last Thursday, the Senate passed a $19.1 billion disaster relief bill by a margin of 85 -8. The bill provides needed help for Puerto Rico and victims of other natural disasters, including wildfires and floods. It was expected to clear the House on by a wide margin, especially after sociopath and bigot Donald "Not Exonerated" Trump reluctantly agreed to sign it, after balking at the amount of funds for Puerto Rico given his bias. That was before Texas Congressman and shitheel Chip "Cow Chip" Roy blocked a unanimous consent vote on the House floor as members were leaving for Memorial Day recess.
Roy risibly claimed that his objection was over "fiscal responsibility." This, from a clown who voted for the massive tax giveaway to the wealthiest Americans and for Trump's vanity border wall that Mexico was supposed to pay for. Not surprisingly, Roy is a member of the so-called "Freedom Caucus" of extreme right-wing Rethugs in the House. His campaign slogan when he ran in 2018 ironically was "Stand For Life," i.e. of the fetus, not postpartum.
Roy can't stop the vote on the bill when the House reconvenes on June 4, when it's expect to pass by an overwhelming majority. But he manages to soil the House with his cruel presence.
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And he'll probably campaign on being the guy who stood up and said "no."
Give him a shovel and a bucket and drop him off in any of the disaster areas so he can start cleaning up. And dump a fuckton of mud over his house. He's despicable.
bluzdude -- A Rethuglican "profile in courage".
donnah -- Wishing he would experience a natural disaster personally.
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