Insurrectionist Arizona Republican crackpot Rep. Paul Gosar joins a long list of fellow nihilists who voted against President Biden's American Rescue Plan (twice!) only to take credit for the relief money that subsequently flowed into his district. From the lying seditionist's press release:
Representative Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s decision to award $32,000 to the City of Kingman for the Kingman Airport through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
“I am pleased to announce that the City of Kingman will receive this critical funding for economic relief related to operational costs for cleaning and sanitizing the Kingman Airport to combat the spread of COVID-19. This funding is essential to maintaining safe and reliable air service to the community,” said Rep. Gosar.
Kingman Mayor Jen Miles said, “We are grateful for Congressman Gosar’s continued support, and this funding will help with the ever-growing Kingman Municipal Airport operations.”
As Steve Benen notes, Gosar is just doing what his fellow charlatans have always done and are already doing:
President Joe Biden signed the Democrats' Covid relief package on March 11, but it was on March 10 when Republican Sen. Roger Wicker celebrated the American Rescue Plan's beneficial "targeted relief" for restaurants. The Mississippi senator neglected to mention the fact that he voted against the bill that provided the relief.
As regular readers know, he soon had plenty of company. GOP Reps. Madison Cawthorn and Alex Mooney took similar steps in March, touting funds for community health centers in their respective districts, overlooking the inconvenient detail that those health centers wouldn't have received the money if they'd had their way. New York's Nicole Malliotakis pointed to funding in the package as one of her "achievements," despite the fact that she voted against the ARP.
They all assume (perhaps rightly) that their constituents don't follow "Washington politics" and can be gulled into believing these cynical, hypocritical assholes are helping their communities. Shame on craven local officials for letting them get away with it. Every local media reporting on these scams should make it abundantly clear that Republicans were against these essential funds before they were for them. Shame on them if they don't!
(Photo: Gosar caught in another lie/ Jonathan Ernst, AFP, Getty Images)
