“President Trump decided to veto a completely non-controversial, bipartisan bill that passed both the House and Senate unanimously. Why? Because nothing says ‘America First’ like denying clean drinking water to 50,000 people in Southeast Colorado, many of whom enthusiastically voted for him in all three elections.
“I must have missed the rally where he stood in Colorado and promised to personally derail critical water infrastructure projects. My bad, I thought the campaign was about lowering costs and cutting red tape.
“But hey, if this administration wants to make its legacy blocking
projects that deliver water to rural Americans; that’s on them..." -- Rep. Lauren Boebert (MAGAt-CO), in a statement responding to her cult leader's veto of a bill to fund a clean water conduit to southeastern Colorado. Actually, "the campaign" wasn't about "lowering costs and cutting red tape." It was about seizing power for a corrupt, deranged would-be autocrat in order to destroy American democracy -- but nice try. The real reason the Malignant Fascist vetoed the bill sponsored by Boebert was in retribution for her being one of the few original Republicans who sponsored the discharge petition for the DOJ to release the Epstein files. That was enough to mark her for this petty, vindictive action, something that the MF is so well- known for. Another selling point for the MF: Colorado has never voted for him in 3 elections.
Here's some background on the project, in case anyone believes the MF used only the second veto of the year to save big taxpayer dollars:
President Donald Trump vetoed a bipartisan, unanimously-approved bill sponsored by Rep. Lauren Boebert and Rep. Jeff Hurd that would have secured funding to bring clean water to communities on the Eastern Plains, according to a statement made to FOX31 by Boebert’s office.
The Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act passed unanimously in the House and the Senate.
The bill would have secured funding to continue building the Arkansas Valley Conduit, a water pipeline that would bring access to clean water for 39 communities between Pueblo and Lamar, an area that is known to have high concentrations of salt in the groundwater.
It is not a new idea that has been recently created, but rather the end of a project that was developed just over 60 years ago, in 1962, as part of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project.
Colorado Democrats and Republicans alike have been working side-by-side on this project for decades, with Boebert the latest on the scene. Most of the land used for the pipeline site falls under her district...
Now, it remains to be seen if her fellow Republicans have the sack to override the veto. (Don't bet on it.)
Bottom-line, boiled down to ones and zeros, balls on a brass monkey it would have stolen water from the already sorely depleted Colorado River and over one hundred years of settled water policy. I don't doubt she was set to make a few bucks off of it
ReplyDeleteOh, and ... like diverting water from Washington to S California there's a bunch of big mountains between that make the project impossible
Truly ... a pipedream 😏