Despite pressure from President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson, 21 cowardly House Republicans voted against a $1.2 trillion spending bill, which, fortunately, was ultimately passed despite their objections, that was aimed at ending a partial government shutdown just months after the longest shutdown in American history.
The RINO holdouts, including Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY), Lauren Boebert(R-CO), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Tim Burchett (R-TN), and others like Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Chip Roy (R-TX), and Victoria Spartz (R-IN), criticized the package for failing to include the SAVE Act, which would require a photo ID for federal voter registration to prevent non-citizen voting. Ignored is that while the SAVE Act must be passed, the chaos of a shutdown would make doing so all the more difficult, and DHS funding is needed as well.
For instance, Massie highlighted the blocked SAVE Act as a key conservative priority. Alternatively, Boebert pushed for full Trump-level DHS funding for border security. In the same vein, Burlison called trusting Schumer a “fool’s bet”. The bill funds departments such as Defense, Education, and HHS and heads to Trump for signature, with negotiations for DHS due next week to avoid further issues.
Reacting to the situation, Rep. Thomas Massie explained, “And most importantly… BLOCKED: the inclusion of the SAVE Act to protect our elections from illegal aliens — a top priority for conservatives.” Likewise, Burlison claimed, “The fact that Chuck Schumer is able to somehow get Republicans to pass a version that includes all of their stuff — but only a two-week funding measure for Homeland Security, I think, is a fool’s bet.”
“I voted NO on the 5-bill minibus,” confirmed Boebert, adding, “Republicans have the trifecta and we should fund DHS at Trump levels for strong border security.” Building on this point, Rep. Tim Burchett said, “We gotta start negotiating from power. Trump will tell you: negotiate from power.”
Reacting to the situation, one conservative on social media quipped, “Our GOP is such suckers. Not only will we not get the SAVE Act, the Republicans will now have to capitulate to Schumer to get any funding for ICE and any agency not funded by the massive pork-filled bill Trump signed. They win again. Why even vote for a Republican?”
Another added, “WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING: The Republican majority passed three Democrat-authored spending bills totaling more than $1.2 billion. Most of that money went straight to Africa and Haiti in the form of ‘foreign aid.'”
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“Only about 20 Republicans voted NO on all three bills. The rest either voted yes or conveniently abstained from the roll call. This wasn’t incompetence or compromise. This was outright betrayal. And guys, PRIMARIES won’t fix this problem. Because EVERYONE HAS THEIR PRICE,” she added.
The enraged response continued, “We’ve watched the same cycle play out for years. Challengers get just enough funding to look serious. Incumbents survive or barely win. Then, they immediately return to voting for massive foreign giveaways and omnibus bills.”
“The UNIPARTY no longer fears OR RESPECTS we the voters. It only fears losing access to the MONEY SPIGOT. And until that spigot gets shut off permanently, these people will keep selling out the country ONE MIDNIGHT VOTE AT A TIME,” the conspiratorial post claimed, “Wake up. Stop pretending the system can be fixed through the same broken process. It can’t. God SAVE America.”