Posted on 08/12/2021 4:22:55 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
Alfredo Ortiz, president and CEO of the pro-small business group Job Creators Network, slammed the 19 Republican U.S. Senators who supported the Democrat-backed infrastructure bill as suffering from “Republican Stockholm Syndrome” and said the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill “is just table ante for Democrats’ $3.5 trillion socialist bill that will quickly follow.”
“Democrats’ $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill is more reckless spending on long-held Democratic priorities like railroads, public transit, and electric charging stations. The bill is infrastructure in name only,” Ortiz said in a statement.
“According to a new analysis by the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, only one in four dollars in the bill goes to roads, bridges, and airports,” Ortiz continued. “Adding insult, the bill is partly paid for by delaying President Trump’s prescription drug rebate rule that would have significantly lowered drug prices for seniors.”
Nineteen Senate Republicans voted for the infrastructure bill:
Dan Sullivan (R-AK) Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) Mike Crapo (R-ID) Roy Blunt (R-MO) Richard Burr (R-NC) Deb Fischer (R-NE) Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Rob Portman (R-OH) Thom Tillis (R-NC) Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Jim Risch (R-ID) Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Bill Cassidy (R-LA) Kevin Cramer (R-ND) Roger Wicker (R-MS) Mitch McConnell (R-KY) John Hoeven (R-ND) Susan Collins (R-ME) Mitt Romney (R-UT)
“This bill is just table ante for Democrats’ $3.5 trillion socialist bill that will quickly follow. This unprecedented spending will fuel inflation, which is already giving workers a ‘Biden pay cut’ in the form of lower real wages and is the biggest concern among small businesses, according to the Job Creators Network Foundation’s Monthly Monitor poll,” Ortiz continued. “The media champions this infrastructure bill as ‘bipartisan,’ but a better way to describe it is just another example of Republican Stockholm Syndrome.”
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The only people who might be suffering from Stockholm syndrome are the ones voting to repeatedly re-elect Bush League Republicans long after they have made it clear they are really just Assistant Democrats.
By 2014 Flimsey Grahamnesty had voted for amnesty and a permanent majority THREE times.
Dan Sullivan (R-AK) Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) Mike Crapo (R-ID) Roy Blunt (R-MO) Richard Burr (R-NC) Deb Fischer (R-NE) Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Rob Portman (R-OH) Thom Tillis (R-NC) Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Jim Risch (R-ID) Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Bill Cassidy (R-LA) Kevin Cramer (R-ND) Roger Wicker (R-MS) Mitch McConnell (R-KY) John Hoeven (R-ND) Susan Collins (R-ME) Mitt Romney (R-UT)
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ALL of them knew full well they were paving the way for the country killing reconciliation.
I would bet every one of them has plans to financially benefit themselves and relatives through the usual shenanigans of shell LLC’s getting contracts and the usual sale of influence .
No the 19 Republicans are Marxist/Communists it’s just that simple
::... just another example of Republican Stockholm Syndrome.”::
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No, they are not hostages; they are willing receivers of Swamp Fever and are counting on getting their cut.
“According to a new analysis by the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, only one in four dollars in the bill goes to roads, bridges, and airports.”
The Committee Against Government Waste put the figure at 15%.
What they are suffering from is RINOism. It's a form of self-hatred, whereby you seek win-lose deals with democrats because they continue to be nice to you.
I love those electric charging stations with the Attached Diesel Generator
The Republicans that voted for this don’t have any syndrome and they were just cover for, probably most of the US Senate. Maybe there is a small handful of those opposed to it, but that’s about it. Maybe.
Think of who voted for it: Republicans that are on their last term. Republicans that just won re-election. The former do NOT care and never have. The latter, if any want to stay, have about 3+ years to continue helping the Democrats and then, right before the ramp up their re-election campaigns they’ll start talking tough again.
These people, save the very small handful I mentioned before, DO NOT GIVE A FLYING F*CK about any of us. They have proven it over and over and over.
What to we get....If you don’t vote for Graham, Thune, Cornyn, Rubio, Barrasso, Shelby, etc etc, the Democrat will win. Can’t have that, can we?
Why does it matter if the “Republicans” are going to give them what they want anyway?
The least dramatic way to change all of this is next year, in 2024, let it be known that you will not vote for the incumbent. That’s it. If there’s a Primary vote, be sure to vote for the other guy/gal. But that won’t happen. Too many folks live by the mantra...Better the devil you know, than the one you don’t.
I thought it was less than that. Around 15%, I remember reading.
But hey, the donors and businesses gotta get paid, so they can kick their tributes back to these people.
I think Republican senators are the Iranian hostages of Carter’s time in office. I can’t believe democrats aren’t blindfolding them and marching them around the Capitol. Just for $h!t$ and #[##!€$. They are that cruel, and republicans are that cowed by them. I despise these people
Suffering from ‘Politician Lobbyist Payola Syndrome’.
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