Posted on 01/02/2023 9:14:38 AM PST by SoConPubbie
In a series of tweets, Rep. Chip Roy explains why the nearly $2 trillion omnibus makes Sen. Mitch McConnell “proud,” and why he chooses to work with Democrats over Conservatives.
Sen. Mitch McConnell has been busy making deals with Democrats, ignoring the Conservatives in his party and the people. While millions flood the border and inflation soars, McConnell focuses on war. U.S. Rep. Chip Roy of Texas ® has organized thirty-one Congressmen in the House to stand up for Republican principles and explains why McConnel isn’t.
He has told the Senate that if they pass this Omnibus, they will block every piece of legislation that comes from the Senate.
Sen. Mitch McConnell has been busy making deals with Democrats, ignoring the Conservatives in his party and the people. While millions flood the border and inflation soars, McConnell focuses on war. U.S. Rep. Chip Roy of Texas ® has organized thirty-one Congressmen in the House to stand up for Republican principles and explains why McConnel isn’t.
He has told the Senate that if they pass this Omnibus, they will block every piece of legislation that comes from the Senate.
In two tweets, Rep. Roy explains his actions are not out of revenge.
…they change their vote on final passage, I don’t care & will oppose their bills/priorities – & not for revenge, but b/c it’s the only tool I have to pressure them to stop doing this to us. This vote is indefensible, & damaging to Texas. It takes away our leverage to…
…force Biden to secure the border & in fact specifically says new DHS money can only be used to process MORE people – which will lead to more fentanyl, violence, & death. For Texans, this alone is reason enough to oppose this terrible bill (cc: @JohnCornyn)…
As we reported, Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said during a press conference that the “number one priority” for Americans is providing aid to Ukraine in their fight against the Russians. Mr. McConnell (R-KY) is “proud” to have made deals with Democrats to produce the 4,155-page, $1.7 Trillion Omnibus Dan Bishop is reading in an incredibly short timeline. The bill takes away the House’s main leverage over Biden and his progressive Democrats; that is, it takes away the power of the purse for the remainder of the fiscal year.
The goal appears to be to neuter the House Republicans who take over on January 3. They claim Conservatives won’t govern, but What the McConnellites really mean is Conservatives won’t put the defense budget and Ukraine above all else. McConnell lost the Senate and now won’t let the winners – the House – lead because their priorities are not McConnell’s, who is focused elsewhere.
Rep. Roy addressed the issue of working with Democrats, ignoring Conservative Republicans, to give them an earth-shattering win in a series of tweets.
“21 Senators voted to proceed to the $1.7 trillion omnibus – & to spend billions we do not have, empower Biden bureaucrats with no fixes, & block us from securing the border for at least 9 mos,” Roy tweeted. “Some are friends, one my former boss.. but unless they change their vote on final passage, I don’t care & will oppose their bills/priorities – & not for revenge, but b/c it’s the only tool I have to pressure them to stop doing this to us,” he said.
“This vote is indefensible, & damaging to Texas. It takes away our leverage to force Biden to secure the border & in fact specifically says new DHS money can only be used to process MORE people – which will lead to more fentanyl, violence, & death,” Roy noted. The funding in bill gives billions to foreign nations for border security but disallows the use of some funds to secure the U.S. border.
Tucked into the $1.7T omnibus is a provision to ban CBP funding from being used to improve our border security.
Meanwhile, it gives $410M towards border security for Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia & Oman.
A vote for this bill is a vote for America LAST.
— Congressman Ben Cline (@RepBenCline) December 21, 2022
“For Texans, this alone is reason enough to oppose this terrible bill (cc: John Cornyn) but the Chamber has always carried the day on border & immigration for the GOP, hasn’t it?” Roy continued.
“And now we face a deadly crisis, and they STILL can’t act. They just say ‘well, it’s the best we’re going to do.’ What do they mean by that? Well, Leader McConnell told you it’s about getting $47BB more for Ukraine & 10% more ‘defense’ spending,” Roy explained. “You think it’s an accident that Zelensky is coming to Congress TODAY? Meanwhile, he & other Senate GOP claim it’s because House conservatives won’t ‘govern,'” he added.
“To be clear – what that really means is ‘defense spending – for us & Ukraine – trumps Americans’ concerns about mounting debt, out-of-control bureaucrats, and wide open borders,'” Roy noted.
“It means ‘we’re the adults in the room, so sit down while we continue the status quo & cut big $ deals with Democrats rather than even sit down with a new GOP majority & work it out among Republicans.'” But of course the swampy establishment Senate GOPers would rather talk with Democrats about passing the omnibus than talk to Republicans who are about to have a majority in the House about how to address Biden’s many crises.
“The Senate GOP failed to get a majority in November with both pathetic messaging & some bad candidates, & now want to blame the new House GOP for being ‘unable to govern’ when they just don’t like the priorities we would debate & struggle with because they represent the tired old #SwampGOP,” Roy continued.
“They are who they are: war-first Republicans who give lip service to securing the border & stopping deficit spending during campaigns, yet are voting right now to support (fund) the opposite,” Roy said.
However, “it needn’t be this way,” Roy added. “The House GOP majority, if allowed, could set a new tone in which we rebuild our military, project strength, & help our allies – but not at the expense of fiscal strength & protecting our own freedom & sovereignty at home.”
And, as Rep. Bill Cline wrote on Twitter,” We STILL don’t know the true cost of the $1.7T omnibus. For all we know, the total price tag could exceed $2T. Democrats want a blank check to spend YOUR taxpayer dollars. That’s why every Republican should vote NO.
Blunt
Boozman
Capito
Collins
Cornyn
Cotton
Graham
Grassley
Hyde-Smith
McConnell
Moran
Murkowski
Portman
Romney
Rounds
Rubio
Shelby
Thune
Tuberville
Wicker
Young
This is the reality of the #BidenBorderCrisis EVERY SINGLE DAY.#EndTheInvasion #ImpeachMayorkas #SecureTheBorderNOW pic.twitter.com/t7moY2bArT
— Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) July 5, 2022
Democrats would have rammed through anything they wanted all by themselves.
Sucks to be us, but the sad fact is that this is what happens when you lose.
Memo to voters: Sad fact is that this is what happens when you
lose.
Of course Cornyn.
The fact is, all these GOP senator schmucks are crooks. On the take.
That's going to be a real hit with the American people.
Sorry but by now I don’t trust almost ANY Republican...even...or especially Chip Roy.
Don’t forget that he was one of the first out of the box after Jan. 6 to condemn Trump (when all he had to do was keep his mouth shut).
www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/chip-roy-trump-committed-impeachable-conduct
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/ted-cruz-donald-trump-chip-roy/
The shocker for me was Tom Cotton.
You know the Democrats hate you and are your enemy.
It is always a bit irritating when the Republicans stab you in the back.
Wow.. you’re right about that. Have you seen any explanation?
When it comes to graft, there’s enough for everyone. Between ideology or greed, everyone has a price. Ethical concerns or considering what’s best for America are irrelevant these days.
I will not rest until Ohio Senator Portman is out of the Senate (and probably in a multi-million dollar lobbying job tomorrow). Thanks for one final backstabbing of America on your worthless way out.
What is?
Blocking Senate bills that will screw us over even more?
Wow, I’ve been pretty impressed with some of what Chip Roy has been saying, but I was unaware that he supported impeachment of Trump. Are there ANY good Republicans at this point? Tom Cotton is another one that I thought was a good guy, but he has gone over to the dark side. Josh Hawley maybe? He still sounds good as far as I know, but who knows....
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December 18, 2019
Press Release
Rep. Chip Roy released the following statement Wednesday regarding his vote on the articles of impeachment against President Donald J. Trump:
By CHIP ROY
December 11, 2019 6:54 PM
The charges against President Trump are shaky, so why not wait and let voters make the call?
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/12/trump-impeachment-inquiry-let-voters-decide/
~~~~~~~~~
He HAS called for the Impeachment of Poser Biden and the DHS.
Welcome to FR, btw.
I give credit to Mark Levin for attacking Mitch for ten years.
Looks like he suopported the Jan. 2021 impeachment which I find to be highly reprehensible.
Well...talk about convoluted....he didn’t support the Jan impeachment (and, voted against) it....for the reason it was brought up. Here’s why he so weasily supported it....unreal...
...WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Chip Roy supports impeaching President Donald Trump but not, it turns out, on the grounds the House Democrats came up with – inciting insurrection.
Taking a nuanced position, Roy, who represents a Central Texas district and lives just outside Austin, did not join the 10 Republicans who broke ranks and voted Wednesday to impeach Trump for a historic second time, but he also gave a scathing evaluation of Trump.
“The president of the United States deserves universal condemnation for what was clearly impeachable conduct — pressuring the vice president to violate his oath to the Constitution to count the electors,” said Roy, who was outspoken a week ago in supporting the presidential electors certified by the states as his constitutional duty.
“His (Trump’s) open and public pressure — courageously rejected by the vice president — purposefully seeded the false belief among the president’s supporters, including those assembled on Jan. 6, that there was a legal path for the president to stay in power,” Roy said from the House floor Wednesday.....
Barf....alert.
And, my apologies to Psychedelic-Surrealist Artist.
Supporting and voting for are two different things...but, not by much!
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