Congressional Cowards is a weekly collection highlighting the worst Donald Trump defenders on Capitol Hill, who refuse to criticize him—irrespective of how disgraceful or lawless his actions.
Congressional Republicans have jet-setted throughout the nation after refusing to make sure the very Transportation Safety Administration officers conserving them secure on their travels get a paycheck.
The leisure outlet TMZ has been posting user-submitted photographs of GOP lawmakers leaving city and even vacationing after failing to succeed in a compromise to fund the Division of Homeland Safety. The company has been shut down for over 50 days as Republicans refuse to work with Democrats to reform Immigration and Customs Enforcement within the wake of officers killing two U.S. residents and brutalizing immigrants.
Thirty members of Congress—together with Republican Reps. Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin, Claudia Tenney of New York, and Jason Smith of Missouri—took a taxpayer-funded journey to Scotland. A lot of them even acquired to go to Edinburgh Fort, a must-see with vacationers.
Essentially the most embarrassing of the photographs, although, have been a collection of photographs of Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who was noticed having fun with himself—maybe a bit an excessive amount of—at Walt Disney World, in Orlando, Florida.
Graham ate a meal at Chef Mickey’s (which this Disney traveler needs you to know is without doubt one of the most overpriced and gross eateries on the sprawling property). The childless Graham was additionally pictured holding a Little Mermaid bubble wand and ready to trip House Mountain, the long-lasting indoor curler coaster.
After the humiliating photographs surfaced, Graham gave this lame assertion to TMZ: “I voted 7 instances to totally fund the federal government. Name a Democrat.”
In fact, Democrats don’t management both chamber of Congress, thus Republicans have the duty to place forth laws that may truly go. Even some mainstream media shops, which frequently sofa their phrases to keep away from dropping entry to GOP sources, are actually putting the shutdown blame on the ft of Republicans in Congress.
In the meantime, Democrats have provided their very own funding measures to verify TSA brokers and different non-immigration-enforcement DHS capabilities are funded, however they have been blocked by Republicans.
However I digress, again to the cowards fleeing D.C. whereas DHS remains to be shut down.
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, notorious for hitching a flight outta dodge when confronted with difficult circumstances, was noticed flying to sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida, which appears to be a well-liked location for Republicans on this ill-advised two-week break amid a partial authorities shutdown.
Different Republicans TMZ caught fleeing Washington, D.C., embrace Sens. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee and John Barrasso of Wyoming, the latter of whom was confronted by indignant vacationers, per TMZ.
In the end, Republicans abdicated their duty and left city with no funding deal. It’s no surprise the Congress they management has an abysmally low 11% approval ranking, in keeping with the most recent Economist/YouGov ballot.
