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Rep. Chip Roy Criticizes GOP Leadership Over Decision to Pass CR as a Suspension Bill

www.c-span.org Rep. Chip Roy Criticizes GOP Leadership Over Decision to Pass CR as a Suspension Bill

Texas Republican Chip Roy criticizes his party leadership over its decision to pass a two-tiered Continuing Resolution to fund the government and avert a shutdown as a suspension bill. "I didn't come here to have the Speaker of the House assume the position and in 17 days pass a continuing resolutio...

I WANT MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES TO GIVE ME ONE THING. ONE. THAT I CAN GO CAMPAIGN ON AND SAY WE DID. ONE. ANYBODY SITTING IN THE COMPLEX, IF YOU WANT TO COME DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND COME EXPLAIN TO ME, ONE MATERIAL, MEANINGFUL, SIGNIFICANT THING THE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY HAS DONE BESIDES, WELL, I GUESS IT'S NOT AS BAD AS THE DEMOCRATS.

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He also criticizes his party for not sticking to their promises to cut spending and warns that they better do so when the House returns after the Thanksgiving holiday.

Just in case anyone gets the mistaken impression that this rant was righteous or well intentioned based on what OP chose to add in ALL CAPS… It’s not. Chip Roy is still a Republican, after all.
- The reason I included it is because it's a perfect sound byte for Democrats to campaign on.
  
  The reason I included it is because it's a perfect sound byte for Democrats to campaign on.
  
  Well then, let’s hope the DNC uses Lemmy.
  
  The Biden campaign already noticed.
  
  The Biden campaign noticed your Lemmy post? Congrats! 🍾🎉 🙄
  
  🙄 🙃
  
  Hey! I actually thought the same thing. It would be a really good quote to show that they haven't done anything at all.
- Just in case anyone gets the mistaken impression that this rant was righteous or well intentioned based on what OP chose to add in ALL CAPS...
  
  That's not what I took away from that. The all-caps summary is obviously sarcasm intended in the voice of Chip Roy.
  
  The all-caps summary is obviously sarcasm intended in the voice of Chip Roy.
  
  lol you sure about that? Hint: It's a direct quote.
  
  It's a direct quote from Chip Roy. I don't think he meant to highlight the fact that House Republicans have been completely useless, but it's the text I was able to copy from the transcript.

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