Rep. Jason Smith @RepJasonSmith
President Biden asked for a blank check.
Republicans negotiated a deal that delivers for the American people.
[….] Rescinding billions of COVID $
[….] Administrative PAYGO
[….] Work requirements
[….] Spending caps
[.. ..]Cutting IRS funding 3:10 PM · May 30, 2023
And:
Rep. Eric Burlison @RepEricBurlison
After carefully reviewing the bill text and fielding phone calls from my constituents, I will not be supporting H.R. 3746. 4:47 PM · May 30, 2023
Eric Burlison (r) [2016 file photo].
The smell of victory or defeat? Which is it? Just asking.
No, raising the debt ceiling should be and most often is SOP.
It is a crisis only because Leder McCarthy decided to make it a crisis.
Maybe he just doesn’t negotiate with terrorists.
Biden sent his budget to the speaker months ago. The speaker sat on it and did nothing while having no issue raising the debt ceiling multiple times under trump who is responsible for 25% of our current debt. Y’all are a joke.
What have you done for the working class…
Tell us we’ll wait
Republicans don’t want to do anything positive but hold the country hostage. You’re not the good guys on this.
Jason, almost all responses on this tweet are negative and unsympathetic.
Take the hint.
He doesn’t care.
This is a “crisis” because of YOU
The debt ceiling is an arbitrary line, the cuts you are making aren’t, and they will deeply harm Americans, our nation, and especially your 8th district constituents.
Congress sets the debt ceiling, not POTUS. Where were you? You barely passed your “make the poor pay for our tax cuts” plan only 3 weeks ago.
You know why the GOP will get the blame, just like always? Because you’re the only ones making threats.
You want to negotiate a responsible debt plan? REPEAL THE TRUMP TAX CUTS! You help drive the nation into debt with tax cuts and then complain about the result.
Oh, my word.
Your projection and delusion is truly shocking.
The #GOP has turned into an organization of knaves and fools.
After running up a $7.8T tab to our national debt, now you want a “responsible debt plan?”
🤣🤡
You first, 🤡.
You knew your cuts were a non-starter yet you foolishly stuck with them.
Rep. Jason Smith @RepJasonSmith
The Durham report confirms what most Americans knew all along: the Trump-Russia investigation was nothing more than a political witch hunt. 9:30 AM · May 16, 2023
And he continued:
Rep. Jason Smith @RepJasonSmith
Every American should be outraged that leaders at the FBI and DOJ – two incredibly powerful agencies – abused their authority by using the federal government as a weapon to try and take down a political opponent. 9:30 AM · May 16, 2023
“Россия” (Russia) – a variant of the Russian presidential flag.
But wait, there’s more:
Rep. Jason Smith @RepJasonSmith
While this report debunks yet another false narrative pushed by the Left and liberal media, the House will conduct vigorous oversight and do everything within its power to ensure this never happens again. 9:30 AM · May 16, 2023
Sure, Karen.
Jason Smith (r) [2022 file photo].
Some of the responses to Jason Smith (r):
Spin
Dude, did you read it?
Have you actually read anything about it, or are you just listening to Fox-not-news? Because whatever they are telling folks is a big lie, and the Durham Report shows what a waste of tax payer funds it was for 4 years! Read some real facts, & stop spreading Trumpian lies.
[….]
“The FBI investigation proves conclusively that up is above your heads.”
Republicans: “We now have proof that up has been down all along, and that this administration has been lying to you!”
Durham failed miserably.
John Durham’s investigation lasted 3 1/2 years and cost taxpayers about $3.8 million.
If what Republican radicals are saying is true, why has he only been able to get one conviction of a low-level FBI lawyer who got probation?
Please quit lying to your constituents. It was worth investigating, he’s had significant cash investment from the Russians and tried to have the Ukraine surrender and falsify info about the Bidens. Be accountable.
John Durham is 0 for 2 in prosecutions and he delivered a big, fat, 300 page DUD in the form of an op-ed.
Where are the charges?
Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…
the dark money donors who paid you to say this don’t fear the IRS because they know that people like you are in their back pocket protecting them and their money! Robbing from the poor and middle class to give to the rich is the @GOP way!
I am so grateful the IRS got the funds they desperately need. When I needed help this year I didn’t have to wait on the phone for hours.
Oh, and I don’t see you giving up your taxpayer salary and benefits any time soon. You like being on welfare.
Nope. Have nothing to worry about. Most of us that is.
Actually, the agency I fear the most is MAGA.
The only people I hear say they fear the IRS are @gop politicians.
The only people who fear the IRS are those people (usually the wealthier folks) who know they are cheating on their taxes.
As you people like to scream about: if you’re not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about. Amiright?
By “most Americans” of course you mean mostly white. Mostly rich.
I paid more in taxes last year than Amazon.
All thanks to the GOP Tax Scam that only helped the rich and big corporations.
The GOP put 2T on the National Deficit just for that. They put 8T total on the National Deficit.
Do you feel the trickle down they promised?
I do not fear the IRS because I am not trying to cheat on my taxes! GFY! Pay your share and shut the phuck up!
Pay your fucking taxes.
You are so full of shit.
You are a lying sack of shit!
Why would anyone fear the IRS? Oh, right, Republicans are always lying and cheating! Yeah, you guys should be afraid![….]Trump supporters are so stupid![….]
Though Kevin Bacon is a much more believable and a better actor.
Last night:
Rep. Jason Smith @RepJasonSmith
NYC DA Alvin Bragg’s case has only been about one thing from the start — targeting President Donald Trump for political gain. Bragg’s case is so questionable that any respected prosecutor would have long since walked away. The truth will be exposed in the days and months ahead. 7:44 PM · Mar 30, 2023
The responses:
Any respectable Congress me[mb]er would support the rule of law and wait for charges to be revealed and Trump himself to defend himself in court. Instead @JudiciaryGOP has been running cover for him and interfering in investigations with their own weaponization.
You don’t even know the facts of the case, Jason.
He broke the law.
@RepJasonSmith the step up and do something about it
You mean Like January 6th? Just asking.
A grand jury of ordinary Americans determined there was probable cause of a crime.
It’s so questionable? You must be the one person who’s seen the indictment. Amazing!
Hysterical
No one knows what the charges are. What are you talking about you sycophantic boondoggle.
34 counts! It’s Alvin Bragg’s job to bring the evidence to a grand jury and the grand juries job is to indict!
I can’t wait for the twice impeached loser by a landslide to take the stand under oath and tell the jury he didn’t pork a pornstar while his third wife was home with his fifth kid, pay her $130k and cook the Trump Organization books.
Who am I kidding, he will plead the 5th.
THIS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL GARBAGE!
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS NO EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW!!
THIS IS WHY IT’S HAPPENING, PROVE ME WRONG!
Impossible To Be A Constitutional Republic, When State And Federal Judiciary Are Seated By Direct And Indirect Popular Vote, ONLY From The Most Populous Counties And Cities In Them Because They Have The Population Density To Do So, That Being THE MOB, The Voice Of The People,
A constitutional scholar, perhaps? Nah.
The interesting thing about Trump is he usually gets his pals to commit crimes too.
Shit take from a giant douche.
What Alvin Bragg has done is illegal. He made up evidence to support a crime, lied in a court of law (perjury), and hid exculpatory evidence that debunks the allegations. This will be proven in the weeks to come. Bragg needs to be arrested and thrown in prison.
Good to know that lying in a court of law is called perjury. Wait, isn’t there supposed to be a few steps between getting arrested and getting thrown in prison?
Its called FAFO dipshit.
Cry much harder.
[….]
Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 517,000 in January, and the unemployment rate changed little at 3.4 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job growth was widespread, led by gains in leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, and health care….
[….]
Jason Smith (r) [2022 file photo].
Also today, in case anyone wanted to overhype a distraction:
Rep. Jason Smith @RepJasonSmith
It is totally unacceptable that President Biden is allowing the Chinese Communist Party to spy on Missouri and our military bases in broad daylight!
Once again, the President is demonstrating weakness in the face of aggression while the world watches. 6:41 PM · Feb 3, 2023
Satellites, anyone? They could just look it up, you know, on the Internets:
Some of the reponses:
It’s unacceptable that you all sell out our farmland to the Chinese
They’re paying more attention to Missouri’s 8th district than you are [….]
Do you actually believe this
Hey [….], they’re just checking on the Missouri farmland you and Eric Schmitt sold them! #Traitor
IDIOT
Says the guy that helped gut Prop B which led to Missouri selling off 140,000 acres of farmland to China. So you don’t really have a leg to stand on. So take a seat.
Omg your such an effing fear monger. Pot kettle you fascist.
Coming from a group of idiots who want us to surrender to Russia
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) is the unofficial name for the large set of changes to the Revenue Code of 1986, signed into law by President Trump in 2017. TCJA made many large changes across multiple areas of the tax code, including most infamously reducing the corporate tax rate, increasing the standard deduction, and increasing the applicable exclusion amounts for estate taxes. Only some of the TCJA changes were permanent, and over twenty provisions will expire by the end of 2025.
For individual tax deductions, the TCJA reduced some of the overall tax rates and changed many deductions. [….] All of these changes will revert back to their pre-TCJA provisions after 2025. [….]
…the corporate tax rate was permanently reduced to a 21% flat tax rate from 35%. [….]
Rep. Jason Smith @RepJasonSmith
The American people are demanding fiscal responsibility.
Republicans have called on Democrats to come to the table. Lets address the fiscal insanity. Lets try to find common ground. It’s the responsible thing to do.
[….] 3:50 PM · Jan 31, 2023
You ran up the bill, Jason (r). Now you don’t want to pay for it.
Roll Call 699 | Bill Number: H. R. 1
DEC 20, 2017, 12:55 PM | 115TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION
Vote Question: On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Vote Type: Yea-And-Nay
Status: Passed
Honor the government commitments & responsibilities.
See above.
25% of the national debt was accrued under Trump [….]
Yep.
Jason, you don’t know what your constituents are demanding.. It’s not like you answer emails, phone calls, or have town halls. So try that again. this time be honest about it.
What about your own district, Jason? What have you done for anyone in MO8 except yourself? We have the poorest district in one of the poorest states!
How about all your PPP loans you didn’t pay back??
Right – tax the rich again. Debt ceiling has nothing to do with it
Check out his vote.
The American people understand the debt ceiling is honoring the debts we’ve already incurred.Tell Qevin to stop playing games.And do SOMETHING for your constituents instead of whining, Jason.
Since when the hell do REPUBLICANS ever listen to the American people, huh??
National budgets are not household budgets. With great investment comes great advancement and returns. Just tax the rich.
Suck it, Insurrectionist. The GOP betrayed America.
The American people are demanding you stop showboating and raise the debt ceiling before you screw us and crater the economy.
We all know it’s Republicans doing this.
Here’s a hint: a universal 30% consumption tax ain’t gonna cut it in your district, Jason (r).
Rep. Jason Smith @RepJasonSmith
I am deeply humbled to have been selected to be the next Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
Ways and Means Republicans will build an economy that is strong by prioritizing our most valuable economic resource, the American worker.
[…] 3:23 PM · Jan 9, 2023
Jason Smith, a friend of the American Worker?
Some of the responses:
We now return you to your regular GQP programming.
Republicans are far more interested in manufacturing discontent than in doing anything to fix anything.
How does cutting Social Security, Medicare, and Food Assistance programs, stifling Unionization efforts, and slashing taxes for the obscenely wealthy help “the American Worker”, Jason?
Can you explain to me what your objectives are and how they benefit workers?
Gaslighting. Wealth distribution upward. Just to name a couple.
You are a joke and will do nothing more than hurt the working class people. Signed, a Missourian
You’re a liar.
[….]
The 1/6 Traitor says what?
Traitor.
You’ve voted against almost every bill passed by Biden that ACTUALLY prioritizes the American worker. [….]
I won’t hold my breath that you’ll actually do anything of value in this position.
I notice in your feed you talk a lot about Democrats adding 2 trillion to the debt but I don’t see anything about Republicans adding 8 trillion in 4 years under the last admin and the majority of that was tax cuts for rich folk. Funny how that slipped your list of grievances
Gaslighting.
Peak Missouri Republican: Constantly complain about government spending, never address that majority is going to districts like your own while majority of taxes are coming from Democratic districts.
Joe already built it— but like a Trumplican you’ll find a way to take credit for the work YOU didn’t do.
What Jason means is, The Americans in The Blue States
Will subsidize The Red States Who refuse to Pay Their
Own Fair Share of American Taxes.
Why did you vote against certifying the 2020 presidential election?
This guy is hilarious.
He has one of the most anti-labor / anti-worker voting records in Congress.
See AFL-CIO Legislative Scoreboard
This chairman position was bought and paid for.
Freaking clown show
I don’t recognize insurrectionist trash as legitimate lawmakers. Therefore I’m going to ignore and laugh at anything that comes out of your committee.
Republicans exploit American workers with their massive tax cuts for corporations, which never “ trickle down”
The House made a big mistake making you chair of anything. You are an #Insurrectionist and a worthless representative for MO.
I hope you will not become even more deeply humbled because @HouseGOP juvenile delinquent anarchism leads to a default on debt obligations *already incurred* and a market crash
best luck with that, congressman
you might end up wishing you were back in the minority, trolling away
Aren’t Republicons for the wealthy. Your trickle down economics have destroyed our economy. Good luck getting past Senate and Biden.
He might be able to name a few Post Offices.
Please don’t strip away Social Security and Medicare from seniors who have worked hard and contributed to the system their entire lives.
Especially if you plan to turn our money over to millionaire grifters
Except for sitting on a bench and shitposting on social media.
Jason Smith (r) [2022 file photo].
You were expecting anything different?
Thursday evening:
Rep. Jason Smith @RepJasonSmith
President Biden’s first *ever* trip to the southern border should begin with a visit to McAllen, TX, to see the millions of dollars worth of taxpayer-funded border wall steel his Administration has left sitting in a yard.
[….] 5:19 PM · Jan 5, 2023
What will Jason Smith (r) be doing today? Sitting on a bench and possibly shitposting on social media.
Some of the responses:
Trump boondoggle Jason. In my lifetime no R or D Congress has been serious about immigration. Each side wants the other side to lose. Therin is the border problem.
Trump said he finished the wall
What? Mexico didn’t pay for it?
I would hush if I were you. This debacle of trying to nominate a speaker of the house! January 6th, hmm. Most know where you were. Now this. Very ashamed!
You mean your king didn’t do what he promised and now you expect President Biden to clean up another of his messes?
We should give all that steel to Mexico. I mean, they paid for it, right?
Moving the goalpost already?
Distraction, really. The past few days haven’t been so good.
Aah. And here we have the forgetful Republican. Conveniently ignoring that the Trump administration “redirected” millions from the government for all the steel that is cheerfully rusting away.
No, Biden didn’t do it. But he did have to clean up after a Republican “president”
So when do you Republicans expect to elect a speaker? Seems like a pretty easy thing to do.
Shouldn’t you be focused on electing a speaker?
Just ‘sayin
Vote against McCarthy. #trump2023
Too late. Eleven times.
Scrap it. It’s a dumb ass idea anyway. Any a hole could defeat a wall. Another fun fact you have to build gaps at the bottom of the wall in many sections because water would knock it down. Brilliant.
I thought we were told Mexico was paying for the wall? Was that just another lie?
I am one of your constituents.
I want change. I thought you did too.
I will NOT be voting for you ever again.
After emailing, calling and posting on Twitter just today, my message is still the same.
DO NOT VOTE FOR MCCARTHY!!!!
Too late. Eleven times, so far. Heh.
The wall was always a stupid, useless idea. Why waste any more money on it.
Vote for an America 1st Speaker & honor the wishes of those who hired you to represent us.
