Sean Smith 705-B SE MELODY LANE, UNIT 263 LEE’S SUMMIT MO 64063 117 2/24/2026 10:13 a.m.
Brad Patty 1006 W DAVIS STREET FAYETTE MO 65248 202 2/24/2026 9:18 a.m.
Brett Hueffmeier 905 MCGEE ST #127 KANSAS CITY MO 64106 336 2/24/2026 10:31 a.m.
Taylor Burks PO BOX 65110 JEFFERSON CITY MO 65110 665 2/24/2026 11:24 a.m.
Rick Brattin 22405 S EXCELSIOR RD HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 2/26/2026 12:31 p.m.
Democratic
Name Mailing Address Random Number Date Filed
Emanuel Cleaver, II PO BOX 411872 KANSAS CITY MO 64141 147 2/24/2026 8:03 a.m.
[emphasis added]
In 2022:
The results in 2022:
Election Results Official Election Returns
State of Missouri – 08/02/2022 2022 Primary Election, Tuesday, August 02, 2022
As announced by the Board of State Canvassers on Friday, August 26, 2022
Office/Candidate Name/Ballot Issue Votes % of Votes
U.S. Representative – District 4 (353 of 353 Precincts Reported)
Republican Jim (Soupy) Campbell 4,642 4.4% Republican Rick Brattin 22,509 21.4%
Republican William (Bill) Irwin 9,648 9.2% Republican Mark Alford 36,981 35.2%
Republican Kalena Bruce 16,677 15.9% Republican Taylor Burks 10,624 10.1%
Republican Kyle Stonner LaBrue 4,026 3.8%
The same party who for the past decade couldn’t even define what a woman was, and let lunatic men into girls locker rooms are now claiming that showing an ID to vote is an attack on women…? NUTS!
#SAVEAct
There is no mercy in some of the responses:
If I were an elected I would not choose to toil my days away fighting with people online about non-existent problems I’ve made up in my head.
I would spend time with people I loved and listen to my community without speaking to learn and grow as a person.
The only thing stronger than hate is love.
yes but Rick won’t do that because his heart is filled with Christian hate. There is no capacity for love in his world, other than for white nationalist people who fit inside his circle.
There’s no God in the universe, that would support his version of Christian hate. But he remains ignorantly, unaware and proud of it.
thank you for standing up against the bigotry, racism, misogyny, and xenophobia of this man and others.👍👍
but he’s obsessed with other people’s genitals and sex lives, so he has to have an outlet…
I 100 % agree with you!!! I’m tired of the disinformation and falsehoods that he and others from that party spews. I want elected officials to work to improve lives not be decisive!!
I’m confused?? Are you promoting having “nuts”? Seems like it.
It appears so. What a strange Valentine’s post.
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What do you call an act that will increase the work load for women disproportionately over men? You wanna make it so ALL US citizens need to carry a passport or their broth certificates, marriage certificates and any divorce decrees to prove citizenship(regardless of name change) then it will be equal. Otherwise yeah. It affects women more and gives us even MORE to do and potentially includes a poll tax.
Rick Brattin for Missouri
You have to have this stuff in order to drive to your polling location, open a bank account, write a check, do your taxes and so on and so forth. It’s your responsibility to have your affairs in order, ID is required for women to buy a firearm to protect themselves, should we eliminate that requirement?
This is an outright voter suppression bill, and you know it is-I have voted for 40 years and have yet to see anyone who was not registered vote-including undocumented immigrants. This an outright poll tax-o you believe Immigrants go to polling places pretending to be someone, then when the real voter shows up, what happens? though some cities allow noncitizens to vote on some local elections. Experts have long insisted that noncitizen voting is a rare problem. Voter roll audits before the 2024 elections in Georgia found only 20 registered noncitizens out of 8.2 million registered voters statewide. Republicans are deliberately timing the change in voter rules before consequential midterm elections.
Republicans will stop at nothing to interfere with the 2026 midterms — including leveraging ICE to gain access to sensitive voter information or pass their anti-democratic SAVE Act,”
sure and if you can’t realize that this is a time and energy tax on women that men don’t have and how that will affect women getting to the polls you live in a world defined by your male privilege. Be open to listening to women about their experiences.
NO! I use a driver’s license to open a bank account—I have NEVER used a passport. Cut the maga BS crap. You know how I also know that passports are not required—my late mother never had one—and she had multiple accounts. I need a driver’s license now to vote and have done so for three decades! You Republicans are trying to obfuscate the facts.
no did you read the bill. I need my DL thats to do those things. And my DL is not acceptable proof of citizenship only residency.
Look in the mirror.
And yet, men will not need to have any of this to register to vote. THAT IS THE POINT.
Actually, it’s nothing like those examples you site, because you don’t have to show multiple forms of ID. We already are required to show identification to vote. You are adding more documents to prove citizenship. Not to mention, illegal voting is minuscule. This law is directed at keeping people that don’t vote Republican out of the polls.
there it is. Can’t come up with a reasoned response so defaults like a robot to a stupid prompt “wUT iS A WomAn?” Idiot.
I absolutely do not have to have my (with official seals) birth certificate, marriage license, any divorce papers, or even a ‘Real ID’ to open a bank account, do my taxes, write a check, or open a credit account.
Why are you lying? Is that a GOP thing?
It is absolutely a poll tax which goes against the US Constitution. But the GOP wants to destroy that. How do I know? Their actions and their words.
that’s your response to legitimate concerns. Are you a child? My preteen is a kinder human.
are you serious? Are you a child? Are you going to say “your mom” or 6/7 now? My God, how embarrassing!
I used my driver’s license to get a bank account. No other document required.
True, I had to gather several documents recently for real ID, but since I did that, please explain why it’s not good enough to register to vote?
I have all the documents now but getting them in a timely way wasn’t easy nor without financial cost. I’ve encouraged every woman I know getting married since this nonsense came out, including my own DIL, not to take their husband’s name.
Too much bureaucracy from the party of smaller government required.
you keep forgetting the poll tax part. Either you dont know the constitution or you cherry pick the parts you like.
where do you bank at that doesn’t require an ID? Poll tax? Now you are grasping for straws.🤡
So now you’re going to shame women who choose to change their last name? Interesting.
Anyway, a marriage license isn’t on the list of acceptable forms of additional identification in this bill. Surely you read the actual bill and are not just regurgitating nonsense from “politicians” like Mr. Brattin, right? Right??
You don’t have to have a birth certificate with your married name on it or a passport to do those things. A lot of fools in your party are actually pushing for no ids to buy firearms. You are just straight up lying to people’s faces here and it’s just embarrassing.
not one of those items including the Missouri Real Id prove citizenship. All of those items prove identity, not the same and you know it.
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Women have been changing their names on ID’s for decades. It’s never been a problem. In fact, I went to the courthouse yesterday and got a copy of my birth certificate and both marriage licenses just in case I decide to get Real ID. It took less than 10 minutes. I absolutely don’t know why women think this is something that married women haven’t been doing all along. I can only guess that someone told them they needed to be mad about it and pretend it was something new and difficult to do. As a women, It’s embarrassing that women act so uneducated and helpless about something they’ve been doing for decades. It’s actually the men who probably have no idea of how to go about changing their name. Embrace it as a teaching moment for them.
This has been another edition of My Circumstances and Experiences Always Apply to Everyone Else.
how nice for you. I had to drive 6 hrs RT and take time off my then hourly job to get mine or wait 6-10 weeks; my state of birth doesn’t have centralized records. I had to drive another 5 hr RT in a different direction to get my marriage licenses. I was finally able to spend some $$ to get multiple certified copied. Not everyone can do that.
Just because something is easy for you doesn’t mean it is for everyone.
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It’s about federal overreach into states.
It’s about the constitution.
Rick Brattin for Missouri
There are parameters placed on federal elections, for instance the ADA and others, all of which have been held constitutional. You have to show ID, prove citizenship, and get a federal background check in order to exercise another constitutional right if I’m not mistaken?
What about the sections of the United States Constitution that outline how voting works?
There are not that many states that don’t require ID. I don’t have an issue with ID. I have an issue with federal government overreach.
We watched the federal government call states to tell them to ignore their constitutions and gerrymander in the middle of a decade. More government overreach.
Missourians are adamantly opposed to Fed government overreach and that’s why we let the politicians use millions of our tax dollars every year to tell the federal government to stay out of our business. We elect representatives who don’t bow down to the demands of the federal government. Why aren’t you doing that?
Rick Brattin for Missouri
The constitution requires that the election is held by the individual states , not that parameters of the election cannot be placed to ensure that rampant fraud from one state can cancel out the voices of other states. Just like the aforementioned ADA requirements to ensure easy access, but ensuring that only citizens vote across the nation or that blanket voter fraud isn’t occurring by simple presentation of ID isn’t some onerous overreach by the feds
Where is the mass voter fraud? The GOP spent millions of dollars, audited, states, etc. Mike Lindell drove his company into bankruptcy, trying to prove it. Media agencies did not prove the fraud they said happened. This involves thousands of investigators desperate to prove massive voter fraud and putting thousands of hours into trying.
Years ago Ken Paxton of Texas started offering $1 million to prove Trump lost due to fraud and he still has the money.
This is a push to nationalize elections under the false pretense of mass voter fraud.
Many states have implemented new voting restriction since 2020. The federal government should be happy with that and mind their own business.
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lying, liar says what? Go grift somewhere else.
If you make people pay for it, it’s illegal. If the government already knows who is and isn’t a citizen, why doesn’t the government provide its citizens a voter id? Nobody would ever argue against that. But, of course, that would not lead to the voter suppression that the gop so desperately desires!
Lots of fraud in Missouri, huh? Only way I can explain your multiple re-elections. Thankfully, those days are over now.
Heh.
The only fraud is whatever gerrymandered district you represent.
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That’s a stupid Charlie Kirk talking point. Why do you concern yourself so much with other’s genitals?
Rick Brattin for Missouri
Says the party of slavery, segregation, Jim Crow, eugenics, mass murder of children. Cool talking point bro
Stop obsessing over others genitals, bro.
Haven’t seen a President from that party put a Black couple’s faces on ape bodies, though, so that’s kind of a weird talking point, bro.
how are you this big of an idiot?? 😂
You forget the entire chapter in middle school history class that covers party switch? Or are you being disingenuous on purpose? We aren’t stupid
Kids, don’t fall asleep in school.
You do realize that eventually the two parties basically switched sides on these subjects, don’t you? Democrats are now the party of freedom and upholding the Constitution. Of ensuring equal rights for all. Republicans are concerned with controlling everyone who doesn’t fit their idea of white and Christian. Although for them this includes a leader who is orange, degrades women, assaults women, makes fun of the disabled, commits fraud and grift to enrich himself daily, illegally imprisons immigrants and citizens, and protects child sex predators. I am a PROUD Democrat!
Someone didn’t finish reading their history book…
I wonder why the Trump administration wants to take down signs explaining the history of slavery. Must be because they are big Democrats!
Apparently he missed the 1960s history of LBJ signing the Civil Rights Act and The Voting Rights Act followed by the Nixon Southern Strategy in 1968. Perhaps he didn’t read Project 2025. Oh well.
quick! back at the time of the Civil war, were Republicans liberal or conservative in their ideology?
says a man who clearly doesn’t know history.
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Well it is, who were the ones who changed last names that now don’t match birth certificates-WOMEN!!
Rick Brattin for Missouri
Uh, you don’t change your name on your birth certificate…ever… this is standard operating procedure for marriage for a century. Lol
Uh…
just stop. Isn’t there something that you can lecture about for men?
Can you read? She is saying when you change your last name, it no longer matches your birth certificate.
You made a poor argument, and now you are trying to argue with people because your reading comprehension skills are non-existent. Hilarious.
are you purposefully being obtuse?? My birth certificate has my birth name. Since I am a married woman since 1981, my birth certificate does not match my driver’s license which has my marriage name. This seems like you either don’t understand how it worked for women or you don’t give a darn, or you’re drunk on orange koolaid. If you are unable to represent all Missouri citizens, especially women, you should resign!!
Dear Rick:
Might I suggest more reading comprehension.
Fact: women who get married change their last names to match their spouse. This would not be the same as the name on their birth certificate. Unless of course; they marry themselves.
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The only people the “save” act will prevent from voting are American Citizens who have been legally voting for decades. Non-citizens already don’t vote in our elections. So this addresses a problem that doesn’t exist.
We’ve been sharing bathrooms with trans people for decades. Why it’s suddenly an issue is beyond me.
Stop relying on rhetorical fallacies to make your arguments.
Last time I checked, most men don’t change their last name when they get married. So, yes, it would disproportionately affect women in a negative way.
It isn’t just an ID. We already do that in MO. This is a poll tax, and absolutely will disenfranchise voters. Y’all really should think about this…more Democrat voters than Republican voters are passport holders.
Why is the trump administration ordering public libraries to stop processing passports?
Make it more difficult to get a passport, no passport, no voting. Simple.
Imagine the guy who doesn’t respect the votes of women. Wants to further make it more difficult for them to vote with the save act.
hiya. Missouri voter here. I had my original (1960s) birth certificate. Because the seal was no longer raised ( 60 year old paper, you know?) I had to obtain an replacement from my birth state. I had to pay expedited fee, since I didn’t expect my original to be refused.
Had my marriage certificate, social security card, utility bill ( a little tough in these days is e-payments) and the previously mentioned ORIGINAL birth certificate.
$60 for new certificate.
It’s a poll tax to keep women from voting.
My original ” birth certificate” was considered a registration of birth and had to pay the town for an embossed birth certificate but then my driver’s license didn’t match my birth certificate so I had to bring in my marriage certificate. All so I could pay the DMV for an enhanced license. Then I had to pay again to get a passport ID for citizenship. 🤔am I legal now? Was i illegal before? 😆
Is this your campaign platform? Is this your agenda? Is this your message? Is this your pledge of service to your constituents? Is this what you bring to the table?
Yes. This has been another edition of Short Answers to Simple Questions.
Rick Brattin ~ you are very mis-informed about women & name changes…..let me state a fact for you. I was adopted, I do not have an official Birth Certificate & my original Birth name is on it along with my biological parents names. Let me stress again…..I was adopted & given a new name, my lifelong name until I married, once, twice, three times. How many names is that? I have a Real ID on my driver’s license. I had to produce paperwork to get that. Now explain to me, what do I use to vote. I have voted for all of my adult life by producing my driver’s license. To force me to procure additional ID to vote or pay for that procurement is a poll tax. You know it & I know it. Believe me, many of us seniors do not have the money to acquire a passport. Again, if we do & pay for a passport, that is a poll tax. Missouri needs to focus on the REAL problems this state has rather than trying to belittle women.
The SAVE Act is voter suppression. Pure and simple. Voter fraud has been proven, again and again, to be negligible. The numbers affected by the SAVE act would be considerable. This is the polar opposite of election integrity. An un-American perversion of our electoral system. Even if the obstacles are not insurmountable, they remain obstacles. Some people, inevitably, will fail to surmount them. Result: the electorate is distorted far more than by the minuscule amount of fraud that exists. Shame on everyone who supports this bs.
Tell us you don’t know how the constitution works……
Curious what any of that has to do with serving Missouri?
You make up issues to find solutions to things that aren’t really problems. You followed the party script perfectly.
What a crayon eater.
Paste, too, probably.
Rick Brattin (r) [2013 Show Me Progress file photo].
When you see all of these mass protests that the left is doing nationwide, just realize these yayhoos are being paid, their transportation provided in nice comfy expensive charter buses, and pallets of food miraculously arrive for them. Their signs are printed and distributed to them upon their arrival, and their organizer gives them their barking orders on what they are supposed to do.
This isn’t grassroots, they are like extras on a mass movie set and by law they should probably all have to register as lobbyists.
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Democracy, meh.
Some of the responses:
That is a bold face lie. I’m not sure what is worse, that you are intentionally lying to your constituents or that you are stupid enough to believe the people that are feeding you that line of bull.
Rick, it’s ironic that you do not respond to phone calls, messages or mail when we need to talk with you about issues but you have chosen this issue to spout falsehoods. First communication from you!
Are you really so stupid you believe what you’re saying? Wait don’t answer that lol. Retired grandma here. Not paid. We drove, but know many of the people on those busses, not paid either. Please, continue to talk your bs. There really are this many people who are willing to stand up and speak out to save our democracy…and it’s growing every single day.
Rick Brattin (r) [2013 file photo].
Hey Mr. Brattin! I am one of your constituents (not by choice), and I drove 2 hours to come have my voice (as well as 3 other constituents voices) heard today! I didn’t get paid. But what I did get was the satisfaction of getting to talk to other constituents who are just as unhappy as I am that you can’t seem to do your job without infringing on the Missourians rights who have plainly voted on measures they want.
You serve the people. I am sure you will be reminded of that once your term ends.
Local man baffled by the idea of “organizing”. More at 11
Lol if we’re being paid to protest where’s my check?
Gee, and here I am always protesting for free. You’re a ridiculous person Brattin.
Rick here is a liar. I do it all for free. My friends do it all for free.
I bought three new Mercedes with mine
Heh.
LOL. Bro posted a picture of buses and some snacks and somehow is convinced of some massive protestor conspiracy. Top notch work 🙄
all you idiots wear the same red hats
Heh.
And China makes them. 😂
yeah. We all go to the same places for our signs and organize in advance genius. Are you people really this stupid???
Yes. This has been another edition of “Short Answers to Simple Questions”.
Lol! I got paid for protesting the same day I got my Doge check 😂😂😂
Oh they got snacks!
I love snacks!
Do they pay more than ICE?
wow. and to think I’ve been doing it on my own time free of charge. Can you dig a little deeper and get some more info so I can sign up and get paid? Thanks bro
How much do they get paid?
Is it under the table?
Does it have benefits and 401k?
I’m looking for the one that provides healthcare coverage!
What is sad about your post Is that you really believe it?
he’s an idiot OR he thinks voters are idiots
exactly. What’s worse? That he’s a liar or just stupid? 🤦♀️
like for real…they just blindly believe whatever they see on Fox “news”. 🤦♀️
Is this a parody account?😆😆😆
Sadly, no.
Stop. I was there today. Drove myself, ate a lovely lunch at Arris Pizza and drove home.
No, we just know how to organize against fascism.
water cannons – every military base has at least one xtra — hose em down
Think about that one for just a second.
Such mature language to call them yahoos, Rick. There’s an awful lot of people protesting on their own dime. How about you do your job instead of creating posts like this.
I bet the guy in the bathrobe in the Minneapolis snow was being paid. You guys are ridiculous. 😆😆😆
Children shouldn’t have access to the internet. Please be quiet while adults are talking.
That’s a pretty brash statement. I am sure there are still some of us who feel strongly about exercising our first amendment rights without it being for monetary gain. Those of us from the 60’s and 70’s understand that.
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Keep calling this out, Senator Brattin
he’s not calling it out. He’s making it up. Don’t be fooled. The left isn’t paying fake protestors. We are terrified and our of at what this country is becoming and if you don’t see it, it’s because you are choosing not to see it. Facism is sneaky. This country is not great when our own citizens are scared of our own government. Do better
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And the moon is made of cheese.
You’re confusing this with J6. And the buses paid for by the wife of Clarence Thomas.
There’s that.
Hey so who do I call to get my check? And back pay since I’ve never gotten one for any of the protests I’ve attended? Oh and who reimburses me for the supplies I purchased to make my signs? Ya know since they provided printed ones… 🙄
Then it should be easy to go undercover and get proof and receipts yeah? Go on and do it. Show us clown.
Oh hell no, I protest for free!
Yeah, with all these trump tariff and doge checks, plus the protest checks, I’m shocked the economy isn’t doing better
Heh.
It’s always amusing to see that Republicans think liberals get paid to do things…mainly because the Republicans could never imagine having something so meaningful that you’d fight for it for free. Classic projection and sidestep. You think the libs do it because that’s the only way you’d do it. Some folks just believe in human rights and the sanctity of human life and liberty. Ask yourself which is more Christlike, you won’t be seeing it in the mirror.
The fact that so many people protesting this administration is inconceivable to you and others is mind boggling. Tells me that you are not in touch with the concerns of your constituents. (Also, those pictures do not “prove” a point.)
Is this a 1099 gig?
Heh.
So difficult for maga to imagine caring about others or something other than themselves 🤭🤔
Why is it so hard for people to understand that folks hate trump for free? And why has there never been proof of payments? And why hasn’t maga ever went undercover to blow up the whole deal??… you guys are hilarious…lmao
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There should be a law requiring identification of paid protesters. We can start with a general law that states all acts of protest with “x” number of people require a permit. If a permit is not provided then protesters are not allowed to inhibit public traffic or neighborhoods.
Keep trying to take away the 1st amendment. That will definitely win you cucks the midterms 🤣
Geez, almost like no one ever thought of that…oh wait, Russia and China beat you to it.
should that same law require a group of masked men with weapons shouting demands also identify who they are?
We see what you did there.
“Stop the ICEholes”
Good thing the 60s didn’t depend on you.
So you’re for small government, right?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Special kind of stupid aren’t you.
Are you okay? I’m seriously worried about your brain or your soul but either way you might want to get it checked 😬
Dude, are you dumb?
Dunning-Kruger. Stupid people don’t know that they’re stupid.
Is that what you really believe? If it is, I’m really sorry for you.
You are remarkably stupid.
Are you merely stupid? Or are you huffing spray paint? Either way, when idiocy goes to $50 a barrel, you’re Saudi Arabia.
Tell us you are an idiot without telling us you are an idiot.
Wow. You are clearly as ignorant as they come, a liar, or both. Which is it? People protest you and your cronies because you are…well, as stated in the previous sentence, both. We don’t get paid to stand up to your lies and bad policies.
Just say you’re a moron. Takes much fewer words.
Just a lot of people dont like Nazis.
It’s freaking awesome that Republicans have not once came up with the idea to “pose as an agitator, get paid big bucks with delicious snacks, expose all with Sean Hannity.” Like either (A) ya’ll are completely delusional and half the country suffering from what you call “TDS” really does hate the man that much to freely protest, or (B), you folks must be all tied as the absolute worst board game players in the history of mankind.
Arrest them all.
Never heard of the Constitution, slept through school.
Senator Rick Brattin for Missouri, your post is indicative of your inability to comprehend that there are things so important like our country and our form of government we don’t have to be paid to stand up for them.
In addition your post is indicative of the worry that you and your fellow unfit for office Republicans are feeling. You underestimated the resolve, integrity, ethics, and intelligence of “We the people”
There’s that.
You are some kind of stupid.
Same old tired lies. Nobody has to pay us to stand up for human rights. To fight for the rights of human beings, who are also citizens, to not be taken out in a Minnesota winter barely clothed at almost 60 years old. To not be shot in the face. To not have to do CPR on their 6-month-old because they were tear-gassed. Why is it beyond your comprehension that anyone would have to be paid to be a decent human being with empathy for others? We have been here before, and you’re on the wrong side of history.
Rick why didn’t you come out of your office and actually speak with us? We are Missouri voters who gladly attended for free. I spoke at the rally. But when a group of constituents went to speak to our senator after the rally he literally ran out of his office and hid from us. You might be more in tune with your constituents if you weren’t locked in your office taking creepy aerial photos of buses and lunches.
Does it make you sad that you’re just another Republican puking up lies? If you want people to listen to you, maybe you should try listening to the voters. It’s a 2 way street.
We have enough liars in the government. We need people who will tell the truth.
How do I know you’re lying? Because if there were any truth to this, you would sign up and have video of all of this happening, not a couple pictures that show nothing. Not only that, you’d have a check stub proving that these people are being paid.
Without any of that, you’re just a cog in the propaganda machine. I mean, I get why you have to believe those lies… because otherwise you’d have to accept the fact that so many people disagree with you and don’t like you… if you’re right, you can stay the course no matter what your voters think. Doesn’t make you right though, just bad at your job.
State Senator Rick Brattin Responds to
Kansas City Chiefs’ Decision to Leave Missouri
(Jefferson City, MO) – State Senator Rick Brattin issued the following statement today in response to the Kansas City Chiefs’ to relocate operations out of Missouri:
‘Missouri taxpayers have been loyal to he Kansas City Chiefs for decades. That loyalty was real, tangible, and costly. It was expressed in public dollars, public infrastructure, and a willingness time and again to support a franchise that benefitted enormously from being based in Missouri.
The chiefs’ decision to leave Missouri despite that history is deeply disappointing and profoundly disrespectful.
Missourians did not simply cheer from the stands. They helped build Arrowhead. They helped maintain it. They helped finance it. They created the environment that allowed the Chiefs to become one of the most successful and valuable franchises in professional sports. When the moment came to decide whether Missouri would once again step up, the state did exactly that.
The Missouri General Assembly passed legislation specifically designed to keep the Chiefs in Missouri. The legislation offered extraordinary financial incentives and long-term stability. It represented a clear signal to the Chiefs that Missouri values you and Missouri is willing to invest to keep you here. That was not an empty gesture. That was a good faith effort on behalf of Missouri taxpayers. The chiefs chose to walk away anyway.
That choice sends a clear message that decades of taxpayer support and loyalty can be discarded the moment a better offer appears across the state line. That is not partnership. That is exploitation. Missouri did not abandon the Chiefs. The Chiefs abandoned Missouri.
Because of that, I intend to introduce legislation that restores fairness and accountability. Under my proposal, any professional sports franchise that leaves a publicly funded stadium will be required to pay one percent of the total demolition cost of that stadium for every year the team used it.
if taxpayers were expected to help build and sustain these facilities, they should not be left holding the bill when a team decides to leave town. This is not about punishing success. It is about honoring responsibility. It is about making sure that taxpayer loyalty is not treated as disposable and that public investment is respected not taken for granted.
Missouri kept its word. Missouri acted in good faith. Missouri showed up when it mattered. If a franchise chooses to walk away from that loyalty, it should not walk away from the consequences. Missouri deserves better and I intend to make sure this never happens again.
Senator your proposed legislation sounds to me like an emotional response to a business decision. It also sounds like a good way to guarantee Missouri never sees another professional team. Missouri had a chance to step up and the voters of Jackson county said no and the Missouri legislature came up with an offer that wasn’t as good as the competition. You’re part of that legislature you should have worked harder to offer a more competitive deal. This is Missouri’s fault. All the Chiefs did was take advantage of a superior offer. I would suggest rather than making emotional statements you get to work trying to keep the Royals because you’re about to loose them also.
Not really a superior offer when Missouri can back up their offer. Kansas has several STAR bonds that are in default like Prairiefire, Topeka Heartland park & Schlitterban as well as Strataca which is projected to take decades to break even on its bonds… Kansas can’t afford it.. it’s all smoke
3 billion dollars directly to the pockets of a man already worth 24 billion is a scam, not business.
Why should taxpayers pay for all these mega rich sports teams. 99% of those who get stuck with the bill can’t afford to attend just one game.
As a resident of Cass county, I won’t see any of this money. However, for those who reside in Jackson county, I think a little coin in their collective back pockets couldn’t hurt. Business or not, there is something to be said about loyalty.
Your proposal is a short sighted retaliatory response to an understandable business decision. If we want any hope to attract future businesses, we better not penalize current businesses for leaving.
Good begets good. Bad begets bad.
Bottom line Missouri didn’t try to do anything until it was too little too late. For far too long, Jackson County citizens stood alone. They said “no more” about 18 months ago. Jefferson City slapped something together only in the June special session. Apparently it wasn’t important enough to do in general session.
It is sad to see the Chiefs leave. Really sad. End of an era yada yada yada. We will survive. But it does sting.
It’s time for Jefferson City to do better. To be better.
Lay out publicly in detail what your priorities are and why they are the best priorities for Missourians. Make your case like our founders intended.
Stop rubber stamping the lobbyists and big donor agendas.
Listen and do what your constituents want and need.
Be better. Please.
If that sales tax vote would have been for the Chiefs only, I am certain it would have passed. But the Royals and their confusion concerning what they wanted to do botched the whole thing. Also, as I recall, when the votes for the renovation occurred long ago it was only Jackson and Clay County that voted for them and Kansas didn’t care then. I used to have season tickets to the Chiefs, but the price and other things started to be too much. I can’t even imagine the price the tickets and any parking will be when they build a brand-new domed stadium in Kansas. Since the Chiefs were named after the nickname of then mayor H. Roe Bartle of Kansas City, will the Chiefs change their name? I’m sure that will make a lot of people happy.
we voted on it and it was a no . Why should tax payers pay for a billion dollar stadium for billionaires . Broncos building there own. This falls back on the greed of the owners not the legislation. I disagree with this bill though because it won’t help bring more teams in.
Glad my tax dollars ain’t paying for a new stadium now!
You took care of the chiefs like you do your roads.
That one left a mark…
If you are a Missourian and you learned nothing about the NFL loyalty to the profut margin from the Rams leaving I can’t help you.
Only the wealthy will be able to afford to go to a game. You can expect ticket prices to rise and tax rates to go through the roof. Truth be known, there are likely more season ticket holders in Johnson County than anywhere else.
I couldn’t care less.
And this, sportsfans, is why we cant have nice things.
LOL. The whining is loud today.
As a Missouri taxpayer from the STL……I am happy to no be using my tax money to Prop up a billionaire and his family. The ticket prices would not be cheaper because the taxpayers were footing the bill. Screw the billionaires, let the people of Kansas foot the bill. Shame on the Republicans in Missouri for trying to waste our hard earned tax dollars to go to a billionaire that can pay for the majority themselves. Mayne ot is time for the Missouri legislation to sit this one out.
Someone has daddy issues. They ain’t leaving they’re moving across town. It hurts your wallet not mine.
“…[We] avoid these ends by avoiding these beginnings…”
I want my taxes for this to stop!
The Missouri Republican Party has overseen dozens of companies leaving, major factory closures, the KC Royals looking to Kansas and now, two NFL teams in less than twenty years. Also, they are 500 million dollars in the hole to help the upper earners Is it time to bench the Missouri Republican Party? YES VOTE THEM OUT!!!
The fans spend billions to fund ball players that kneel and hate our flag and what it stands for.
All done while our vets give uncle Sam a blank check over there lives to give millions to guys who are horrible examples to our children. Fans have things backwards!!!!!
Uh, sir, this is a fast food restaurant.
Chiefs absolutely sucked eggs for FIFTY years and Missouri still supported them. They have a few great years (that appear to ending) and immediately cut and run for extra taxpayer dollars extracted from Kansans. Loyalty in sports is absolutely only given by the fans.
[left to right] Brandon Phelps (r), Rick Brattin (r), Bruce Uhler.
Rick Brattin (r – 31st Senate District), Brandon Phelps (r – 54th Legislative District), and Warrensburg Mayor Bruce Uhler attended and spoke at “Coffee & Concerns” – a community event hosted by the Warrensburg Chamber of Commerce – on Wednesday morning. Around fifty individuals were in attendance.
Rick Brattin (r).
A moderator from the Chamber of Commerce started with questions for the panel, then opened up questions from those in attendance. The event lasted over an hour and a half.
The complete audio:
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A question from the audience:
Question: …One of my children has a severe disability. So, my question is going to be asking about how will you, um, make sure and, and a specific plan to insure that we are fully funding our schools, especially in those areas of special education. Um, I fear, based on a previous answer you gave, even as the vice-chair of the Education Committee, that you think our schools have more money than we do. Um, and I can tell you that is not the case. Um, so I am curious how you will insure that we are fully finding our schools, not leaving local districts to cover the gap, and how will you make sure we are not diverting funding away from our public schools, uh, via vouchers?
Rick Brattin (r): Why…I’m just like you, I mean, my, I have a daughter that’s a severe dyslexic. I’ve had to privately pay for years and years of tutoring [….] out of my pocket. Uh, and it has been, you know, transformative to be able, but it’s, it’s a life long deal, but I have to, to continually invest in my, my daughter’s capability to be able to flourish. Uh, and I think every student should have that capability. And that’s why I, I’m perplexed at the, the, the opposition to vouchers. You know, why, why I’m paying out of pocket for something that, that yes, if we’re sending taxpayer dollars, why shouldn’t I be able to have that allotment to be able to go to pay for the education that I know my kid is going to be able to flourish in? Uh, instead of walking into a, a type of school system that, uh, is, is a one size fits all approach?
Question: And our taxes pay for public schools. [crosstalk] That cover all students.
Rick Brattin (r): Well, your taxes, our taxes pay for the education of our students. Uh, it doesn’t state that it’s required that it’s public schools. Now we’ve set up that frame work but that doesn’t mean that the legislature and the people don’t want, uh, the capability to go elsewhere if they’re not receiving a good quality education. I mean, look at Kansas City, St. louis, even Lee’s Summit area that I represent a, a portion of. Where they’re at, at twenty, thirty percent, uh, proficiency rates in their readings and math. What are we supposed to do there? Continue to spend money and send our kids there to, to abysmally fail? I, I think it’s a detriment to our students. And especially those that are dyslexic, uh, or have other, uh, disabilities that are totally going under the radar because the school district just, uh, honestly has policies in place that, uh, allow them to be able to, to not be caught.
Well, Congressman Eric Burlison [r – MO 7] is a perfect example. He’s a great friend of mine. His daughters actually through a school district in, in Springfield were, both of them were diagnosed through the school district with dyslexia. The school district opted not to tell the parents. And not to even do anything to, uh, to remedy, trying to help fix their, the, the dyslexia. Until they took them out, got their private, uh, testing done and then the school district after they, actually, caught that they did the testing and refused to, to give that data to the parents, uh, the school district just basically said that they just, you know, uh, didn’t have to. [laugh] And so, I mean, not all school districts are acting in, in good faith and that’s where I think giving the individual parent that capability to take their money, uh, and, and educate their kids where they see fit. Like I had to pull my kids out of, of, Pleasant Hill. Uh, Uh, the public school district and now they’re going to Summit Christian Academy, it’s a private school, and, and they’re, they’re learning well beyond, uh, the, their years of what they would have received, uh, when, when they were at, it’s a, a public school. [….]
Question: Senator, this is not answering my question.
Rick Brattin (r): But, I, I’m just explaining that, that I saw that the school was failing my student and my kids and I had to pull out [crosstalk]…
Question: So you come from a place of privilege where you’re able to pull your children out [crosstalk]…
Rick Brattin (r): I, I make thirty-five thousand dollars a year [crosstalk] as a state senator. I’m not a [crosstalk]…
Question: In, a community like this doesn’t have the access to other schooling systems or, or abilities to send children [crosstalk] to those other places…
Rick Brattin (r): But that’s what it, that’s what [crosstalk] I, if, if we have the systems and processes in place to where we allow the student, uh, the money to follow the student I guarantee you that that will rise up. But when we have a, a monopoly system in education that doesn’t allow for it, of course you’re not gonna have [crosstalk]…
Question: It’s not a monopoly, it’s public education, thank you, senator.
Rick Brattin (r): well it is a monopoly because your taxpayer dollars are forced to go there and regardless if your student is actually even going to that school district. I’m still sending my money to Pleasant Hill School District and I’m paying for my kid’s education as well, on top of the tutoring for my daughter. So yes, I’m paying twice and it’s wrong and people that can’t afford it, they’re trapped. So, I, I’m the chair of Education [Missouri Senate Committee] and this is one of those things that I am emphatically for, is making sure these, these funds follow the student so they can get out of these trapped areas.
Voice: That’s bullshit.
Voices: All right, all right.
Rick Brattin (r): Hey, if you have a great school district then, then you have nothing to worry about. Nothing to worry [crosstalk]…
Question: If you fully fund it.
Rick Brattin (r): It, it is fully funded. At fourteen thousand dollars per pupil, it is funded….
Rick Brattin (r): …Now, as for the separation of church and state, that is nowhere in the Constitution. In fact the, the right to, to freedom of religion is in the Constitution. Uh, the first public education book in the United States is the New England Primer. I highly advise you to go to, to Amazon or Google or, or Ebay, whatever, and purchase a copy and see if separation of church and state of the first ordained public education book was was not religious. I assure you it wasn’t. That, that was not the case. Uh, so this, we, we’ve gotten to this place in America where all the sudden if, if money is utilized to educate students can’t in [inaudible] of faith. I, I think is absolutely the antithesis of America. Uh, we look at things like evolution being forced upon in all public education. Well, that’s, that’s a religion of science that, that’s been adopted and is forced upon the kids. Uh, and, and we’re funding that. I mean, so, to, to say that there’s not that, that aspect of it, it’s already occurring in public education. It’s just the, the secular, uh, world view which the Supreme Court ruled is a religion is, is what the dominant, uh, religion is of, of the school districts. But again, I am not and I do not want to attack the schools. I just want to make sure that, that parents have that capability, ’cause they know what’s best for their kids. Now, do all parents know, there is some crummy parents, there’s some parents that don’t care about their kids, I mean it, and that, that is terrible but, but, we try to do everything we can do with, and, and to make sure that they, they know that. And that’s, that’s my part in it is making sure that they have that capability, uh, to have access to all, uh, educational opportunity as possible. Now, again, we may differ in how and what that looks like, but I assure you I’m not an enemy trying to dismantle everything. I just, I just want there to be a level of competition that makes us all better. I mean, we, we educate and bring up our children to be competitors in every aspect and every realm of life. And then when we talk about vouchers all the sudden it’s, oh we can’t have any level of competition and so on and so forth. I just think that’s, uh, that’s a huge disservice….
[Note: The New England Primer was first published in Boston between 1687 and 1691. Extant copies date from 1727. All well before there was a United States of America.]
[Note: Amendment I – “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” – U.S. Constitution
I Section 6. “….That no person can be compelled to erect, support or attend any place or system of worship, or to maintain or support any priest, minister, preacher or teacher of any sect, church, creed or denomination of religion…” – Missouri Constitution
I Section 7. “That no money shall ever be taken from the public treasury, directly or indirectly, in aid of any church, sect or denomination of religion, or in aid of any priest, preacher, minister or teacher thereof, as such; and that no preference shall be given to nor any discrimination made against any church, sect or creed of religion, or any form of religious faith or worship….” – Missouri Constitution]
Warrensburg Mayor Bruce Uhler.
Brandon Phelps (r).
Brandon Phelps (r): …Just on a, just on a side note, just something, uh, that was mentioned, and actually, I’ve said this before, maybe it gets mentioned quite often. Um, and, and I can’t speak for the senator, but I imagine that I am. We as legislators listen to you significantly more than you can possibly imagine. The problem is, and I told this to a group a while back, that just because maybe we have voted in a manner that you don’t agree with doesn’t mean that we didn’t understand the legislation. It doesn’t mean that we didn’t listen to constituents. It doesn’t mean that, uh, perhaps, if we haven’t met with you, it doesn’t mean that we’ve met with nobody. Um, and, uh, I discussed this with a group a while back that they just, I think they loved probably ninety-five percent of the things that I voted on and the way that I voted, but there were a few things they just simply didn’t like. And they asked me on those things they didn’t like, they said, well, why didn’t you listen to the people? Why didn’t you read the legislation? How come you didn’t, how come you didn’t understand and educate yourself on the legislation? And I said, so, wait a minute, let me get this clear. So on all the things that I voted in the manner that you like, you assumed I did educate myself. You assumed I did speak to the people. You assumed I did listen to the constituency. But on the three that you didn’t like, you assumed I didn’t read those bills. You assumed that I didn’t listen to constituency, and so I want you all to understand that believe it or not, while we are together right here, and for many of you this is the first opportunity, but for many of you it is not. These events, for me at least, I don’t know about for the senator, um, and so everybody knows, and I, I’m a first year legislator. I will tell you that I was actually just stunned that when session ended how many of these events started getting put on my calendar. I will tell you it’s almost daily. Uh, and when the superintendent told you that we spoke, um, a week and a half ago, we did, for two hours. We, we’ve had an opportunity to speak multiple times. During session he came to my office and we had a long conversations. But, that is that way with everybody. I just would ask people, number one, I want you to understand me. I’m gonna listen to you. I’m gonna hear you. I am going to research. But I would also ask that you don’t make the assumption that if I have not agreed with you on a hundred percent of the issues a hundred percent of the time that I just don’t listen. Because that’s not fair. Because we have thousands, tens of thousands of phone calls and emails. And I actually would tell people that’s one of the things I actually, I, I, I think, I think I told the mayor this, um, I know I told [….] this. That’s one of the things I love most about the job. I’m getting a free education when people come in and share their thoughts and concerns with me. They don’t always agree with me and I don’t always agree with them. But I do listen, I do research, and I do understand that we will not agree one hundred percent of the time on one hundred percent of the issues. It’s not possible. Uh, many of these events I go to, the people in the room, some of them in the room contacted my office or contacted me personally with one opinion, while other people in the room contacted me with another. I actually think that’s what makes us great. I actually believe that you are not supposed to agree with me on everything. And I am not supposed to agree with you on everything. I actually believe that that is what we want to see. Because your competing ideas with my competing ideas make us all better people. I can learn from you. And you can learn from me. But I would only say that that is possible when we have enough open mind to assume that the legislator making the vote didn’t just do it willy-nilly. Perhaps the legislator was listening and did have the info. And at the end of the day we’ve got to vote yes or we’ve got to vote no or we could take the coward’s way out and we could just go for a walk down the Capitol and not be there. I’m always there, I’ve always voted. My door in my office, uh, there are some that are open all day, there are some that are closed during the day. Mine’s never been closed. Uh, and I will tell you, these events, like I say, I, I bet I’ve been to a hundred now since the session ended in May. So we’re listening and I want you to know we’re listening and if you call me I will listen. And if you want to meet, I will meet and we will talk. Because I value it, I really do. I, I just really think that we need to share ideas and I am willing to accept the fact that you’re idea may be better than mine. My idea may be better than yours. But when I vote please don’t make the assumption that I only voted based on my ideas and I did it without any other input….
“…But I do listen, I do research, and I do understand that we will not agree one hundred percent of the time on one hundred percent of the issues. It’s not possible…”
Apparently, Rick Brattin (r) is not pure enough for our new Fascist overlords. Not that we care.
This mail piece attacking Rick Brattin (r), from a right wingnut committee, arrived at rural addresses in the 31st Senate District this weekend:
Why is Rick Brattin on the fence
In the fight to protect American agriculture manufacturers and prevent outsourcing our food supply to China?
President Trump is cracking down on China & needs your help
Call state Sen. Rick Brattin [xxxxxxxx] & tell him to keep our food supply made in America
China wants to infiltrate our food supply
We need to keep Chinese Communist Party Chemicals out of our food
Urgent action required!
Paid for by Protecting America Initiative
1426 N. 3rd Street
Suite 310
Harrisburg, PA 1702
They beleave wier awl stoopit.
Squirrel!
A distraction from retaliatory tariffs on American agriculture, anyone?
Who did this?:
Our Mission
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is engaged in an active campaign to sabotage America. Their goal is nothing less than world dominance.
The Chinese government in Beijing is carrying out a sophisticated plan designed to exert control over America’s economy, food supply, lawmaking, and education. One crucial element of the CCP’s blueprint for domination is to infiltrate states across the country.
From buying up farmland to influencing state legislative outcomes by directly lobbying lawmakers, the Chinese government will stop at nothing to exert control in the United States.
China’s threat is comprehensive. The CCP’s focus is not just Washington, D.C. – they desire influence at the state and local levels as well. State officials must not allow foreign adversaries to take over local economies or write our laws.
The Protecting America Initiative is a coalition of concerned American citizens and public policy experts who are committed to stopping Chinese influence in the states. Our mission is to stop the threat of Communist China at the state level. By protecting American independence now, we will safeguard our American future for generations to come.
And:
Our Team
RICHARD GRENELL, Senior Advisor
Former Ambassador to Germany and Acting Director of National Intelligence in the Trump Administration
Richard Grenell is an American diplomat who most recently served as Acting Director of National Intelligence in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet. Grenell served as the United States Ambassador to Germany from 2018 to 2020 and as the Special Presidential Envoy for Serbia and Kosovo Peace Negotiations from 2019 to 2021. Grenell also ran the U.S government’s global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality in the 69 countries where it is a crime to be gay. Grenell was named Acting Director of National Intelligence by President Trump in February 2020, officially making him the first openly gay person to serve in a President’s Cabinet. On April 26, 2018, Grenell was confirmed by the United States Senate by a vote of 56 to 42 as Ambassador to Germany and presented his credentials to the President of Germany on May 8, 2018. Grenell was a U.S. State Department spokesperson at the United Nations for 8 years during the George W. Bush administration and was a voting member of the United Nations Security Council. Grenell also was the foreign policy and national security spokesman for the 2012 GOP Presidential nominee. Grenell has been placed on the Iranian government’s sanctions list for his work in promoting human rights, something they call “promoting homosexuality”. Grenell received the U.S. National Security Medal, the nation’s highest security award, as well as the nation’s highest Medal of Honor from Kosovo and from Serbia. Grenell is the co-creator of an Artificial Intelligence technology for chronic patients which was formed from his 2013 diagnosis of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Grenell has a B.A. from Evangel College and an M.P.A. from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Rick Brattin (r) [2013 Show Me Progress file photo].
Raymond James For Mo Senate #31
[September 25, 2024]
I heard Rick Brattin speak last night he talked of the “WAR” he is in to defend Parents Right to raise their children as they see fit.
Spoke to one of his supporters. Bill Irwin incoming State Rep #55 who ran unopposed. Told him I agree with Rick and him. Parents should be free to raise their children without government interference.
He seemed to agree but quickly wanted to agree to disagree when it comes to libraries. His opinion “objectionable” books should never be in a library. The idea that a parent could decided for themselves if their child could read a book was wrong. Forget putting it back on the shelf – ban it because one member of the community objected.
Tried to get him to understand how Parents should have the right to send their child to private school, home school, public school and to determine health care decisions for them. We seemed to agree until I brought up that includes Parents making decisions to listen to their child and doctors when it comes to trans teens. He said he did not understand. Stated it again but he could not grasp why parents have the right to send their child to a school of their choice but cannot get medical care as advised by their doctor because of his beliefs not the beliefs of the parents or their child. Tried to explain again.
At which point he objected.
He then went off on the Abortion Amendment saying if it passes parents would not have a say in surgeries for their minor children. He seemed to be saying all surgiers. That a minor could get a sex change without a parent agreeing to it.
When challenged to show the wording in the amendment he again chose to agree to disagree and moved away.
Rick and his Christian Nationalist are a threat to our democracy.
No way should this man should have been allowed to run unopposed.
They want Freedom for themselves while telling you how to live your life.
State government should be about good roads, excellent schools, properly functioning State agencies.
The culture “Wars” are started to make a small segment of voters mad. Mad enough to show up at the polls and vote.
I am all about Freedom.
You decide what book to read, get a tattoo or not, wear your hair as you like, marry who you want, raise your children in a church, home school or send them to a public school. Have a breast reduction or a breast enlargement. Wear the clothes you want.
This is the US you have the Freedom to make your choices.
You do not have the Freedom to dictate to others how they have to dress, wear their hair, what they eat, when or how they worship or who they marry.
For now, we also have the freedom of assembly, to gather with like minded people as you see fit. Book club, car shows, church service, bingo at the Legion or attend a Pride event.
What events will Rick and his freedom caucus decide must be canceled next because they don’t approve of them?
What choices will they try and take away from you?
You do you and let others do the same.
What a republican PAC thought of Rick Brattin (r) in the 2022 republican primary in the 4th Congressional District:
Collecting more than $500K in taxpayer funded salaries
That’s probably correct. But it’s a stupid statement. All people who hold elected public office at those levels get paid a salary. Over time it adds up. Dan Houx (r) has been collecting “taxpayer funded salaries” for a while, too.
Sending taxpayer-funded mailers to voters
True. They all can do that. It’s called “franking”. What Rick Brattin (r) did was send a franked piece that looked like a campaign mailing unseemly close to the primary election.
And, China, China, China.
Wait, that image looks familiar.
Those assholes stole my image:
Rick Brattin (r) [2013 Show Me Progress file photo].
[Click on image to enlarge] The dimples and wrinkles in the suit jacket are exactly the same, the hair and hair gel(ish) are exactly the same, the facial expression is exactly the same, the tie and tie knot are exactly the same, the collar and its placement are exactly the same, the stance is exactly the same. They apparently edited out the legislator pin on his lapel.
It was the fifth image in a sequence of five taken from the side gallery of the House chamber:
The image, from external storage/archive:
IMG_6607 [Rick Brattin (r), May 15, 2013]
The data with the original image:
IMG_6607
Type of file: JPG File (JPG)
Size: 5.43 MB (5,694,588 bytes)
Date taken 5/15/2013 1:45 PM
Dimensions 5184 x 3456
Width 5184 pixels
Height 3456 pixels
Horizontal resolution 72 dpi
Vertical resolution 72 dpi
Bit depth 24
Color representation sRGB
Camera maker Canon
Camera model Canon EOS REBEL T4i
F-stop 2.8
Exposure time 1/100 sec
ISO speed ISO-1600
Exposure bias 0 step
Focal length 200 mm
They spent a ton of money on their mailers and yet they were too cheap ass to pay for a tracker or paparazzi to get their own images. They stole mine. Thieving losers.
