Senator Roy Blunt @RoyBlunt
On day one, President Biden suspended border wall funding – violating Congress’s constitutional power. Since then, we’ve seen the security of our southern border compromised.
President Biden’s decision to freeze funding is fueling our border crisis.
[….] 2:21 PM · Mar 18, 2021
What a waste.
Nothing but net:
B Yates, Cycologist @OldDrum
Replying to @RoyBlunt
I know this is unfair, but it needs to be asked. How many of the unaccompanied children entered the US through the unfinished section of the wall? 2:30 PM · Mar 18, 2021
Pete Kieliszewski @abcdpete
Replying to @themaxburns @SpecialOlympics @realDonaldTrump
Mexico ain’t paying for the wall. The Special Olympians are. 2:33 PM – 26 Mar 2019
Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…
Yesterday, in the United States Senate:
Question: On the Joint Resolution (H.J. Res. 46 )
Vote Number: 49
Vote Date: March 14, 2019, 02:24 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2
Vote Result: Joint Resolution Passed
Vote Counts:
YEAs 59
NAYs 41
Missouri:
Blunt (R-MO), Yea
Hawley (R-MO), Nay
Heh.
Donald Trump (r) finally goes one step too far for Roy Blunt (r).
Roy Blunt (r) [2016 file photo].
Josh Hawley (r), constitutional scholar and strict constructionisthopeless sycophant and puppet, is more than good with Donald Trump’s (r) historically expansive view of presidential power.
Josh Hawley [2016 file photo].
H.J.Res.46 — 116th Congress (2019-2020)
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen
Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 15, 2019.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, pursuant to section 202 of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622), the national emergency declared by the finding of the President on February 15, 2019, in Proclamation 9844 (84 Fed. Reg. 4949) is hereby terminated.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
Mike Pence (r) has to sign the document? How awesome is that?
…No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time…
Rep. Vicky Hartzler @RepHartzler
(1/2) The president’s emergency declaration today is needed to protect our border from the flow of deadly drugs into our communities. His emergency powers give him the authority to redirect funding to protect the American people, 11:53 AM – 15 Feb 2019 from Washington, DC
Rep. Vicky Hartzler @RepHartzler
(2/2) and I believe there are non-defense areas of the government where it is appropriate to do so. I stand by him on this issue, and I will continue to monitor this solution to ensure it champions national security as well as border security. 11:54 AM – 15 Feb 2019 from Washington, DC
Some of the comments:
It is appalling to know you support this dictatorial use of power. If you truly believe what you say, why can’t he declare a state of emergency to arrest those of us oppose his declaration to protect the American people?
Can’t BELIEVE you condone this fake emergency & the precedent it sets for future Presidents. This should be deamed unconstitutionally. Do you understand what could be done with $8 BILLION in education? In healthcare? In infrastructure? No. Because you hide from constituents.
Can’t wait to see how this ages when there’s a Democrat President. But then, you’re no longer concerned about the ballooning deficit either.
If there’s an election in 2020.
Most of them drugs come through legal ports of entry according to the DEA and CBP , but why bother about facts when you can be a cheerleader for @potus and his colossal ego-political game?
Shame. This is actually called cowardice and irresponsible.
Tell yourself that, Vicky! No one wants to hear your lies. If this is the hill you choose to end your career on, sobeit!
Where’s. The. Data. To. Support. Your. Claim.
The national emergency is that we have an inept, narcissistic, lying nincompoop for a President. He denies and dismisses facts and makes shit up and I have zero respect for any member of Congress who encourages, supports or endorses that.
#TrumpFakeEmergency
When you look in the mirror tonight, sound of silence will begin playing in your head
You are violating your oath of office. Resign.
This is fabricated BS, there is no national emergency .. everybody knows that. You are disgrace to the people of #MO4
You are a hypocrite of the highest order.
You’re corrupt and a disgrace.
You are on the wrong side of Constitutional Law and if you have half a brain you know it. You should be ashamed. You are violating your oath of office and we will come for you.
Show me whatever data you have to justify your position. Prove your statements.
you’re an embarrassment to the separation of powers and should be ashamed of yourself
Lies @RepHartzler , you are just regurgitating Trump’s lies. Disgusting
I’m not in favor of an imperial President, but if that is the direction the GOP chooses to go in, I look forward to a future president addressing climate change and gun violence with a sincere sense of morality.
It is not an emergency if Congress has time to act and chose not to. It is a policy disagreement. Your flawed reasoning would allow a president to enact single payer health care in response to a crisis such as 40 million Americans not having health insurance. This is terrible.
“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
If it was an emergency it would have been an emergency long before now. Quit it already.
What a hill to fly your trite and tattered flag from. Missourians deserve better. #VoteThemOut
Shocking, I say…
God, you are just the worst.
Trump also said it was not an emergency in his whacked out press briefing. Do you endorse attacking the press and lying? Do you think @potus demonstrates the character and level of integrity
suitable for the office of the Presidency? #FAKENationalEmergency
Wow. The only emergency at our border is the one the president caused by separating families and locking up babies, and you damn well know it. Most drugs come in through legal points of entry, and you know that too. Shame on you.
Shame
On
You
Josh Hawley @HawleyMO
Voted AGAIN this afternoon to secure our ally Israel. Dems AGAIN blocked it as they continue their shutdown. Anti-Israel and anti-Semite groups celebrating. Dems: are you proud of this? 3:39 PM – 10 Jan 2019
What a yutz.
Some of the responses:
Why is this your #1 Concern during the UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT shutdown.
You have to admit, that’s a good point.
Dish it out but can’t take it, huh?
And the First Amendment won today, and you voted against federal law enforcement again the day after you said you appreciate law enforcement. Congrats I guess
GOP is all for freedom of speech, as long as it agrees with them.
Hey fellow MO citizens! Aren’t we proud of our newest Senator? He’s doing exactly what we said he’d do when those of us with a brain DIDN’T vote for him.
True that.
Rookie.
I wish you worried as much about your fellow Americans who are working with no pay or furloughed as you do Israel. The Russians are celebrating our government being shut down! Do your job, OPEN THE GOVERNMENT.
Constitutional lawyer in your bio. No 1st Amdt. concerns?
Until you kick Steve King out of your party, STFU about antisemitism.
Please vote to end shutdown so furloughees like myself can get back to work. I don’t give a shit about anything else right now. Thank You!
WOW! Way to go, dividing the nation. Remember that a great number of your constituents are democrats. You are sworn to represent all Missourians, even those of us who have Jewish heritage and are former republicans.
When everyone finds out that you are trying to criminalize free speech, how do you think it will go over?
Um. It’s Trump’s shutdown and getting the government open should be priority 1
Vote on appropriations bills to reopen the federal government. Everything else is secondary.
Why is this your #1 priority? Re-open the government.
When did Democrats get control of the Senate Josh?
Not a Democratic shutdown, but you already know that. Tell McConnell to release the hostages.
Have you voted to re-open the government?
Yes. Criticism of a foreign power – even an ally – should not restrict our own free speech here in the US. Quite a slippery slope. What other foreign nation’s policies should we not criticize? Russia? China? Turkey? Syria?
Hey Josh, you’re in the same party as Steve King. Have a great night!
Wow, you’re really not good at this at all.
Heh. Josh Hawley (r) needs to hire better political consultants to write his Tweets.
I think you should be focusing on a bi-partisan solution to the government shutdown instead of using non-priority legislation as an excuse to criticize the dems. Today Mitch McConnel prevented you from voting on a bill that was previously Senate approved. I am not proud of you.
Were we ever?
Lot of overlap in that Venn diagram..
Uh?
you proud of denying hard earned basic paychecks to Americans?
Dems are doing their job. You sound like you’re still campaigning.
He has this thing about ladders.
Just Yuck
@Twitter @nytimes Josh you fit perfectly in the Trump era: stoking anger, fear & resentment. You are conflating disagreeing with Israel’s hard right govt w being anti Semitic. As an American Jew I support the Ds and condemn your incendiary tweet.
Which flag do you pledge allegiance to?
319 U.S. 624 West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (No. 591) [1943] – He doesn’t have to.
imagine being the type of rube that believes this hawley nonsense.
So you’re against the first amendment, then? Noted.
Why do you hate the First Amendment?
Because for right wingnut republicans there’s only one amendment that counts.
How do you not know Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is Jewish? The reason Trump calls him “Crying Chuck” is because Schumer became emotional when speaking about his great-grandmother, who was killed during the Holocaust.
Oopsie.
And hopefully, they will keep doing it. Actions have consequences and how dare you say one damn word after @senatemajldr refused to allow a vote. Screw the lot of you.
Alrighty then.
The Pro 1st Amendment Senators are anti semites?
Bad take, Josh.
*believes the purpose of Israel is to create the Temple and Armageddon so as to force God to take them up to Heaven and send all their enemies, especially as it turns out the Israelites and their progeny, to a particularly cruel and depraved Hell…while the people in Heaven get to watch and revel in their suffering*
*accuses literally anyone else ever of being anti-semitic*”.
Yesterday, from Representative Vicky Hartzler (r), via Twitter:
Rep. Vicky Hartzler @RepHartzler
In wake of the partial government shutdown, today I requested that the House Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) withhold my Congressional pay “until an appropriation agreement to fund the entire government has taken effect.” The CAO has granted my request.
[….] 5:41 PM – 9 Jan 2019 from Washington, DC
Uh, what about the people that don’t have the assets that you have?
Some of the responses on Twitter:
You can now hold a garage sale or walk dogs if you need extra money.
Well thank goodness you are still receiving farm subsidies from the Feds or you might go broke, eh?
Maybe you should offer thoughts and prayers to fix the border. Isn’t that your solution to mass gun shootings?
Is your pay being diverted to less fortunate public servants who can’t voluntarily give up their income without health and security consequences for their families?
Not according to the letter.
Wow, how noble. /s
Honestly, it’s insulting you think this means anything. You have privilege of being ABLE to go without this paycheck. The 800,000 or so workers you’re holding hostage may not have that good fortune. This shutdown threatens to do more harm than any open border.
Are we supposed to applaud you for this? You volunteered to give up part of your income after you decided to hold other people’s income hostage on behalf of a terrible and ineffective campaign promise.
that any clinic performing abortions will NOT RECEIVE FED FUNDING! THAT HAS TO BE IN WRITING or PPH will circumvent the law and continue to receive Fed money for abortions. PLEASE make sure your bill contains this exception:
ABORTIONS=NO FED FUNDS.Looking forward to following you
Someone has obvious difficulty focusing. Bless their heart.
It’s a grandstanding empty gesture
must be nice to make that choice while others have none, what a showboat you are
You’re a fraud.
#DoYourJob
You are complicit.
Sure am glad you’re grandstanding instead of doing something useful.
The government is shut down because the guy you voted for and you support said Mexico was paying for the wall. Show me the pesos!! #fraudVicky#fraudTrump
Meanwhile, the House has been passing bills to send to the Senate to open government. Representative Hartzler (r) voted no:
FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 23
H R 267 YEA-AND-NAY 10-Jan-2019 4:15 PM
QUESTION: On Passage
BILL TITLE: Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes
FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 25
H R 265 YEA-AND-NAY 10-Jan-2019 4:32 PM
QUESTION: On Passage
BILL TITLE: Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes
Yesterday, in conjunction with Donald Trump’s (r) campaign speech about the wall:
Rep. Vicky Hartzler @RepHartzler
Privileged to hear from @vp about the humanitarian and border security crisis & why we need to address both ASAP. @POTUS is negotiating in good faith. It’s time for the democrats to do the same. #ProtectOurFamilies. #StopDrugs 5:25 PM – 8 Jan 2019
We understand that their speeches sounded better in the original Russian.
Some of the responses:
Wait. What has happened to make it an emergency in 2019 and not 2018 or 2017 (when Republicans controlled the House)?
Why was not an emergency until the majority in Congress changed? Can you comment on the revelations concerning Paul Manafort providing polling data to Russia?
There’s that.
Client state.
Continuing:
[Individual 1] wouldn’t recognize « good faith » if it knocked him down in the street and danced an Irish jig on his face.
History will not be kind to you
You and your party are on the wrong side of history.
There is no security crisis, and the humanitarian crisis is because of this afministration’s actions & your compliance. Reopen the government & fix the problem.
Why didn’t you vote for the package your colleagues in the Senate unanimously supported? That’s not good faith Vicky.
Vicky, you will go down as the worst Rep of #MO4 in the history
it’s a bogus lie and trump is cornered, stop being complicit, #NoWallNowNoWallEver #NoWallNoCompromise
*Democrats. Don’t be petty
Hey, we resemble that remark.
You were in the same room? Was his wife there to approve?
How’s it feel being in the minority now, Vickster? And you can stop telling the Democrats what to do. You never listened to them before
Everybody knows there are no crisis at the southern border and more than 800,000 govt workers are not getting their paychecks because of this nonsense stunt.
#WeThePeople will not pay for the stupid wall.
Shame on you Vicky!
You’re privileged to hear lies? How will POTUS ever staff his golf course clubs and hotels without illegal immigrants? #NoWall
Huh?
You guys had control for two years.
It’s what #Trump campaigned on.
It didn’t pass then, why is it now a crisis?
#DoYourJob
Ask him where the pesos are.
You think they’d accept payment in Bitcoin? Just asking.
Good faith? You are delusional. Stop supporting this dictator and start representing your constituents.
Like you care. If you cared about women and children, you wouldn’t have held children in cages. Or let the Domestic Violence Act expire. The wall is not fucking happening. You suck as people, not just representatives.
Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer, in conjunction with Donald Trump’s (r) border wall speech, last night via Twitter:
Blaine Luetkemeyer @RepBlaine
President Trump’s mission to thwart illegal immigration, gang violence, crime, drugs & human trafficking is in the best interest of all Americans. I support @POTUS mission to secure our border & keep our citizens safe.
I hope my colleagues will keep our promise #SecureOurBorder 7:07 PM – 8 Jan 2019
Some of the responses:
We all know his wall (which he wants us to now pay for) is not the answer. Most drugs that come thru our southern border come thru ports of entry. Less crime is committed by immigrants. If you were that concerned about our safety you would pass common sense gun laws. Next!
Don’t you have banker meeting to ignore your constituents at?
We do not want the stupid wall which he said Mexico was paying for anyway!!! No wall. No shutdown. Open the government NOW. You are complicit. #TrumpShutdown
I support opening the government and border security. Let me know when the pesos arrive for the fence
You represent my state, it’s a waste of money! Read the statistics! Open the government and stop putting federal workers in the middle of your childish games!
Here comes Blaine with the copy and paste tweet straight from the @GOP handout.
Ouch.
Unfollow, even though you are my supposed representative.
Such an empty, copy and pasted response, Blaine. I expected something deeper, really driving home your xenophobic point. Then I realized that this isn’t about easing regulations on financial institutions, and I understood why.
Emily Heil @emilyaheil
So Stormy Daniels is in fact folding laundry live on Instagram in her underwear — as Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” plays. What a country 8:07 PM – 8 Jan 2019
Rep. Vicky Hartzler @RepHartzler
Glad @POTUS is going to address the American people tonight about the #BorderCrisis. It’s imperative we stop the drugs pouring into our communities which kill our kids. Plus we need to ensure immigration laws are followed & our families are kept safe. It’s time to #BuildTheWall. 10:31 AM – 8 Jan 2019
Gee, I’m so frightened.
Some of the responses:
Government own figures show most drugs enter the country through legal points of entry.
Let’s legalize pot & stop the fentanyl from getting in from #China.
Boom – drug problem SERIOUSLY reduced.
I hate, so much, about the things you choose to be.
Ouch.
Why are you parroting LIES from i1?
Heh. “Individual-1”.
Hard pass.
Frankly, The vast majority of folks in #MO04 want the government open and functioning.
Stop being such a sock puppet for @realDonaldTrump and start representing your district.
#MAGA is a #mentalillness and being in the #TeaParty exasperates it.
I’m old enough to remember when true conservative Republicans thought that border wall was fiscally irresponsible
The Vickster has gone full-throttle Trumpster
Wall solves none of those problems.
There’s no “crisis”. It’s just contrived BS to take the public’s eye off the fact that he will be going to jail soon and you will really look like more of a nitwit than you already are for having supported him.
