Texas GOPer Defends Vote Against Sandy Aid As Home State Sees Disaster

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo




By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published AUGUST 28, 2017 10:07 AM

Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) on Monday morning defended his 2013 vote against a disaster relief package to help New York and New Jersey recover from the devastation of Hurricane Sandy as his own home state of Texas deals with catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Harvey.

Sessions said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that in terms of aid for Hurricane Sandy, he supported an initial, short-term $17 billion package, but opposed a long-term package that he argued had been bloated.

“I felt like we could have been more careful in that process. Once again, it’s not really a matter of whether you vote against it or not,” he said, adding that disaster aid packages need to be “tailored” to the needs of the region.

“The package needs to represent the real need,” Sessions said of any upcoming aid package for the Lone Star State. “If the package is in any way bloated, it will have problems.”


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[Iliyah]

1. No you and the rest of your effed up party can defend shit.

[Scarsdale]

5. Take a good look

at the inflated, bloated "package" you put into the WH!!

[cstanleytech]

2. The Democrats need to hold the Repugnants feet to the fire on this and only

support the same amount of aid that the Repugnants supported back then.

[moda253]

11. Disagree.

That is stupid partisan politics where real people's lives are concerned. That would extremely petty for Democrats to do and would wind up shining a terrible shade of light on them. In fact I would be extremely disappointed if they pulled some shit like that.

[cstanleytech]

12. This is simply holding them to the same standard they set with the added benefit of watching them

get to fully enjoy every delicious bite of that crow pie they worked so hard at making.

[TomCADem]

3. 233 People Died In Hurricane Sandy. More than Hurricane Harvey So Far.

How can they suggest that Hurricane Sandy did not warrant disaster relief?

[LakeArenal]

4. Soulless hypocrites

You know the ones with all the great "values". Yeah, them.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

6. I knew that was going to their tactic

That one, the one administered by the black guy's administration, was crooked and bloated. This one is good. Easy peasy.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. (From 2013) How Texas lawmakers voted on Sandy relief

(From 2013) How Texas lawmakers voted on Sandy relief #Harvey

https://projects.propublica.org/sandyvote/

Link to tweet

How Disaster Aid Recipients Voted on Sandy Relief

By Al Shaw and Jeff Larson, ProPublica, Updated May 21, 2013
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{snip interactive chart}

[DBoon]

8. translation

"We want Democratic voters to drown."

[workinclasszero]

9. Bingo

And go bankrupt too.

[Motley13]

10. repug logic, for you bloated, for me necessary

just like, keep gov out of my business, but not yours