Peter King Lashes Out At Marco Rubio, Says He's Playing New Yorkers For 'Suckers'
Source: Huffington Post
When House Republican leaders yanked the Hurricane Sandy relief bill from the floor back at the beginning of January, the move didn't sit well with Republicans from the region affected by the superstorm. Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-N.J.), feeling sandbagged, got into a heated exchange with House Speaker John Boehner soon after the decision was made to adjourn without taking up the relief bill. Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) told reporters that he was "utterly devastated." From New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie declaimed that the House had "failed that most basic test of public service," adding, "Shame on you. ... [This] is why the American people hate Congress." (Curiously, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg greeted the news with something of a bemused shrug.)
But when it comes to unrelenting anger over the Sandy relief bill, none can hold a candle to Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), whose fury at the delay was hardly assuaged when the package finally passed at the end of January -- it merely turned on his GOP colleagues who refused to vote "yes" on the aid's passage. And, now, he's not happy about Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) making the fundraising rounds in New York City, after Rubio cast a "no" vote on the relief bill's passage.
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But King is spitting fire at Rubio for having the chutzpah to come begging in the Big Apple.
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"Being from New York we're not supposed to be suckers," Mr. King told Politicker this morning. "It's bad enough that these guys voted against it, that's inexcusable enough. But to have the balls to come in and say, 'We screwed you now make us president?'"
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Did he not notice that this is the modus operandi of his party along with "Do as I say, not what I do"?
