Freshman Hypocrisy Award Goes To - Chip Roy
Republican Chip Roy votes to deny backpay to furloughed federal workers, yet claimed government pay and healthcare while working for a Ted Cruz Super PAC
If an award were given for the first and most blatant act of hypocrisy by a Texas freshman Member of Congress, Republican Chip Roy (CD21 – Austin) would win hands down.
Roy was one of only seven members of Congress who voted against a measure to provide back pay to the 800,000 federal workers – including at least 35,000 Texans – who are going without paychecks because of Donald Trump’s government shutdown.
Under any circumstances, his vote was unfair and mean-spirited. Even whack-job tea partiers like Louie Gohmert voted “yes.” For Chip Roy, though, his “no” vote is also profoundly hypocritical. Here’s why:
In Texas, Chip Roy Double-Dipped on Salary and Took State-provided healthcare
In 2016 Chip Roy was on the official staff of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, but he decided to leave the state job and go to work for Ted Cruz’s presidential Super PAC. Roy stopped working for Texas taxpayers and began drawing a full-time SuperPAC salary, yet he continued to draw government pay and remained enrolled in government-provided health insurance. Roy spent weeks working as a Ted Cruz dark money hatchet man while drawing tax-payer funded salary.
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Another folliclely-challenged Republican, Rep. Chip Roy.
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