GOP Senators Who Backed Trump's Emergency Declaration Lose Military Funding
Source: HUFF POST
09/04/2019 05:57 pm ET
Who could have seen this coming when the president chose to divert defense money to build his border wall?
Republicans who supported an emergency declaration on the U.S.-Mexico border are discovering the cost of standing with President Donald Trump: millions of dollars in federal funds diverted away from planned military construction projects in their states.
Trump declared the emergency earlier this year to secure funds for a border wall after failing to persuade Congress to allocate money for its construction ― the same wall he initially promised Mexico would pay for. Only 12 Republican senators objected to the move in a Senate floor vote in March, with most of the GOP conference sticking with the president.
Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), one of those who voted in support of the declaration, announced early Wednesday that the Trump administration was diverting $30 million in funds from an Army base in her state to construction of the wall ― even though she previously received assurances from an acting secretary of defense that her state would be spared.
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Top Arizona Democrats, however, criticized McSally in the wake of the announcement.
Former astronaut Mark Kelly, who is running to be the Democrats Senate nominee next year, accused McSally of failing her most basic responsibility to put Arizona first. He added that the senator told Arizonans she had protected funding for Arizona military bases, and the fact is that she didnt keep her word...................................
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Hekate
(90,189 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,581 posts)So McSally was okay with Trump fleecing other states, as long as she could look like a right wing hero. this is exactly what she deserves, even though her constituents do not.
If a political stooge like McSally wins reelection over a patriotic astronaut, then I just can't figure out this country anymore.
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)Truly a spineless piece of shit.
cstanleytech
(26,080 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)This won't help her one bit!
gordianot
(15,226 posts)If you are a Republican you have to learn how to say yes to dear leader and his Sharpie.
Champp
(2,114 posts)There's a bitter lesson in this, not that the Republicans will get it.
czarjak
(11,191 posts)Progress, yet?
BlueMississippi
(776 posts)Anyone should have known that only the stupid and gullible trust Trump
turbinetree
(24,632 posts)to basically follow the criminal enterprise called Trump and Moscow Mitch.....................I don't feel sorry for you one iota..................and there are suckers born every minute..........................and people pay the price for your shallow hypocrisy of libertarian bullshit..............
You thought this with your republican libertarian agenda:
Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), one of those who voted in support of the declaration, announced early Wednesday that the Trump administration was diverting $30 million in funds from an Army base in her state to construction of the wall ― even though she previously received assurances from an acting secretary of defense that her state would be spared.
November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough....................
NonPC
(270 posts)Glad that Sinema beat her in the general election of 2018.
If it wasn't for Governor Dougie, she'd be unemployed.
Great that Mark Kelly is running against her. His ethics and resume beats her by a mile -- and those Repub PAC scum will be hard pressed to find ANYTHING to slime him with.
Mark is going to be a GREAT senator.
McSally is just going to be a meaningless footnote in AZ politics. Wonder if she will be a double dipper pensioner?
onetexan
(12,994 posts)Hopefully Mark will send Mcsally back to AZ to lick her wounds.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)truthisfreedom
(23,113 posts)Sorry, too easy.
marble falls
(56,358 posts)IronLionZion
(45,259 posts)McSally's seat in Arizona
Gardner's seat in Colorado
Tillis in North Carolina
And Moscow Mitch in Kentucky out of spite for that useless turtle