Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) launched a video on social media Tuesday on why he voted no on the Trump-backed Persevering with Decision handed by the Home.
Massie recorded the response previous to the vote and launched the clip instantly after the invoice’s passage.
He revealed that Mike Johnson, who is not any stranger to chopping offers with Democrats as he continually did with Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries since he first turned Speaker of the Home, has reduce one other deal “with the Senate Democrats, Senate management, and even Hakeem Jeffries.”
The Gateway Pundit reported that the Home handed the Persevering with Decision by a vote of 217-213, with Massie being the one Republican holdout.
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Due to Massie’s opposition to the invoice, which he says is a “UNIPARTY deal” that “does not fund the wall” however “does fund USAID,” President Trump has declared war on Massie, vowing to guide a major problem in a transfer many supporters disagree with. Trump mentioned Massie reminds him of disgraced RINO warmonger Liz Cheney “earlier than her historic, file breaking fall.”
Nonetheless, as famous by TGP’s Cullen Linebarger, a Massie major problem would show fairly completely different than earlier ones backed by Trump. Not like Cheney, Massie has appreciable support from MAGA conservatives who see him as an ally towards the Deep State, massive authorities, and countless wars.
In an X submit with the video, Massie commented, “The low down on this CR. It’s a faux battle right here within the Home that can change into apparent when the Senate Democrats vote for this stinker.”
Massie revealed that Democrats within the Senate will likely be voting for this invoice, and he believes that if 40 Republicans rebelled within the Home, 40 Democrats would vote in favor of the invoice. He defined that Home Democrats have an offsite retreat this weekend and questioned, “You suppose they are not going to let this cross?”
Consistent with his prediction, Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) joined Republicans in voting for the CR as Massie was the one Republican voting towards.
Massie says that the specter of a authorities shutdown “can get conservatives to vote for liberal issues.”
“Why are we going to fund all the waste, fraud, and abuse that DOGE discovered? Why are we going to chop, copy, paste that finances?” he questioned.
“I assumed we had been going to eliminate that stuff. Nicely, it looks as if we’re not.”
Watch beneath:
Massie: I assumed you’d wish to know in regards to the faux battle that is happening within the Home of Representatives proper now over this CR. They’re attempting to pitch it as a conservative CR versus liberal Democrats, and even the Democrats are going alongside within the Home. However let me inform you why that is a faux battle. They plan to cross it with all Republicans right here within the Home, however after we go away city, the Democrats are going to vote for it within the Senate. That is proper. They will want about eight Democrat Senators to vote for this factor over within the Senate. That implies that this deal has already been reduce, that Mike Johnson has reduce a cope with the Senate Democrats, Senate management, and even Hakeem Jeffries; he is in on this in order that they will pitch their faux battle right here within the Home.
Now, why am I so sure that is going to cross within the Senate when it will get over there with eight Democrats or nonetheless many Democrats they want? Nicely, Mike Johnson is sending us residence a day early. We will vote on this factor and skip city. In the event you thought there was actually a risk of them not passing it within the Senate, why would you allow city? The opposite factor that is happening is the Democrats have a retreat, an offsite retreat, the place they are going to get collectively and occasion and have, you already know, visitor audio system and stuff. That begins tomorrow and runs by way of Thursday and Friday. You suppose they are not going to let this cross? What would occur if, let’s imagine, the Freedom Caucus determined to take the conservative stance on this CR and oppose it? Nicely, they’d be about 30-40 votes brief right here within the Home, the Republicans would, however Hakeem Jeffries would not be capable to faux, together with Mike Johnson and his faux battle, that there is this conservative vs. liberal battle within the Home, and he would simply hand over a minimum of 40 Democrats. And when you get to 40 Democrats, it’d most likely be a complete lot extra Democrats.
So, that is what is going on on. It is all a faux battle. You are going to discover this out when it goes over to the Senate and you’ve got Democrats within the Senate voting for it. Now, here is the opposite factor lots of people aren’t telling you about this invoice. Within the Fiscal Duty Act… that handed a pair years in the past beneath Kevin McCarthy, the deal that was reduce between myself and others on the Guidelines Committee was that, if you’ll assure a 1% reduce in spending on any CR that goes previous April 30, and put that into legislation, use the sequester language and put that into legislation, then we might increase the debt restrict or droop the debt restrict for a time frame.
I voted for this as a result of a 1% reduce appeared like a beautiful factor if they’d go and do a CR for a full yr, which appeared like virtually a certainty sooner or later within the subsequent two years. Nicely, right here we’re beneath Mike Johnson, and we have the one yr CR that they are going to do; it is really a six month CR as a result of we’re already six months into this. And it may go previous April 30. It ought to set off the sequester. However, guess what? Mike Johnson’s people and legal professionals have mentioned, we’re simply going to disregard that. We will deal with this persevering with decision as 12 appropriations payments or an omnibus for the needs of this sequester, as a result of it goes all the best way to september 30. In different phrases, they’re saying this actually is not a CR for the needs of that deal we reduce two years in the past. We will name this mainly an omnibus in CR clothes so we do not have to observe the legislation, the settlement, that we did earlier than.
Actually, what we must be doing is what I’ve mentioned all alongside—I’ve been right here 12 years—we must be doing 12 separate payments. That is type of plain to say, for those who ask me, and that method there isn’t any risk of a shutdown. It. The truth is that the Democrats and Republicans like to have the specter of a shutdown. They will get conservatives to vote for liberal issues if there is a shutdown looming, particularly when you’ve got a president who says, Oh, we do not desire a shutdown beneath my watch. By the best way, this isn’t Trump’s agenda. That is Biden’s spending agenda. The CR extends Biden spending ranges till the tip of the yr. The Biden spending ranges that he loved for the final 15 months of his presidency will now be locked in till September 30.
What do you have to do? Do throughout the board, reduce, it is best to honor the 1% reduce that is in legislation that Mike Johnson goes round—he is violating a minimum of the spirit of the legislation and perhaps even the letter of the legislation by ignoring the 1% reduce. And we also needs to lock within the DOGE cuts. Why are we going to fund all the waste, fraud, and abuse that DOGE discovered? Why are we going to chop, copy, paste that finances? I assumed we had been going to eliminate that stuff. Nicely, it looks as if we’re not. So the vote goes to occur right here fairly quickly. I assumed I might file this video for posterity from my new workplace right here. Lastly obtained a view of the Capitol, and I will be going over to vote no.
