See below for video of Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11) speaking on CNN, after “President Musk” blew up the continuing resolution that House Republicans and Democrats had agreed to, and just before “President Musk”‘s alternate plan failed 174-235, with 38 Republicans and all but 2 Democrats voting no. This is going to be a loooong next few years, with Republicans at each other’s throats and the country in turmoil. Great job, Trump voters – YOU DID THIS!
P.S. The Virginia delegation all voted no on “President Musk’s” plan, except for Reps. Rob Wittman (R-VA01), Jen Kiggans (R-VA02), Ben Cline (R-VA06) and Morgan Griffith (R-VA09).
“I’m going to follow certainly Hakeem Jeffries in opposing this bill because, at the very bottom of the line, we cannot hand over government to unelected oligarchs who are trolling the trough for their own self benefit, like Elon Musk…Mr. Elon Musk has some self interest in THIS CR, and we all want to know all about. But it’s also about trust. When you shake hands and say we’ve got a deal, and then it gets blown up by outside people who are unelected – apparently Elon Musk is the surrogate president in the United States…I didn’t vote for Elon Musk and neither did the American people…he ought not to be interfering in directly directing and targeting legislators in the Congress to give up their own independence and their own judgement in favor of his. Which, I fear, serves his interests…
Over and above the issue of trust, which has been broken…your word is your bond up here, and if you’re going to break your word, how can we trust ANY deal going forward? But secondly, the debt ceiling limit increase that that Donald Trump and Elon Musk have asked for is a route to allow the Republicans to pass an enormous tax cut to extend the former Trump tax cuts, which will add trillions of dollars to the national debt…and that’s why they want the debt ceiling increase in this bill, not next year…
…We’re not the ones who blew up the deal, he was – Elon Musk, President Musk – I’m sorry, not President Musk, that’s President Trump isn’t it? But they’re the ones that blew it up, we didn’t, we had a deal and we agreed to the deal and were prepared to vote for…it was the Speaker who gave his imprimatur to this, he approved it, and he agreed with Democrats and shook hands over it. And they’re now breaking that…bond of trust, and we don’t have a deal. And if you want to have a deal, you’ve got to make sure that when you agree to the elements of that deal, you stick to it.”
I refuse to hand our government over to a billionaire, unelected oligarch.
I just voted NO on the Musk-Johnson CR. pic.twitter.com/cRWGA2sXTs
— Rep. Gerry Connolly (@GerryConnolly) December 19, 2024
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