Democrats Vote Against Paying the Troops Currently Defending the Country Without Pay; The Two Vulnerable Georgia Democrat Senators Peel Off From the Party, Vote In Favor of Paying Troops

I still have trouble understanding how Georgia ended up with not one but two far-left lunatics as Senators.

I know that idiot football player cost us one seat. I forget how the other one happened.

They know they are very vulnerable to a GOP challenger so they've decided to pretend to care about the troops.

Sen. Jon Ossoff (Ga.), the most vulnerable Democratic incumbent in the Senate, and his home-state colleague, Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), voted Thursday for a Republican bill to pay essential federal workers, including members of the military, during the government shutdown.

Ossoff and Warnock joined Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) in voting for the Republican bill. The measure failed to advance on a 54-45 vote. It needed 60 votes to move forward.

Ossoff's and Warnock's votes are notable because they have voted 12 times against a House-passed bill to reopen the government and fund it through Nov. 21.

They have, however, voted repeatedly for a Democratic alternative to fund the government through Oct. 31, permanently extend enhanced health insurance premiums and restore nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts.

Ossoff told reporters after the vote that "military service members, TSA workers, air traffic controllers, other federal workers have no choice but to come to work, and they should be paid for that work."

Ossoff voted for the Shutdown Fairness Act, sponsored by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), despite Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) calling it a "a ruse."

Schumer warned it would give too much power to the Trump White House to determine which federal workers get paid and which remain furloughed.

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Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Angus King (Maine), an independent who caucuses with Democrats, voted against the proposal to pay essential federal workers, even though they have voted repeatedly with Fetterman for the House GOP-drafted "clean" continuing resolution to reopen the government.

Earlier this week, the Democrat Whip Katherine Clark -- I never heard of her before either, so you're good -- went off-script and admitted the Democrat strategy is to make people "suffer" to increase the Democrats' "leverage."

A top House Republican is criticizing one of Democrats' senior leaders for saying the government shutdown and its effects are a "leverage point" to accomplish their goals on healthcare.

"It's appalling to see the number two House Democrat openly admit that the left is weaponizing hardworking Americans as 'leverage' for political gain, even acknowledging families will suffer in the process," Republican Study Committee Chair August Pfluger, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital.

"This isn't governance -- it's calculated hostage-taking, with struggling families caught in the balance as Democrats attempt to force through their radical agenda. Families are seen only as leverage by Democrats. We always knew it, now they're saying it out loud. Absolutely shameful."

House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., sat down for an interview with Fox News' Chad Pergram last week. At one point, Clark was asked about who Americans would find responsible for the ongoing shutdown.

"I mean, shutdowns are terrible and, of course, there will be, you know, families that are going to suffer. We take that responsibility very seriously. But it is one of the few leverage times we have," Clark responded.

Can you guess what she looks like?

Of course you can!

posted by Ace at 05:10 PM

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