Hypocrite House Republicans tout infrastructure funding they voted against

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-republicans-tout-infrastructure-funding-they-voted-against/ar-AAT576e?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

In November, Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Virginia, was one of 205 House Republicans to vote against the bipartisan, $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill, calling it irresponsible and the "Green New Deal in disguise."

On Friday, he took to Twitter to tout funding from the bill he voted against -- highlighting a $70 million expansion of the Port of Virginia in Norfolk -- one of the busiest and deepest ports in the United States.

Wittman, who deleted the tweet Friday shortly after ABC News reached out to his office for comment, is the latest member of a growing group of Republicans celebrating new initiatives they originally opposed on the floor.

Shortly after voting against the measure last fall, Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Alabama, celebrated its hundreds of millions in funding for a stalled highway project in Birmingham.

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[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. Democrats need to put out ads

pointing out each and every one of the Republicans who voted against it and are now claiming credit. Lots of such ads.

[Moebym]

2. I've seen a few photos of billboards that called out these Reps for their hypocrisy

Let's buy more billboard space and do this across the country.

Call out every last one.

[NurseJackie]

3. I have nothing but contempt for ANYONE who voted against this ...

... and tries to take credit for something they opposed.

[gratuitous]

4. Speaker Pelosi called it: Vote no and take the dough

If only there was some way we could call out the Republicans' cynical hypocrisy in an election year.

[keithbvadu2]

5. Biden is doing such a great job that republicans are taking credit for it.

Biden is doing such a great job that republicans are taking credit for it.

Put that on the billboards.

[SouthernDem4ever]

6. As usual, they have no shame.

They are disgusting, reprehensible humans not worthy of their office.

[yellowdogintexas]

7. The woman in the Tweet is my Congresswoman, Kay Granger

she voted against the bill of course.
Some of that money was earmarked for a Corp of Engineers flood control project here in FW> Well guess who was all over that like she wrote the damn bill.

Bonus hypocrisy: There is a big urban development project attached to this flood control project that has been stalled since 2009 because Federal money was pulled back.

Guess who is the Head Honcho manager of that project? Rep Granger's son JD.