Rep. King: NY won't 'abandon' Texas despite 'hypocrite' Ted Cruz

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY OLIVIA BEAVERS - 08/28/17 10:28 AM EDT


Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) said Saturday that he'll support financial relief for Texas in the aftermath of tropical storm Harvey, contrasting his support for emergency relief with Texas lawmakers' opposition to an aid package for New York and New Jersey after 2012's Hurricane Sandy.

King singled out Sen. Ted Cruz (R), who voted against Hurricane Sandy aid. Both Cruz and Texas Sen. John Cornyn (R) voted against the Sandy disaster aid, arguing that it included wasteful spending that wasn't related to the hurricane.

"Ted Cruz was one of the leaders of trying to keep New York and Long Island and New Jersey from getting the funding we needed, and now he's the first one in asking for aid for Texas," King said, according to a local New York news outlet. "But as badly as I feel toward Ted Cruz, and what a hypocrite he is, I'm not going to take it out on the people of Texas."

King also took to Twitter to slam Cruz for opposing the Sandy aid package.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/348247-rep-king-ny-wont-abandon-texas-despite-hypocrite-ted-cruz

[Squinch]

1. Can't stand either one of them, but good for King.

[OnDoutside]

2. It shows just what a snake Cruz is !

[NCjack]

3. Ted and John represent Texas. When Texas is unhappy with them, they will

be voted out. In effect, Texas opposed the Sandy relief bill for New Jersey and New York. A counter-measure is required.

The least that Pete can do is to reduce the scope and funding of the Texas relief bill to deliver some political hurt to Ted and John. Otherwise, Texas learns nothing about the meaning of being in the Union -- those two jerks think that they are in the Confederation.

[Dopers_Greed]

5. Texas is unhappy with them

But other than the far-right crazies, no one bothers to vote here.

[Squinch]

7. No. We don't play politics against people in a disaster to get back at an idiot.

[FakeNoose]

10. I hope you're right about this

I can't believe these fuckwads, playing politics at a time like this.
Everybody gets their digs in while they can.

[packman]

4. Glad to see King's Response

Sorta encapsulates the difference between Republicans ( I got mine, screw you) and Democrats ( One nation, one people).

[Glorfindel]

6. Yes, it does, and the Pukes are going to continue to screw us and we're going to continue

to play nice with that nest of cobras until there are no Democrats and no United States of America left.

[Achilleaze]

8. republican Cruz should resign

on account of his gross, unAmerican hypocrisy...

Deplorable.

[TNNurse]

9. Damn, having to agree with Peter King

another thing I thought I would never do.

[raven mad]

11. Unlike the repukes - we CARE.

Thank you, Rep. King, YOU are America.