From coast to coast and border to border, the Republicans are running in the mid-terms on one issue: the economy.
They are beating Joe Biden and the Democrats to death on inflation and recession.
This despite the fact that he has created more new jobs than Trump ever thought about creating and despite the fact that Biden has reduced the federal debt by more than a trillion dollars after Republicans had sent it hurtling past the unbelievable $4 trillion mark.
Lost in all the rhetoric about Biden cutting domestic production is the fact – and it is a fact – that Trump, before leaving office, prevailed upon OPEC to cut oil production in order to increase the price for the benefit of big oil.
And boy, DID BIG OIL BENEFIT!
Exxon: Record profits of $24.4 billion (with a “B”) for the third quarter of 2022 compared to $19.7 billion for the same quarter of 2021;
Chevron: Third quarter profits of $11.2 billion compared to $6.1 billion a year ago;
Shell: Profits of $9.45 for the third quarter compared to $4.13 for the same period in 2021.
Of course, when oil profits go up, the cost of gasoline and diesel increases and when that happens, the cost of transporting goods must go up accordingly which translates to higher costs for food, clothing, appliances, etc.
And of course, it’s Biden’s fault.
Not so fast.
Rep. Kim Schrier (D-Washington State) authored H.R. 7688, the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act. It had 16 co-sponsors. Oddly enough, all 16 were Democrats. It passed by the narrowest of margins: 217-207. All 217 yea votes were cast by Democrats and 203 of the 207 nay votes belonged to Repugnantcans with five of their number not voting and four Democrats voting no.
H.R. 7688: Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act
May 19, 2022
Totals
All Votes | Democrats | Republicans | ||
Yea | 51% | 217 | 0 | 0 |
Nay | 49% | 4 | 203 | 207 |
Not Voting | 5 | 5 |
Louisiana | |||
Nay | LA 1st | R | Scalise, Steve |
Yea | LA 2nd | D | Carter, Troy |
Nay | LA 3rd | R | Higgins, Clay |
Nay | LA 4th | R | Johnson, Mike |
Nay | LA 5th | R | Letlow, Julia |
Nay | LA 6th | R | Graves, Garret |
Why would officials who were elected exclusively for the purpose of protecting the interest of American citizens (as opposed to corporate citizens) vote against the interest of their constituents?
You might begin by asking the five Louisiana Repugnantcan House members.
To a person, Reps. Steve “KKK” Scalise, Clay Higgins, Mike Johnson, Julia Letlow and Garret Graves voted no. The only yea vote from Louisiana’s delegation was cast by Rep. Troy Carter, a Democrat.
And then there’s H.R. 6833: the Affordable Insulin Now Act. Affordable insulin for diabetics sounds like a good bill, right? Well, not according to the 193 Repugnantcans who voted against it. It passed the House by a 232-193 vote. Twelve Repugs voted in favor. Not a single Dem voted no. Five Repugs and a lone Dem did not vote.
H.R. 6833 Affordable Insulin Now Act
March 31, 2022
Louisiana | |||
Nay | LA 1st | R | Scalise, Steve |
Yea | LA 2nd | D | Carter, Troy |
Nay | LA 3rd | R | Higgins, Clay |
Nay | LA 4th | R | Johnson, Mike |
Nay | LA 5th | R | Letlow, Julia |
Nay | LA 6th | R | Graves, Garret |
Totals
All Votes | Democrats | Republicans | ||
Yea | 55% | 220 | 12 | 232 |
Nay | 45% | 0 | 193 | 193 |
Not Voting | 1 | 5 | 6 |
As noted, 12 Repugs voted in favor but you won’t fine any of them in Louisiana’s delegation. Again, all five voted against attempts to keep the life-saving medication affordable while Democrat Troy Carter again voted in support of the bill by Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minnesota). She had 31 co-sponsors, again, all Democrats.
So, if you haven’t already voted, you might want to keep these votes in mind when you head to the polls on Tuesday.
If you can’t rely on your representative to help keep the cost of gasoline and critical medicine down, just what can you rely on him/her for?
You don’t think the voices of the lobbyists for Big Oil and Big Pharma drowned out your voice, do you? Or maybe just plain partisan politics – you know, if the Dems are for it, the Repugs gotta be against it?
Nah. Couldn’t be. They promised when they ran that they would always work on your behalf, remember?
Must have been another reason.
As one Higgins constituent wrote, it doesn’t matter what they do “as long as they vote conservative.” Now, if he could just explain how these two votes are “conservative,” and how they benefit him if he drives or if he’s diabetic, I’d love to hear it.
Tom, can you post ANYTHING positive for Louisiana that these Republicans have voted for? Does their record simply reveal NO on all positive bills, especially if the bills originate from Democrats? Then please explain how this mind set and actions show that we are being served and represented by them. Then, please explain how they keep on getting re-elected….
Edith, there’s an old joke that might address your questions. It’s about a guy finding a magic lamp and rubbing it to call forth the genie. The genie gives him one wish (as opposed to the standard three).
The guy says I would like a transatlantic highway built between the US and Europe so that I can visit my ancestral homeland.
The genie responds, “That’s impossible. You’d disrupt valuable shipping lanes, such a bridge would be the most difficult construction project ever undertaken, plus there’s no vehicle that can traverse such a distance on one tank of gas and no place to rest for the night. Where would you re-fuel? Where would you sleep en route?”
So, the guy thinks a minute and says, “Well, then, I’d like to wish for harmony between Republicans and Democrats so gridlock in Congress can end.”
The genie blinks and says, “You want four or six lanes?”
I am laughing with tears in my eyes. No good can come from this and there doesn’t seem to be any desire to fix things. As Pogo once said (I think)….”I have met the enemy…and he is us!” Thank you for keeping on giving us the facts about how little we are getting from our “public prostitutes…ooops, I mean “servants”!
Fascist voters don’t care what fascist politicians vote for because they don’t have a recognizable ideology. Any vote that trolls the libtards is good enough for them. They only care about wallowing in their self-righteousness, which they believe they are entitled to. But this is moot anyway because any race they don’t win they’ll claim was stolen from them and start rioting and threatening to hang Democrats and RINOs. And if you think that statement is over the top just wait 24 hours.
In addition to recognizing the F-force of our representatives who have overwhelming support, I wonder, as they rush like lemmings to vote for him, how many of John Neely Kennedy’s devotees notice anything odd about his commercial where he promises to fix things if we “elect” him? Isn’t he already there? So, what can he do next time he was unable to do this time?
He does, in other commercials, take credit for various things not necessarily in evidence and he carefully avoids using the T word, though he is a known T loyalist like most of his own supporters, without whom he could have done absolutely nothing (which he came close to anyway).
In another commercial, it must be nice, before ending with one of the worst jokes ever, to be able to blame every ill in the world on Biden. Nothing like a very convenient scapegoat for one’s and one’s party’s shortcomings.
Is this last commercial reference the one where he starts off with “I don’t mean any disrespect” and proceeds to rant the most disrespectful lies about Biden in that irritating cadence? The one that ends with the Sahara Desert thing? I cannot understand anyone voting for him based on this one ad.
Iam a proud Democrat. I will never trust any Republican although i must respect their ignorance (not intelligence). We are all ignorant which means we can learn but choose not to! I am so excited about our future. Take the high road and we can keep learning and keep loving Go Top Gun, he did not loose. He will always take the high road. thanks ron thompson