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'I Cannot Really Remember': GOP Rep. Busted For Taking Credit For Bills She Voted Against
'I Cannot Really Remember': GOP Rep. Busted For Taking Credit For Bills She Voted Against - Lemmy.World
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11364171 [https://lemmy.world/post/11364171] > “I need to ask my staff,” Florida Rep. Maria Salazar said as a reporter listed off times she bragged about getting money for her district that she opposed. > > Rep. Maria Salazar (R-Fla.) on Sunday got called out for routinely taking credit for delivering money to her district — after opposing the bills that provided that money. > > During an interview on CBS News Miami, host Jim DeFede asked Salazar about a ceremony she attended last month where she presented a check for $650,000 to help small businesses at Florida International University. > > “You voted against the bill that gave the money that you then signed a check for and handed and had a photo op,” said DeFede, the host of CBS’s show “Facing South Florida.” “The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, right?” > > She did vote against that $1.7 trillion government funding bill. It was a massive and memorable bill that almost every House Republican opposed. > > Salazar said she couldn’t remember that vote. > > “Right now, you have to give me more details,” she said. “But I do know that every time I have an opportunity to bring money to my constituents, I do so. I just did $400,000, but look—” > > “But you voted against the CHIPS and Science Act, right?” DeFede interrupted.