Wednesday, March 19, 2014

#32, Blake Farenthold (TX - 27)

As part of my “tribute” to the U.S. House Repugs and their 50 51 52 votes to repeal the Affordable Care Law…
  • Here, he compared the unemployed to drug addicts (nice).
  • Here, he opposed funding food stamps (as part of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP) even though he received millions in farm subsidies (and he definitely had company on this one).
  • And of course, as noted here, he wouldn’t be a good little Repug unless he was a member of the anti-science climate denier caucus.
  • He was also a little too slow, to say the least, about realizing that budget cuts hurt the economy here.
  • As noted here, his sister harbored a murder suspect (usually I leave civilians out of this stuff, but this is beyond the pale).
  • Update 12/18/14: If Farenthold had any decency, he would resign right now (here).

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