Rep. Crockett: Speaker Johnson ‘Can’t Blame Me for Not Wanting To Be His Doormat’

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CROCKETT: "Listen, he can‘t blame me for not wanting to be his doormat or for the Democrats not wanting to be their doormat. I mean, all we consistently hear from them is they have this mandate that the American people gave them. Well, I am saying that I have a mandate from my district, and it does not involve cutting Medicaid, cutting Medicare. And if we‘re going to just focus on this continuing resolution, let‘s talk about it, because I know you just talked to my other colleague from Texas, and he was boasting about the increase in pay for certain service members while not talking about the fact that those that have already served our country, our veterans, that they‘re going to lose so much of their care. We know that right now they‘re looking to cut close to 80,000 people from the Veterans Affairs. And then in addition to that, in this CR, all the money for bills that we‘ve passed before, specifically that extra money that we put in for the toxic burn pits, they want to take that out. So, it should not be an either/or when it comes to those that have served our country or those that are willing to serve our country. And right now, they‘re pitting them against one another.”