So what would you do if NY Policemen & Firefighters traveled to DC to ask why you voted against them? Call the cops on them, of course.
Republican senators were so worried about meeting with 9/11 responders who came to Washington today that at least one called the cops on them, the Daily News has learned.
Even before the nine responders had a chance to start visiting senators’ offices - where they intended to stay until meeting with legislators - they were greeted by Capitol Police, who had been called by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine).
Collins apparently reacted to a story in the today’s News, which quoted a letter to senators from 9/11 advocate John Feal, warning that he and others planned to sit in offices until they got meetings - or the police made them leave.
Collins is among the senators the 9/11 community hopes will come over to their side, but her call to authorities left them wondering if they could succeed.
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“I’m deeply disappointed in Sen. Collins for calling the Capitol Police, but they welcomed us with open arms,” said Feal, although he wound up with a police escort for the first stops on his visit.
“I’m more disappointed that Susan Collins is hiding behind ideology, and now the police, to stop from helping us,” Feal said. “And the people she called to stop us, are just like us. It’s a little ironic.”
Officers eventually determined he and his team were not threatening and left them alone.
Only one Republican has agreed to back the $7.4 billion James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, and even he - Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois - voted against bringing it up until the Bush-era tax cuts are extended.
Collins’ office did not immediately comment on why she was worried enough about the 9/11 responders to call police.
So it goes..
Susan Collins, American Patriot
Edit: Looks like the Collins' office reacted to this hyperbolic, over-the-top headline earlier today from the NY Daily News:
Ground Zero workers plan to storm senators' offices in bid for Zadroga Act support