Conservative Ken Cuccinelli upon hearing that Boehner wants to fund Homeland Security.
The Senate Conservatives Fund, a tea-party aligned group, is really upset that some Republicans want to take a responsible approach to funding Homeland Security—namely,
actually passing a bill that averts a shutdown for more than a week. The American Action Network launched ads last week against Reps. Tim Huelskamp of Kansas, Jim Jordan of Ohio, and Jim Bridenstine of Oklahoma, all of whom opposed passing a "clean" bill to fund Homeland Security through the end of September.
[T]he establishment-aligned American Action Network released ads arguing the three congressmen "are willing to put our security at risk by jeopardizing critical security funding."
Here's the whining, courtesy of SCF president Ken Cuccinelli:
"This is a direct attack on three constitutional conservatives by the Republican establishment to punish them for opposing House leadership."
True, Ken.
"These congressmen are fighting to stop the president's lawlessness and secure our nation's borders to protect us from future terrorist attacks. They're trying to keep the promises that the House leadership made last year, but have once again abandoned."
False, Ken. John Boehner and Mitch McConnell's biggest promise was that they would prove Republicans could govern in the majority and that they would avert government shutdowns.
Let's just say they have a ways to go on that first promise and they're hanging on to that second one by a hair.