Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH-16), in these 3 tweets, demolishes trump and his supporter’s trashing of the COVID-19 stimulus bill. trump yesterday, at the eleventh hour, threw a monkey wrench in a bill that was painstakingly negotiated by Democratic and Republican lawmakers in collaboration with the White House. The right wing echo chamber is busy feigning outrage and trashing Democrats for including foreign aid in the stimulus bill (it is actually included in the omnibus spending bill, the foreign aid was requested by the White House) — Rep. Gonzalez sets the record straight.
“100 percent of the items he complained about last night were either a lie (i.e. illegals, aren't getting $1800) or things in HIS budget (all the foreign aid)."
“The omni had tons of pork. Again, though, this was Trump's pork."
This is what trump claimed in his lie-filled video recording two days ago -
“The bill they are now planning to send back to my desk is much different than anticipated. It really is a disgrace.
It’s called the COVID relief bill but it has almost nothing to do with COVID. This bill contains $85.5 million for assistance to Cambodia. $134 million to Burma. $1.3 billion for Egypt and the Egyptian military which will go out and buy almost exclusively Russian military equipment. $25 million for Democracy and gender programs in Pakistan. $505 million to Belise, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatamala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.”
As for the foreign aid, it was exactly as requested by the trump administration -
I do not know much about Rep. Anthony Gonzalez or his track record in Congress, but these statements are bold and accurate and it takes a good bit of courage to speak out against trump and his mob.
Gonzalez is of Cuban origin and is an ex-NFL football player (Indianapolis Colts). He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2018, sworn in on January 3, 2019, and won reelection in 2020.
From his website anthonygonzalez.house.gov/… -
U.S. Congressman Anthony Gonzalez is the son and grandson of Cuban immigrants who fled the Castro regime. Congressman Gonzalez serves on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee and on the Financial Services Committee, where he is the vice chair of the Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion. He is also a co-chair of the House China Task Force.
Congressman Gonzalez was born and raised in Northeast Ohio. He is a graduate of The Ohio State University where he played wide receiver under Coach Jim Tressel, before becoming a first-round draft pick for the Indianapolis Colts. After five seasons in the NFL, Congressman Gonzalez attended Stanford Business School and launched a career in the technology industry before returning home to Northeast Ohio.
Kudos to Rep. Anthony Gonzalez for bravely speaking out and bluntly calling trump’s lies as lies. We can expect now that he will be in the cross-hairs of the rabid right.
Yeah, he is a Republican and all, but let’s be strategic and let’s encourage more like him to speak out against trump and to drive a schism in the republican party. Let’s use his words to put Purdue and Loeffler on the defensive for supporting trump. Let’s spread these tweets and make some noise.