Of the TEN states with the largest active-duty military populations, SIX are represented by two Democrat Senators who are repeatedly voting to withhold their pay. 🧵
#1: CALIFORNIA – 157,000 Active-Duty Servicemembers: @SenAdamSchiff and @SenAlexPadilla are demanding we restore billions in taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal aliens instead of paying the nearly 160,000 troops in their state.
#2: VIRGINIA – 119,000 Active-Duty Servicemembers: @SenTimKaine and @MarkWarner are blocking pay for nearly 120,000 men and women in uniform — and another 150,000 federal civilian employees across Virginia.
#8: HAWAII – 43,000 Active-Duty Servicemembers: @maziehirono – who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee – and @SenBrianSchatz want $500 million for liberal news outlets over pay for our troops.
Speaker Mike Johnson
Speaker Mike JohnsonOct 15, 20:16
To end the shutdown, Democrats are DEMANDING $1.5 TRILLION in new partisan spending. This is an unserious proposal made by unserious people. Here are just a few of the things they are using to take the government hostage ⬇️
#10: COLORADO – 35,000 Active-Duty Servicemembers: Colorado’s @SenatorHick and @SenatorBennet — who once lamented the “self-inflicted harm” that shutdowns create — have continued to block pay for troops stationed in their own state.
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