Sánchez on GOP tax scam: Republicans folded like cheap lawn chairs

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) spoke on the House floor prior to the vote on the Republican tax bill.

Video of her remarks is available HERE and the text follows:

“I flew overnight through thunderstorms and flashflood warnings to be here to stand up for my district this morning because Republicans refuse to stand up for theirs.

I have been in Congress for over 20 years, and I have never seen such cowardice from my colleagues across the aisle.

Time and time again, we see Republicans fold like cheap lawn chairs. Senator Lisa Murkowski said it was a bad bill. Then why the hell would you vote for it??

I’m here today to stand up against a bill that kicks 17 million Americans off of their health care. A bill that cuts school lunches and food assistance to children who go to bed every night. A bill that includes billions of dollars for ICE, an already bloated agency that has been upending due process and racially profiling people in my district for weeks.

To my colleagues across the aisle: Have you no decency? Have you no humanity?  

It’s not too late to do what you know is right – by your constituents and by your country.

Vote no on this One Big Steaming Pile of Crap.”

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