Must Be Eliminated': Trump Republicans Vow to Oust GOP Members Who Voted for Infrastructure

[orangecrush]

POLITICS
'Must Be Eliminated': Trump Republicans Vow to Oust GOP Members Who Voted for Infrastructure
BY CHRISTINA ZHAO ON 11/06/21 AT 8:12 PM EDT

POLITICS REPUBLICANS DONALD TRUMP
Republicans closely aligned with former President Donald Trump have threatened to oust the GOP House members who broke with their party to help Democrats pass President Joe Biden's sweeping $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill late Friday.
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy had discouraged defectors, urging his caucus before the vote not to assist Biden in delivering on elements of his domestic agenda.

Still, 13 House Republicans crossed party lines to vote in favor of the bipartisan infrastructure bill, which passed 228-206. With six progressives in revolt, the legislation would not have succeeded if it were not for their support.

Eight of the Republican defectors—Don Bacon of Nebraska, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Andrew Garbarino of New York, Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio, John Katko of New York, Tom Reed of New York, Christopher H. Smith of New Jersey, and Fred Upton of Michigan—are part of the Problem Solvers Caucus, a group of bipartisan lawmakers who helped to negotiate the bill.

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Another five House Republicans—Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, Don Young of Alaska, Nicole Malliotakis of New York, David B. McKinley of West Virginia, and Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey—bucked their party to follow the party's traditionalist route of backing infrastructure funding.


They faced swift backlash from their hard-right GOP colleagues, with some calling on the defectors to be removed from the party.

"Every Republican who voted for the infrastructure bill must be eliminated from the party," tweeted Florida Rep. Anthony Sabatini.



https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/must-eliminated-trump-republicans-vow-oust-gop-members-who-voted-infrastructure-1646725%3famp=1

[RobertDevereaux]

1. What must be eliminated is the GQP itself!

[orangecrush]

5. +1

[bamagal62]

2. Wow. Eliminated. Wow.

[orangecrush]

3. Yeah

And that is exactly what they mean.

[doc03]

4. But they will go back home and take credit for the jobs nt

[orangecrush]

7. Exactly.

The bill passed.

I'll take it.

[Freethinker65]

6. One hopes they don't forget about the GOP Senators that also voted for the bill!

Here are the 19 Republicans who voted in favor of the bill:

Roy Blunt, Missouri
Richard Burr, North Carolina
Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia
Bill Cassidy, Louisiana
Susan Collins, Maine
Kevin Cramer, North Dakota
Mike Crapo, Idaho
Deb Fischer, Nebraska
Lindsey Graham, South Carolina
Chuck Grassley, Iowa
John Hoeven, North Dakota
Mitch McConnell, Kentucky
Lisa Murkowski, Alaska
Rob Portman, Ohio
James Risch, Idaho
Mitt Romney, Utah
Dan Sullivan, Alaska
Thom Tillis, North Carolina
Roger Wicker, Mississippi

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/10/1026486578/senate-republican-votes-infrastructure-bill

[orangecrush]

8. If they throw them all out

It would be fun to watch!

[Fullduplexxx]

22. Holysht mcconnell?! Gassley? Collins?

[orangecrush]

25. Incredible!

[IcyPeas]

9. Party of Revenge

[monkeyman1]

16. don't forget "party of nothing" !

[MichMan]

10. In contrast, I haven't heard anyone suggesting that Manchin & Sinema should be primaried

[catrose]

13. I just received a fundraising email from AZ saying that she'd be primaried.

[temporary311]

14. I've seen lots of suggestions for Sinema being primaried.

Primarying Manchin is pointless, and he'll likely lose next election anyway.

[Mad_Machine76]

28. Really?

Maybe not from the party itself per se but lots of activists have. I'm struggling to think of an instance though of the DNC or Members of Congress actually calling for fellow members to be primaried (because generally speaking we would rather have the numbers rather than minority status, though I'm certain most Democrats are privately unhappy with Manchema)

[MichMan]

30. I believe AOC has threatened to support primary challenges against a few

but maybe I'm wrong

[kimbutgar]

11. Why am I not thinking of Dr Who and the Daleks who say, "terminate terminate " those Republican who

Voted for their constituents instead of to their Assolini cult members.

[orangecrush]

19. ....

[Doodley]

12. Yet, where are the headlines saying Republicans are divided and in disarray?

[orangecrush]

20. Nowhere.

[Mad_Machine76]

29. Exactly

[Cha]

15. Hope this All Backfires

on the Fascist Fucks

[orangecrush]

18. +1

[NowISeetheLight]

17. They'd Prefer to see Bridges Collapse!

[orangecrush]

21. Hopefully

While they're driving on them.

[NurseJackie]

23. They're going to kneecap and bloody-up their own... making those seats easier to flip-to-BLUE!!

[orangecrush]

26. ...

[Champp]

24. Kiss my ass, Republican loser has beens

The Repubes are showing their hate for the USA, and democracy.

[bullwinkle428]

27. Yes, Chris Christie - "moving on from 2020" is going REALLY WELL!

[Dirty Socialist]

31. Jah wol!

Ze betrayers must be purged for the purity und loyalty to the party. Seig Heil!