Rubio did not show up for vote to give Florida Federal money in response to Ian

[babylonsister]

I hope Val is all over this...

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/10/2/2126496/-Rubio-did-not-show-up-for-vote-to-five-Florida-Federal-money-in-response-to-Ian

Rubio did not show up for vote to give Florida Federal money in response to Ian
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Sunday October 02, 2022 · 10:17 AM EDT


I have not see this here before. Marco Rubio did not show up for a vote to give Federal funds for rebuilding Florida after Ian. Rick Scott voted NO (but he is not up for re-election this year. The Tallahassee Democrat led with the letter they wrote asking for funds and buried the lead (of course). But Rubio did not show up to help support voting for the money. The Democrats need to blanket the state with commercials about this (don’t give me crap about the need to wait, the Republicans would not wait a New York minute). To do anything else would be political malpractice. All it has to be is pictures of the tragedy and devastation of Ian overlaid with the fact that Rubio refused to show up to vote for money that would bring relief.

[Bayard]

1. Couldn't be bothered to help his constituents

Calling Val Demmings! Val Demmings?

[onecaliberal]

2. Where is the media. The Republican Florida delegation voted no on aid for Ian.

[ZonkerHarris]

11. bury them with ads about this. wtf?

[IcyPeas]

33. where is the media? where are other dem leaders pointing out their utter hypocrisy.

dem leaders are way too quiet in my opinion. Our side should hold a damn rally and just read out a list of all the lies that repukes tell.

Every day here on DU we read about all this stuff. Stories we read here are hardly ever on the news. It irks me.... every damn day.

Can't DNC Leader Jamie Harrison do more? I follow him on twitter. These are his last 4 tweets: (He didn't even tag Graham or McCarthy or anyone in that tweet. Don't his communication people know how to tweet.) Plus he retweets others. I think he is too nice. If I didn't follow him on Twitter I'd never even hear his name mentioned anywhere. [end of rant]

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[Simeon Salus]

3. Cynically chose to prioritize his political win over his duty to voters' lives and property

Give him this: he's not an outlier. He does exactly what other repugs would do.

[Generic Brad]

30. How is that a political win?

This looks more like political suicide.

[Simeon Salus]

40. Perhaps he thinks it better not to vote and be accused of being heartless

as opposed to voting and giving proof of his heartlessness.

Just damned either way, couldn't happen to a more deserving asshole.

I'm concerned Charlie Crist might go a bit Manchin, but Rubio is a complete tool of the vast right-wing conspiracy (which as it turns out, actually exists).

[paleotn]

4. Unbelievable. They make this so easy.

Seriously, if you take away the Fux News and hate radio propaganda machine, these clowns could get elected county bailiff. Stupid muddled with "I don't care, do you?"

[OMGWTF]

26. THIS! THIS! THIS!

[MissMillie]

5. He saw how DeSantis was called out for flip-flopping

He didn't want to vote to help his constituents because then he'd be a phony for ever voting for the same kind of help for any other states.

[malaise]

6. K & R

For visibility

[bluesbassman]

7. It really highlights what a morally bankrupt POS Rubio is.

Scott is too, and he’ll have to deal with the fallout during his re-election down the road. Although I’m sure he’s counting on Americans, especially right wingers, to maintain their notoriously short memories.

What I don’t get though is what Rubio thinks the upside is to not voting. He’s in a knife fight of a campaign and he just handed Val Demmings a broadsword. The election is a month away, voter’s memories aren’t THAT short!

[onenote]

8. What piece of legislation is this?

It appears the DailyKos story is about the vote on the Continuing Resolution to fund the government, not some bill that specifically appropriates supplemental funding for Ian-related relief.

[Raftergirl]

9. There was emergency disaster relief funding put in the Continuing Resolution bill.

All the R Congresspersons from Florida voted no.

Of course they knew it would pass so they can keep on with their dissing of Federal spending knowing Florida will get the money for disaster relief anyway.

[onenote]

17. Florida would have gotten disaster relief anyway

I'm not defending anyone who voted against the continuing resolution, because shutting down the government is utterly irresponsible. But given that the Disaster Relief Fund had around $17 billion in it before the continuing resolution was passed (bringing the balance of the fund back up to $35 billion), its not as if anyone voting against the CR specifically voted against aid to Florida.

[Phoenix61]

10. They could do a "Where's Rubio?" while showing the voting. mt

[Iggo]

12. That's weird. He says he votes for all disaster relief bills.

[dchill]

14. I bet his lips were moving.

[Iggo]

15. That's right! They were moving!

[randr]

13. Shocking-Rubio a no show- how can that be

[rubbersole]

16. He can't be bothered.

He has a side hustle. Dealing Poland Spring Water..

[Traildogbob]

18. I have heard for years

He has the worst attendance of any rep anywhere. But he tweets God, so he is their choice to rep.
“Morans, lunatic Morans”. But Biden will be slammed for lack of effort to help.

[Stuart G]

19. K & R

[peppertree]

20. Did anyone look in Alice Wainwright Park?

[not fooled]

24. Hahahahahahahahaha

Both of Florida's POS senators must be counting on voters either having extremely short memories or that hatred of the Federal Government has been so beaten into their skulls that they see not supporting Federal aid as a plus.

[peppertree]

29. Sad but true.

Flawrida has a lot of right-wing Cubans desperate for acceptance by gringos - and a lot of white bigots who hate the very sight of them.

Naturally, the GOP is a good fit for both.

As for Little Narco - you know how he likes big things.

Big money, big lies...

[Ligyron]

37. Cubans have hated the Democratic Party ever since the Bay of Pigs fiasco in Cuba.

For those who don't know or don't remember there was plan by the CIA and Cuban refugees to retake Cuba and oust Castro back in 1961. Both Eisenhower originally and then Kennedy supported it and US Air Force was going to provide air support which Kennedy cancelled at the last moment.

The invasion failed and around 100 of the invaders were killed and over 1000 were captured and the Cuban community in the US has a long memory. They've been pretty solidly Repug ever since although the younger generation is a bit less bitter and there are breakaways here and there but Rubio sure ain't one of them.

[peppertree]

38. True - but it's more than just that. A lot of it is totem pole politics.

Most Latin American societies, you see, are caste systems.

Money equal status, race very much equals status - and status is everything.

This is especially true in the Caribbean basin countries.

And to many Latin American immigrants, WASPS are at the top of the U.S. totem pole (as they interpret it) - and the GOP is "the party of white people with money."

So to many white Cubans, and other white people from the region, being Republican "whitens."

As harsh as that may sound, it's just a fact. With many exceptions - but still.

The great irony there being, of course, that white Republicans despise them to no end.

[Lonestarblue]

21. The federal government needs to put some restrictions on how federal dollars can be used

to rebuild in Florida. This article from CNN reports how a community only 12 miles from Ft. Myers never lost power and suffered very little damage because it is fully solar powered and built to high construction standards with underground utilities. Anyone rebuilding in Florida needs to meet these same standards. Otherwise, the next storm will just wipe out much of what was rebuilt, wasting taxpayer dollars.

“Babcock Ranch calls itself “America’s first solar-powered town.” Its nearby solar array — made up of 700,000 individual panels — generates more electricity than the 2,000-home neighborhood uses, in a state where most electricity is generated by burning natural gas, a planet-warming fossil fuel.

The streets in this meticulously planned neighborhood were designed to flood so houses don’t. Native landscaping along roads helps control storm water. Power and internet lines are buried to avoid wind damage. This is all in addition to being built to Florida’s robust building codes.“

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/02/us/solar-babcock-ranch-florida-hurricane-ian-climate/index.html

[Maine Abu El Banat]

22. Rubio is a weasel

Sorry weasels 🦦

[czarjak]

28. Stop besmirching rodent-eaters! They're better mammals.

[NowISeetheLight]

23. Hmm...

Was he in office fir the Sandy vote? How has he voted in the past? Maybe he's trying to avoid the "hypocrite" label. Then again. Not being there for your constituents looks a hellofa lot worse. Weasel.

[malaise]

25. He voted against funding for Sandy relief as did BK DeathSentence n/t

[Midnight Writer]

27. They'd be doing Rubio a favor by voting him out. He clearly doesn't care about this job.

And I'm sure he will land a sweetheart deal from some lobbying entity.

[ejbr]

31. + 1

Cant chance voting this clown back in office.

[FakeNoose]

32. Do Representatives have to be present in the Chamber to vote?

I thought they were allowed to vote remotely, when they were not in Congress. Something was set up during Covid so they didn't have to be there in the Chamber to vote.

[Samrob]

34. He showed up to criticize Biden for the prisoner swap, though. nt

[Brainfodder]

35. Afraid of being seen as accepting of socialism?

Crimes Against Humanity?

[Cha]

36. Rick Scott is a Monster & so is Rubio.

Good job Florida Maggots.

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[moondust]

39. GQP NO votes.

Since Rubio, Scott, etc., represent the will of a majority of Florida voters, we have to assume they are doing what a majority of Floridians want: NO HELP from the federal government.

Okay then, buh-bye!