GOP rep: Bullcrap to say taxpayers pay my salary

[Liberal In Texas]

Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) faced off with constituents at a town hall this week, telling the members of the audience that they don't pay his salary.

"You say you pay for me to do this? That’s bullcrap," Mullin said at the town hall in Jay, Okla., according to a video of the incident.
"I pay for myself. I paid enough taxes before I got here and continue to through my company to pay my own salary. This is a service. No one here pays me to go,” he added.
After constituents pushed back, Mullin reiterated that being a lawmaker is not "how I make my living."

...So I guess he doesn't feel he has to be responsive to his constituents wants/needs?

Video at link:
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/328615-gop-rep-bullcrap-to-say-taxpayers-pay-my-salary-i-pay-for

[femmocrat]

1. If that is how he feels, he needs to get on with his life's work.

Representing his constituents doesn't seem to be it.

I'll bet there are a lot of them who feel the same way.

[tblue37]

2. K&R for visibility! nt

[bronxiteforever]

3. Wow 😳 K&R. The jerk is strong in him. N/t

[TNLib]

4. I guess being a Congressmen is his hobby.

His constituents need to give him the boot.

[SalviaBlue]

5. This is the problem with electing million/billionaires

and letting million/billionaires buy elections.

[KatyaR]

6. he also cancelled a town hall meeting because he was "threatened" by

constituents holding 5x7 red and green cards to signal agreement or disagreement.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/oklahoma/articles/2017-04-12/oklahoma-congressman-scraps-town-hall-over-safety-concerns

Apparently he's forgotten it's a constitutional right to voice our opinions. He's an asshat that needs to go.

[onecaliberal]

7. That's what they get for sending steaming piles like this one to congress.

[tazkcmo]

8. And they elected him. n/t

[Liberal In Texas]

9. Ah, here's who pays him:

Top 5 Industries,

2015 - 2016, Campaign Cmte
Industry....................Total..........Indivs........PACs
Oil & Gas..................$190,850....$42,750....$148,100
Leadership PACs.........$94,000....$0............$ 94,000
Casinos/Gambling.......$64,300....$64,300.... $0
Health Professionals....$63,110....$15,110....$ 48,000
Pharmaceuticals/.........$55,250......$2,250....$ 53,000
Health Products

https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00033410&cycle=2016#cont

[Kentonio]

10. Well..

[delisen]

11. I've paid lots in taxes too. Didn't know It entitled me to represent myself in Congress.

What an entitled corrupted jerk.

[andym]

12. The proper comeback would be to call him unpatriotic for insisting

that his tax money was covering his salary and not the whole government, including our national defense. His taxes only pay a small part of his own salary.

[applegrove]

13. The people pay for the defence, roads, property laws, foreign policy,

education, and all the rest that goes to make it easy for all his stocks and bonds to find customers and make him money. And no the rich doesn't cover it all with the taxes they pay. What a baby.