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Rep. Peter King (R-NY) on Friday blasted his Republican colleagues for refusing to pass a clean bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
"This madness has to end soon. We cant keep doing this," he told MSNBC. After House Republicans failed to pass a bill funding DHS for three weeks, Democrats helped House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) pass a bill funding the department for one week.
King blamed Republicans' refusal to pass a clean bill on the "wing within our party who is obsessed with the presidents executive order."
"We should not put American lives at risk to win an immigration battle with the president," King said. "Ive had it with this self-righteous, delusional wing of the party."
The congressman said that he also opposes President Obama's executive actions on immigration, but that he believes funding DHS is more important. "Many of these people are elected from parts of the country that live in an echo chamber," he lamented. "All they hear is everything is anti-Obama." (Emphasis added -- Don)
Source of article + video
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/peter-king-republicans-dhs
niyad
(113,581 posts)elleng
(131,129 posts)When he is good he's very very good, but when he's bad he's horrid.
riqster
(13,986 posts)CanonRay
(14,118 posts)and he's disgusted with those worse than him? They are over the edge. I the the "wing" has become most of the structure.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)Paladin
(28,275 posts)...for Peter King to be the voice of common sense and reason.
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)libdem4life
(13,877 posts)to be a cut above a Cretin to get elected. It's the actual Cretins he's referring to.