Another day, another trillion dollars spent.
Somebody asked why I voted against the latest monstrosity of a spending bill, and the answer is simple: I actually read it! More than 1,000 pages of fluff that will do nothing to fix the mountain of problems we’ve got in this country.
Sure, we’ll fund the government right in the nick of time to avoid a shutdown, but we’re just kicking the can down the road and adding to our growing debt that will eventually be due—and I guess that time bomb isn’t ticking loud enough to knock some sense into my colleagues.
But there’s another big problem with this bill: a total lack of regard for the crisis at our southern border. I’ve said it before, folks, and I’ll say it again: no border, no budget.
My constituents back in Tennessee say the number one issue they’re concerned about is illegal immigration and the impact it’ll have on our state. They’re frustrated by the federal government’s dilly-dallying because no one is doing anything about it—even the Republicans who got themselves into power on the promise of holding the line.
I refuse to be one of them, and that’s why I refused to vote in favor of today’s spending bill.
These so-called “bipartisan solutions” add more bureaucracy to an issue spiraling out of control. Considering 100 migrants just broke through razor wire and trampled over guards yesterday in a total display of lawlessness, I’d say it’s high time we do something.
Build a wall, bring our troops home from foreign wars, and put them down at the border to get ahold of this mess. We’re witnessing something that is far beyond chaos at this point. The border situation is a mounting national security threat that we can’t continue to ignore.
I refuse to throw my hands up in surrender and let this all unfold. Today, I took a stand for what’s right because Biden’s America is broken, and you deserve better.
