Patriot,

Yesterday, we warned you the House will be voting on a short-term spending bill to keep the government running at full steam through the election.

Now, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) is warning House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) designed this newest scheme to set up a government funding crisis the week before Christmas.

“Why Christmas? So he can pressure Members to vote for a bill they haven’t read, by using their desire to see their families on Christmas Eve against them,” Massie wrote on X.

He explained further to the House Rules Committee on Monday:

“December 20th is when the leadership has the maximum influence. They love to pick the week before Christmas for this showdown because you can smell the jet fuel fumes over [National Airport]. It smells like Christmas.

“I’ve been in [the meeting room] when literally the Speaker of the House walks in and says, if you vote for this, you can go home and unwrap presents with your kids, and if you don’t vote for this, you’re going to spend Christmas here with Nancy Pelosi. And then the chant starts: “Vote! Vote! Vote!”

It’s a trap, and House Republicans know it.

They’ll pass their continuation of the wasteful, reckless, fiscally catastrophic budget today . . . and then pass it again, or something even worse, days before Christmas – when leadership can threaten to take away Christmas for these selfish congressmen to push them to vote wrong.

Rep. Massie has put every member of the House on notice. They either vote against this scheme, or they are fully on board with it.

Call your U.S. Representative at (202) 224-3121 RIGHT NOW and tell them to vote NO on Mike Johnson’s Budget Trap.

Here is a simple script you can use, if you need one:

Hi, this is [your name] from [your city]. I’m calling to tell the Congressman to OPPOSE Mike Johnson’s Continuing Resolution to fund the government without any reform for three months.

Our national debt is so high that interest payments are now the Number 1 Cost our tax dollars pay for. And it’s only going to get worse. Does the congressman not care at all about this? Because he/she keeps voting for the same thing, again and again.

Even worse, the Speaker is setting up for another budget fight just before Christmas. That’s because he’s going to blackmail the representative not to negotiate or else not get to go home for Christmas.

This is a cynical, disgraceful manipulation, and if the Congressman votes for this, he/she must be a willing participant in the financial destruction of our country.

I will be watching his/her vote very carefully.

If that’s a lot to say, just tell them to “vote NO on Mike Johnson’s CR” – they’ll know what that means.

Or say whatever you feel like saying. They’re your public servants, after all.

But whatever you do, DO make the call. Call your representative at (202) 224-3121 and tell him or her to vote NO on the budget resolution.

After you make the call, if possible, please support C4L with a contribution to help us mobilize more patriots against Mike Johnson’s fiscal recklessness.

For Liberty,

John McCardell
Executive Director

P.S. It’s a slap in the face to Americans that we’re now paying more on interest to banks than we are on anything else our country needs.

And Democrats and Republicans alike are actively pushing us even harder down this path of demise.

Call your representative at (202) 224-3121 and tell him or her to vote NO on the continuing resolution and demand they CUT SPENDING NOW!



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