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New York Republican Rep. Peter King went to war with his Republican colleagues on Wednesday after leaders spiked a Hurricane Sandy relief bill, calling on New Yorkers to stop all donations to GOP House members.
“These Republicans have no problem finding New York when they’re out raising millions of dollars,” King said on Fox News. “They’re in New York all the time filling their pockets with money from New Yorkers. I’m saying right now, anyone from New York or New Jersey who contributes one penny to Congressional Republicans is out of their minds. Because what they did last night was put a knife in the back of New Yorkers and New Jerseyans. It was an absolute disgrace.”
King also said he was ready to buck Republican leaders on every issue until the Sandy aid is approved.
“As far as I’m concerned, I’m on my own,” King said. “They’re going to have to go a long way to get my vote on anything.”
In an interview with POLITICO, King placed the blame squarely on the shoulders of House Speaker John Boehner.
“Throughout this whole deal Cantor was totally straight with us,” King said, blaming Boehner.
He’s is not the only Republican upset about the issue: New Jersey Gov. Christie “is not a happy guy right now,” King said, saying he’s spoken to Christie last night and this morning and Cuomo repeatedly.
King is meeting with Cantor at 1:30 p.m. and Boehner with 3 p.m.
“We cannot be taken for granted anymore,” King said, calling this the “first time in recent memory that you have a natural disaster and Congress 90 days later has done nothing. Every dollar was accounted for.”
King also appeared on MSNBC and CNN before noon on Wednesday, ripping Republican leaders on each station. (On MSNBC, King made it clear he wasn’t threatening to leave the Republican party.)
New Jersey and New York lawmakers were preparing a strategy for a Tuesday night vote on a $60 billion aid package that had already passed the Senate. But House leaders abruptly changed their mind, meaning the package will likely die with the close of the 112th Congress on Thursday. The House Appropriations Committee had prepared a $27 billion relief package.
King implied that package was insufficient, saying it consisted of “money they were required to give us anyway.” And he implied GOP intrasigence was causing the death of the party in New York and throughout the northeast.
“All we’re saying is treat us the same everybody else has been treated,” King said. “And why the Republican party has this bias against New York, bias against New Jersey, bias against the northeast? They wonder why they’re becoming a minority party? Why we’ll be the party of the permanent minority? What they did last night was so immoral, so disgraceful, so irresponsible. We’re supposed to be the party of family values, and you have families starving, families suffering, families spread all over living in substandard housing. This was a disgrace.”
“These Republicans have no problem finding New York when they’re out raising millions of dollars,” King said on Fox News. “They’re in New York all the time filling their pockets with money from New Yorkers. I’m saying right now, anyone from New York or New Jersey who contributes one penny to Congressional Republicans is out of their minds. Because what they did last night was put a knife in the back of New Yorkers and New Jerseyans. It was an absolute disgrace.”
King also said he was ready to buck Republican leaders on every issue until the Sandy aid is approved.
“As far as I’m concerned, I’m on my own,” King said. “They’re going to have to go a long way to get my vote on anything.”
In an interview with POLITICO, King placed the blame squarely on the shoulders of House Speaker John Boehner.
“Throughout this whole deal Cantor was totally straight with us,” King said, blaming Boehner.
He’s is not the only Republican upset about the issue: New Jersey Gov. Christie “is not a happy guy right now,” King said, saying he’s spoken to Christie last night and this morning and Cuomo repeatedly.
King is meeting with Cantor at 1:30 p.m. and Boehner with 3 p.m.
“We cannot be taken for granted anymore,” King said, calling this the “first time in recent memory that you have a natural disaster and Congress 90 days later has done nothing. Every dollar was accounted for.”
King also appeared on MSNBC and CNN before noon on Wednesday, ripping Republican leaders on each station. (On MSNBC, King made it clear he wasn’t threatening to leave the Republican party.)
New Jersey and New York lawmakers were preparing a strategy for a Tuesday night vote on a $60 billion aid package that had already passed the Senate. But House leaders abruptly changed their mind, meaning the package will likely die with the close of the 112th Congress on Thursday. The House Appropriations Committee had prepared a $27 billion relief package.
King implied that package was insufficient, saying it consisted of “money they were required to give us anyway.” And he implied GOP intrasigence was causing the death of the party in New York and throughout the northeast.
“All we’re saying is treat us the same everybody else has been treated,” King said. “And why the Republican party has this bias against New York, bias against New Jersey, bias against the northeast? They wonder why they’re becoming a minority party? Why we’ll be the party of the permanent minority? What they did last night was so immoral, so disgraceful, so irresponsible. We’re supposed to be the party of family values, and you have families starving, families suffering, families spread all over living in substandard housing. This was a disgrace.”
wonder how the meeting with f-bomb dropping boehner went ?
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