Here we go again - so, did Frank Guinta honor his oath to the Constitution to protect it? Go ahead, guess - Granite Grok

Here we go again – so, did Frank Guinta honor his oath to the Constitution to protect it? Go ahead, guess

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UPDATE: This should have gone up last nite but my laptop’s Wifi quit just before hitting the PUBLISH button.  Anyways, I’ll have another Frank Guinta post going up in a few.

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Deja vu all over again; I thought he might have learned from his involuntary pause in Congressional employment (due in no small measure to his failure to keep his promise to his supporters to do EVERYthing he could to cut Federal Government spending – and then promptly voted for two successful Continuing Resolutions that HIKED spending), but I guess not.  Advance to the NOW – the Main Responsibility of anyone one elected to Congress is:

 I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.

So, did he do so, support, defend, bear truth faith, and allegiance?  Ok, can we just try defend – with his vote?

The US House passed a bill that funded the Dept of Homeland Security – minus the funding for the Obama’s unconstitutional overreach concerning granting all but citizenship to illegal aliens by fiat decree.  The right thing to have done in helping to preserve their own Constitutional power according to the separation of powers between the three branches of government.  They also made a stab at recouping their power they have been leaking to the Executive Branch.

They also carried out campaign promises to US – a good thing.  But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell gave us a “meh” performance in getting it passed in the Senate as if he wanted it to lose (giving more power to the rumors that this was the culmination of “The Fix” for Amnesty).  And given that the deadline for funding DHS was Friday, the push was on to separate and fully fund DHS and have another bill to defund Executive Amnesty (like THAT would ever pass into law – simply Kabuki Political Theatre for the rubes).

So, kick the can down the road for three weeks by providing full funding for that time period.  How did Frank vote?  Did he stand tall for the Constitution, stand on Principle that Obama CANNOT be allowed to do what he decrees like a Monarch, a King?  Did he say that the Constitution and The Rule of Law?

Here are those that voted against the three additional weeks of funding, putting Principle over “expediency”, Principle over mere politics, and put the People before Party Leadership:

1. Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas)
2. Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Pa.)
3. Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas)
4. Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)
5. Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.)
6. Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.)
7. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.)
8. Rep. Curt Clawson (R-Fla.)
9. Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.)
10. Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas)
11. Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.)
12. Rep. John Fleming (R-La.)
13. Rep. Randy Forbes (R.Va.)
14. Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.)
15. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)
16. Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.)
17. Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.)

18. Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.)
19. Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.)
20. Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kansas)
21. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.)
22. Rep. Robert Hurt (R-Va.)
23. Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Texas)
24. Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.)
25. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio)
26. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa)
27. Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho)
28. Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.)
29. Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.)
30. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.)
31. Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.)
32. Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.)
33. Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas)
34. Rep. Pete Olson (R-Texas)
35. Rep. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.)
36. Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.)
37. Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas)
38. Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas)
39. Rep. Tom Rice (R-S.C.)
40. Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.)
41. Rep. Thomas Rooney (R-Fla.)
42. Rep. Matt Salmon (R-Ariz.)
43. Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.)
44. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas)
45. Rep. Mark Walker (R-N.C.)
46. Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio)
47. Rep. Roger Williams (R-Teas)
48. Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.)
49. Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-Kansas)
50. Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.)
51. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.)
52. Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.)

Notice the hole between #17 & #18.  Yeah, that should have been Frank Guinta.  Absent – voting with Leadership and knowing FULL WELL that those who are tasked with defending us would still be paid – just like the last time.  The last time – after which Republicans got even MORE seats in the House and did so, IMHO, because they finally stood up to the King and fought back.  But they got weak-kneed and decided to decide to go with the Democrats and the Media instead of their base.

This time?  We all sent them to fight in overwhelming numbers – and the Senate Republicans bowed before Harry Reid and Obama.  And the House Republicans retreated (except for those 52 Stalwarts listed above that honored their oaths.  They’ve stood for something more valuable than politics.

“Live Free or die; death is not the worst of all evils” – our NH state motto.  Did Frank live up to that motto?  “Die as a free man before living on my knees” – how about that one?  Certainly I am harsh here, but these are dangerous times and we are looking for men that will stand for something bigger, larger, and more important than themselves.

 

Before I forget: Kelly Ayotte folded like wet concrete in the Senate (here) but given her own history of advocating for Amnesty.

 

 

 

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