While we continue to rant about the Dems holding Democrat civil servants hostage in exchange for “health care for illegals,” it turns out there are several other priorities in play. Yes, they want you to pay for health insurance for non-citizens, but they also want “$3 million for circumcisions and vasectomies in Zambia.”
That’s according to Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), who took some time to inform taxpayers about why Democrats couldn’t simply pass a clean resolution to fund the government, allowing for separate conversations about these left-wing budget priorities in their respective budget bills.
- “We found $500,000 of American taxpayer money for electric buses in Rwanda.”
- We found $3.6 million for pastry cooking classes and dance focus groups for male prostitutes in Haiti.”
- $6 million for media organizations for the Palestinians.
- $833,000 for transgender people in Nepal.
- $300,000 for a pride parade in Lesotho.
- $882,000 for social media mentorship in Serbia.
- $4.2 million for LGBTQI people in the Western Balkans and Uganda.
“I could spend the rest of the afternoon here,” Kennedy said. “We took all that out. It upset Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez. It upset the socialist wing of her party. And now they’re threatening all other Democrats and saying, ‘You’ve got to shut that government down until we get what we want.’”
And that, Kennedy concluded, is what this entire budget fight is about—not defending American taxpayers or funding core government services, but holding the government hostage over millions in woke pet projects and bizarre international handouts.
Sometimes it sounds better with the accent, so here’s Sen. Kennedy.
On the flip side, someone asked Grok what Republicans wanted to fund.
As one person on X noted, it appears that Republicans are trying to fund stuff for America and Americans, and Democrats are trying to fund things in foreign countries or for foreign invaders (that Republicans cut with the OBBB).
Dems want it back, and they are holding their own constituents in public service hostage until they get it (which they won’t). And the longer this goes on, the worse it gets for the Dems, who are afraid to cave because the same people protesting immigration enforcement and shooting at ICE might turn on them.
