OH GOD, I HATE THIS GUY.
A LOT.
OKAY.
REPRESENTATIVE STEVE KING WAS
SPEAKING TO ALLISON CAMMARATA ON
CNN, AND THEY WERE SPECIFICALLY
ADDRESSING THE FACT THAT THE
HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
WOULD LIKE TO ALLOCATE ñ
ALLOCATE A WHOPPING $1.6 BILLION
TO SPEND ON THE BORDER WALL.
INTERESTING BECAUSE THAT
MONEY WILL COME FROM OUR
CITIZENS, NOT MEXICO.
SO SHE ASKED IF IT WAS A GOOD
IDEA.
TAXPAYER MONEY, NOT FROM MEXICO,
TO BUILD THAT WALL.
ABSOLUTELY, YES AND MORE.
I WOULD THROW ANOTHER 5
BILLION ON THE FILE, AND I WOULD
FIND HALF 1 BILLION OF THAT OUT
OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD'S BUDGET,
AND THE REST OF IT CAN COME FROM
FOOD STAMPS AND ENTITLEMENTS
THAT ARE BEING SPREAD OUT
AMONG PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T WORKED
FOR THREE GENERATIONS.
WE HAVE GOT TO FREE THIS
ADMINISTRATION UP SO THAT
WE CAN MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS
FOR THIS COUNTRY.
HE IS A GREAT PRO-LIFE ADVOCATE,
ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE
VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO
BENEFIT FROM THESE FOOD
STAMPS ARE ACTUALLY KIDS.
A PHOTOGRAPHIC FOR.
MORE THAN 40 MILLION AMERICANS
RECEIVED FOOD STAMPS, AND NEARLY
2/3 OF THEM ARE CHILDREN,
ELDERLY OR DISABLED.
THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD ON FOOD
STANDS HAD AN ANNUAL INCOME
OF LESS THAN $10,000 PER YEAR.
IT'S REALLY INTERESTING WHEN YOU
PUT EVERYTHING IN CONTEXT.
HIS ARGUMENT IS, WE HAVE TO
BUILD THAT WALL TO KEEP MEXICANS
OUT BECAUSE THEY ARE TAKING ALL
OUR JOBS, WHILE HE
SIMULTANEOUSLY SAYS, THESE LAZY
MOTHERFUCKERS LEECHING OFF THE
GOVERNMENT, THEY NEED TO GO OUT
THERE AND WORK.
OKAY, SO WHICH ONE IS IT?
IS IT THAT THEY CAN'T WORK
BECAUSE MEXICANS ARE TAKING
THEIR JOBS, OR IS IT THAT
THEY ARE LAZY AND TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF THE GOVERNMENT?
HERE'S THE THINGS THAT BOTHERED
ME:
HE SAID THEY HAVEN'T WORKED IN
THREE GENERATIONS.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW DUDE?
WHERE IS THAT COMING FROM?
DON'T GET ME WRONG, I'M NOT A
NAœVE DUDE WHO WAS LIKE,
EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER RECEIVED
GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE IS
HEAVENLY AND ANGELIC.
NO, THERE ARE SOME BUMS.
I DON'T MEAN HOMELESS PEOPLE, I
MEAN A BUM WHO SITS AROUND
AND TAKES IT.
IS THAT A MAJORITY?
NO.
WE JUST GAVE YOU THE STATS, TWO
THIRDS ARE KIDS, ELDERLY, OR
DISABLED.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY STATS TO BACK
UP YOUR CLAIM THAT THREE
GENERATIONS OF BUMS EXIST, AND
THAT THEY ARE THE MAJORITY OF
PEOPLE TAKING FOOD STAMPS, AND
WHO ARE YOU CALLING BUMS ANYWAY?
GUYS, YOU KNOW, LIKE HE KEEPS ñ
EVERYTHING STEVE KING DOES IS
RACIAL.
REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS TALKING
ABOUT THE MEXICANS CROSSING
THE BORDER WITH THE CANTALOUPE
CALVES BECAUSE THEY ARE DRAGGING
SO MUCH DRUGS AND THAT THEIR
CALVES GREW OUT OF PROPORTION?
THIS GUY IS A LUNATIC WHEN IT
COMES TO RACIAL STUFF, AND HE'S
THE ONE WHO TALKED ABOUT HOW
THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN WHITE, YOU
KNOW, EUROPEAN ANCESTRY AND
CULTURE HERE IN AMERICA, SO THE
GUY, WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT THREE
GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE NOT
WORKING, YOU ALL KNOW WHO HE IS
TALKING ABOUT.
BUT THE REALITY IS, YOU KNOW WHO
WAS ON FOOD STANDS AND MEDICAID?
INTERESTING STAT, ONE THIRD OF
WEST VIRGINIA IS ON MEDICAID.
ONE THIRD OF WEST VIRGINIA.
I HAVE TO GIVE YOU THE STATS ON
THIS BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY
AMAZING.
SO, A DOCUMENT SEARCH LATER ON
CAPITOL HILL IN MAY SAID
THAT A WHITE HOUSE BUDGET
PROPOSAL WOULD/193 BILLION
FROM THE SNAP PROGRAM, ALSO
KNOWN AS FOOD STAMPS.
A CNN ANALYSIS FOUND OUT THAT OF
THE TOP 10 PLACES WITH THE
LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS
WHO USE SNAP, SEVEN VOTED FOR
DONALD TRUMP IN THE 2016
ELECTIONS.
AND SO, AGAIN, WE HAVE A CHUNK
OF THE POPULATION HERE THAT
CONTINUALLY VOTES AGAINST THEIR
BEST INTERESTS, AND WE HAVE TO
GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHY THAT
IS.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S MISINFORMATION
THEY ARE BEING MISLED AND
MANIPULATED, AND IT'S
FRUSTRATING BECAUSE YOU TRY TO
GIVE EVIDENCE, AND PROVIDE
INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS REALLY
GOING ON, TO LOOK OUT FOR
THEM, AND THEY REJECT IT AS
ELITIST PROPAGANDA.
AND IT'S LIKE, NO NO, WHAT YOU
BOUGHT INTO IS THE PROPAGANDA.
PART OF WHAT PROGRESSIVES CARE
ABOUT IS AMERICANS, SO WITH
PROGRESSIVES ARE AS COLD AND
COCKY WAITING AS PROGRESSIVES
ARE, THEY GO, OH YOU WANTED
TRUMP?
GREAT, WE ARE CUTTING THE FOOD
STANDS IN ALL PLACES, SO
THAT'S GOING TO HURT SOME OF OUR
CONSTITUENTS, BUT IT'S WHAT
HURT ALL OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
SELECT WEST VIRGINIA FEEL FOR
ONCE THE CONSEQUENCE OF
VOTING FOR A REPUBLICAN.
DID YOU KNOW THAT WEST VIRGINIA
HAD THE SECOND IS MARGIN FOR
TRUMP OUT OF ANY STATE IN THE
COUNTRY?
OKAY, WELL, TRUMP AND THE
REPUBLICANS WANT TO CUT MEDICAID
AS EXAMPLE BY BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS, ACCORDING TO THE LAST
SENATE PROPOSAL, WHICH TRUMP
LOVES.
OKAY, ALL OF A SUDDEN A THIRD
OF THE STATE DOESN'T HAVE
HEALTH INSURANCE, AND THEN YOU
TAKE AWAY FOOD STAMPS FROM
WEST VIRGINIA, DO YOU HAVE
ANY IDEA WHAT KIND OF
DEVASTATION YOU WOULD HAVE?
DO YOU KNOW WHERE WEST VIRGINIA
RANKS IN ECONOMIC WELL-BEING?
THEY RANKED 48TH IN MEDIAN
INCOME.
THERE'S ONLY 50 STATES.
BUT DEMOCRATS WON'T DO IT.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THEY SHOULD
BY THE WAY, I'M ALSO A
PROGRESSIVE, I WOULD NEVER
WANT TO DO THAT TO WEST
VIRGINIA, NEVER, BECAUSE WE
ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT YOU GUYS.
THE REPUBLICANS ARE WILLING TO
DO IT TO YOU, AND COVER IT
UP, BUT THE DEMOCRATS ARE
WILLING TO FIGHT TOOTH AND
NAIL TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T
HAPPEN TO WEST VIRGINIA.
BUT THEY WANTS TO SAID, HAVE
ADDED, YOU WANT THE
REPUBLICANS AND THEIR POLICIES?
HERE'S THEIR POLICIES, GO AHEAD.
AND I KNOW THE REPUBLICANS WOULD
HAVE A WHOLE NEW SET OF LIES
ABOUT THAT, BUT THE REALITY IS
THAT THEY, AS YOU CAN TELL FROM
STEVE KING ñ IF YOU ARE SOMEONE
WHO IS RELYING ON FOOD STAMPS,
BECAUSE YOUR FAMILY HAS RUN ON
HARD TIMES, YOU THINK THIS
GUY HAS GOT YOUR BACK?
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE OUT OF YOUR
MIND TO THINK THAT.
HE CAN'T WAIT TO GET THE MONEY
THAT YOUR FAMILY RELIES ON,
SO SHE CAN GET EVEN MORE TAX ñ
THAT HE CAN GIVE EVEN MORE TAX
CUTS TO THE RICH.
