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Congressman tells angry constituents the idea that they pay his salary is ?bullcrap? | Miami Herald
We've done it America. We've gone full circle. We've gone from the supporters of politicians saying that they were on welfare, and nobody gave them anything. To citizens being elected, and believing that it is their taxes alone that pay for their salaries. We can't possibly go further than this. We reached the age of absurdity. Let's all take a deep breath, turn around and just go home. Alright? We've had a rough couple of decades. Let's just sit a few weeks out, take a vacation as a country and get back to this when we've all been to the beach, caught up on Orange is the New Black, had some sushi.
You know, fun stuff.
An Oklahoman congressman is under fire after he seemingly dismissed the notion that his constituents pay for him to go to Congress, calling the idea “bullcrap” in a viral video making the rounds on social media.Markwayne Mullin, speaking at a town hall Tuesday in Jay, Oklahoma, was responding to a question from the audience when he responded to a claim that constituents pay for him to work in Congress.
“You say you pay for me to do this. Bullcrap. I pay for myself. I paid enough taxes before I got there and continue to through my company to pay my own salary. This is a service. No one here pays me to go,” said the 39-year-old Republican who represents Oklahoma’s second district, which covers much of the eastern part of the state.
When several audience members pushed back against this claim, Mullin went on, “I’m just saying this is a service for me, not a career, and I thank God this is not how I make my living.”
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We've done it America. We've gone full circle. We've gone from the supporters of politicians saying that they were on welfare, and nobody gave them anything. To citizens being elected, and believing that it is their taxes alone that pay for their salaries. We can't possibly go further than this. We reached the age of absurdity. Let's all take a deep breath, turn around and just go home. Alright? We've had a rough couple of decades. Let's just sit a few weeks out, take a vacation as a country and get back to this when we've all been to the beach, caught up on Orange is the New Black, had some sushi.
You know, fun stuff.