WASHINGTON, DC – Senate Leadership Fund President and CEO Steven Law today released the following statement in response to the United States Senate voting to proceed to legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare:

“The biggest news today is that every single Democrat in the Senate voted against taking the first step toward cleaning up the Obamacare mess they created. Just yesterday, Democrats rolled out a new big-government plan aimed at convincing middle-class voters they care about them, and one day later they voted en bloc to keep the high premiums and deductibles and shrinking health care choices that they forced on Americans through Obamacare.

“The Senate Leadership Fund looks forward to reminding voters over and over again of the Democrats’ shameful vote to protect their Obamacare folly against the interests of struggling American families.”

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Yesterday, Congressman Mo Brooks was campaigning for Senate in Alabama when the House unanimously passed a bill  to assist the heroic Capitol Police Officers shot last month in Alexandria.   

Brooks’ skipped vote was on the day he released a controversial campaign ad that used audio from the actual shooting.  The ad was quickly condemned by the office of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise. 

Shortly after the shooting, Scalise’s wife praised Capitol Police Officers David Bailey and Crystal Grinner, saying in a statement that they “saved the lives of everyone at the baseball field.”

And for those keeping track, here’s the other votes Brooks skipped yesterday while he was on the Alabama campaign trail:

Vote #407: Bill to authorize funding for the CIA, NSA and Office of the National Intelligence Director.

Vote #408: Bill to provide an additional $2 billion in veterans’ health care funding. (There are 409,997 veterans residing in Alabama.)

Vote #409: Bill to eliminate the 15-year time limit to use Post-9/11 GI bill education benefits.

Joe Donnelly said in an interview yesterday that he hasn’t had an active role in his family business in 20 years. With all due respect to Mexico Joe, he may want to brush up on his basic arithmetic. 

In 2006, Mexico Joe disclosed that he holds the position of “Officer” at Stewart Superior Corp.  That was 11 years ago.

In 2012, Mexico Joe increased his investment in Stewart Superior after the company shifted to Mexican labor.  That was 5 years ago. 

With Mexico Joe’s lies being so easily debunked, it’s no wonder local editorial boards are starting to rake him over the coals for his outsourcing hypocrisy: 

News-Sentinel: Donnelly should practice what he preaches

Herald Bulletin: We deserve better from Sen. Donnelly

CLAIM:

Mo Brooks once again falsely stated that he votes down the line for bills supported by President Trump:

“Out of 300 and something votes that we’ve cast so far this year in the House of Representatives, every single one of them that has involved a White House position, I have voted with the White House.”
–Mo Brooks, July 21, 2017

FACT:

Mo Brooks has the 10th lowest percentage of voting with President Trump of any Republican Member of Congress

According to the non-partisan Congressional Quarterly, Rep. Mo Brooks currently has voted with President Trump the 10th least of any Republican member of Congress. (CQ Vote Watch, Accessed 7/21/17)

SLF RESPONSE:

“Like a typical Washington politician, Mo Brooks keeps saying things that are plainly untrue to hide his record of opposing Donald Trump as a candidate and as President.” –SLF Spokesman Chris Pack

ARCHIVES:

Mo Brooks Pretends to Endorse Trump Immigration Policies He Previously Ridiculed
Mo Brooks Lies About Voting For Trump-Backed Bills
Mo Brooks Says He Endorsed Donald Trump When He Never Did
Mo Brooks Opposed Trump’s Border Wall, Now Claims to Support it

For more information, visit www.MoBrooksMoLies.org.  

 

CLAIM:

On Fox Business this morning, Mo Brooks continued his desperate ploy to associate himself with President Trump’s immigration plans:

“…I think it is wonderful that what President Trump is doing on national level, that the incentive for illegal aliens to come across our border has subsided…”

“…we need that wall in place for the next Barack Obama-type Administration.”

FACT:

Brooks Mocked Trump’s Border Wall As ‘Economically Nonsense’ and ‘A Fruitless Exercise’

VIDEO: Mo Brooks said “Donald Trump is not going to do what people think he’s going to do” on border security (MSNBC, 2/29/16).

“Brooks also described Trump’s immigration position on border security as being worse than Obama’s” (Adam Smith, “Mo Brooks talks debt, support for Ted Cruz,” The News Courier, 2/13/16).

Mo Brooks called Donald Trump’s immigration plan to build a wall and deport millions of illegal immigrants as “economically nonsense” (The News Courier, 9/20/15).

MO BROOKS: “He says he wants to build this great big wall with a great big door and deport all these illegal aliens, costing taxpayers billions of dollars in deportation costs… The only difference between Obama’s border policy and Trump’s amnesty policy is Trump wants to spend billions on a fruitless exercise.” (Adam Smith, “Mo Brooks talks debt, support for Ted Cruz” (The News Courier, 2/13/16).

SLF RESPONSE:

“Career Congressman Mo Brooks is desperately trying to sell himself to Trump supporters by embracing the same Trump immigration policies that he viciously mocked just months ago. Sorry, Mo—that dog won’t hunt.”  –SLF Spokesman Chris Pack

ARCHIVES:

Mo Brooks Lies About Voting For Trump-Backed Bills
Mo Brooks Says He Endorsed Donald Trump When He Never Did
Mo Brooks Opposed Trump’s Border Wall, Now Claims to Support it

For more information, visit www.MoBrooksMoLies.org.  

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