Colorado’s House Republicans Ask For Flood Relief After Voting Against Sandy Aid

[Purveyor]

Four Colorado Republicans who voted against a $50 billion federal relief bill to assist victims of Hurricane Sandy have asked the president for emergency aid to help clean up their state after devastating floods.

President Barack Obama signed an emergency declaration Sunday to help Colorado recover from the floods that continue to ravage many parts of the state.

Republican Reps. Mike Coffman, Cory Gardner, Doug Lamborn and Scott Tipton joined the rest of their state’s delegation in asking Obama to send emergency funds to Colorado, reported Think Progress.

Those same four Republicans voted against the Sandy relief package in January, and Lamborn voted against a smaller billion relief package less than two weeks later.

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[FiveGoodMen]

1. Hypocritical fuckers, ain't they?

[Scuba]

2. Help the People of Colorado AND call these asshats on their hypocrisy.

[SomethingFishy]

4. +1

Those hypocritical assholes shouldn't prevent people from getting help. It's a mess here. We were personally very lucky. Lots of people weren't.

Hopefully someone will call them out when voting for the aid package.

[HockeyMom]

3. Rubio of Florida voted against Hurricane Sandy Aid

Yes, a FLORIDA Senator. No hurricane aid for a NE State. WHEN, not IF, a hurricane hits Florida, he would not ask for Federal Aid? Wanna buy a bridge?

Native New Yorker of 58 years, now living Floriduha. Go ahead, Rubio, I DARE YOU.

[lunasun]

5. yes but it is for their state doncha see? I, me + my >thats how they think

[etherealtruth]

6. I certainly want the people of Colorado helped, regardless of political affiliation...

... but, for the love of Pete ... do these folk ever engage in introspection?

[curlyred]

7. No. They are republicans. Please don't hold it against the rest of us here

These guys represent the true meaning of the Republican Party-me, me, me and the hell with you.

It is such a mess here. The amount of debris alone is just unbelievable. People lost everything. Help is needed. Oil and fracking contamination that we are only just beginning to hear about. Not good news.