GOP Rep. Rich McCormick says kids who depend on school breakfast and lunch program are "sponging off the government"

[highplainsdem]

Link to tweet

[XanaDUer2]

1. I saw that

I almost broke my tv

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2. Unblock says representatives who broadcast contempt for the poor while drawing a salary are sponging off the government

[kimbutgar]

3. And I bet he says he is a good xtian !

Who forgot Jesus said feed the poor.

[Attilatheblond]

4. No! It's profitable corporations that refuse to pay living wages are the ones sponging off the government

If workers are not fairly paid to the point that their kids qualify for meals, it's the workers' employers who are causing the problem of hungry kids.

[Bluethroughu]

5. And all those billionaires with tax payer subsidies?

My money giving the unnecessary money to billionaires is what?
Slopping at the tough, pigs!

[Vinca]

6. Cruelty is the point. They force a woman to bear a child she can't afford, then refuse to help feed it. Assholes.

[yourout]

7. What an asshole.

[delisen]

8. The spongers are Big Agriculture and they are taking billions from us

When the government interferes in the free market on the side of big agriculture with billions it raises prices on all of us.

School lunches and Snap food benefits are necessary in order to make food affordable for the families of America who are not getting the billions in corporate welfare

Time to get rid of the massive waste in corporate welfare that Rich McCormick has been doling out.

Corporate welfare is killing America, socially and economically.

[Kid Berwyn]

9. The guy who cheats on his wife and beat up Barney Rubble?

Good for nothing "ER doctor" also lied about COVID-19.

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10. Ooh, it gets better! Representatives get reimbursed up to $79/day for food and other incidentals

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-lawmakers-reimbursed-rent-food-expenses-new-policy-takes-effect
(Apologies for linking foxnews, but it's the best I could find quickly on this topic)

Members will be able to get cash back for rent, hotel fees, food and travel for days that qualify as "official business" – when Congress is in session or days designated for lawmakers’ relevant committee work. Days when members are traveling in and out of Washington are covered up to 75%.

Meals and incidentals are capped at a daily maximum total of $79, which is in line with current regulations for federal employees by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).

[delisen]

13. Give up your free food benefit, Sponger Bob. You are a freeloader. nt

[Paladin]

18. Besides being a piece-of-shit Rep., he's also an emergency room MD.

So it's not as if he needs the free food subsidy. Fucking asshole.

[kerouac2]

11. Omg who raised these 'people'

They lack humanity.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

12. Is he not siphoning off the same Government?

Doing NOTHING while elected is the same thing.

[sakabatou]

14. Once again, cruelty is a feature, not a bug

[WestMichRad]

15. Must be nice to be so privileged

… that one has no idea what empathy is.

A$$hole.

[keep_left]

16. Unbelievable...these people are just asking for it.

It's going on all over the world, of course, but I never thought I'd see it here.

Piling additional stress and strain onto what we are already facing is objectively evil. And they just can't seem to help themselves.

https://democraticunderground.com/100217257315#post11

It took the bombing of Dresden to disabuse many Germans of their love for fascism. That's something to think about.

https://democraticunderground.com/100219718068#post2
https://democraticunderground.com/100219670010#post89

Remember Mitt Romney getting caught on a hidden microphone making his snide little remark about the "47% takers"? And Romney is supposed to be one of the nice, respectable, moderate Republicans! These people need to be a lot more careful where they speak this kind of garbage. At this point, they're just asking for it.

https://democraticunderground.com/100217837280#post22

[Abolishinist]

17. He's getting a lot of feedback on this... and most of it not good.

• Your asinine comments on CNN about making children work for their school meals leave no doubt whatsoever about the fact that you are one sorry ass excuse for a man.
• God feeds His children. You do not, Rich. Release the Frozen OMB funds.
• You sound like a total fake christian all the while golfing with the fakest christian Donald Trump. And cutting school lunches and aid to the poor. You’re a clown.
• You’re disgusting what you said on CNN this morning. The answer is to fairly tax the rich, stop breaking the law, we voted for our congress that passed those laws. Starting a movement to vote you out in the midterms, will be replaying you calling poor people fat!
• You literally don’t care about feeding kids.
• Get God out of your mouth. You don’t live by Jesus’ teachings. He would want you to feed the poor. Especially children. If you truly cared about life, you would take care of them. No one should live with food insecurity.
• Watched you on@cnn. Nothing but a MAGA mouth piece. Disgusting that you spew GOP propaganda and keep a straight face when you’re poise to give further tax cuts to the one-percent.

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[sk1nn]

19. Pro-life state

Meanwhile abortion is officially banned in GA. The forced birth children wont have food at school then 🤡

[LetMyPeopleVote]

20. Welcome to DU

[republianmushroom]

21. And politicians who leave govt. service can pay for there own health care.