'Total dumpster fire': Republican destroys speaker’s 'garbage' CR to keep government open
MAGA U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) is blasting Mike Johnson over the Speaker’s bipartisan legislation to keep the government running past the Friday midnight deadline and through the middle of March, calling it a “total dumpster fire” and “garbage.”
Asked about the continuing resolution (CR), which includes $100 billion in disaster relief for areas hit hard by hurricanes Helene and Milton, Congressman Burlison declared, “it’s a total dumpster fire.”
“I think it’s garbage,” he said in remarks aired by C-SPAN (video below).
“I think that it’s it’s shameful that people that celebrate DOGE coming in, and yet we’re gonna vote for another billion dollars to be added to the deficit,” Burlison added, referring to the new “Department of Government Efficiency,” which is not an actual federal government agency.
“And so um it it’s ironic,” Burlison continued. “Um, personally, I’m disappointed.”
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The Missouri Republican also criticized the Speaker’s performance. CNN reports that Burlison has refused to commit to backing Johnson for Speaker next month.
“I think that he he can do better. Um, he can communicate better. The fact that we haven’t seen the language [on the bill] today, and we’re supposed to vote on it this week is is unacceptable,” Burlison added.
Burlison also talked to Newsmax, effectively attacking Speaker Johnson as no different than Nancy Pelosi when she was Speaker of the House, claiming she dropped legislation on Congress with not enough time to read it.
“I was frustrated before I came here,” Burlison said. “Now I’m more frustrated that I’m here and I see how how horrific and and and how much of a disaster that our fiscal situation is, and the lack of that appetites actually to do anything about it, is is disgusting to me. And so, I, I expected more from my Republican colleagues.”
“I expect more from from my Speaker, to be the conservative that I thought that he was, but instead, we’re gonna push through, um, you know, a hundreds of billion dollar package that’s gonna add more debt to the to the to our debt, our deficit to our debt, and it’s and we’re gonna you know, continue this reckless process — look, we we complained about Nancy Pelosi dropping thousands of pages of an omnibus bill before Christmas. How is this any different?”
The continuing resolution keeps the federal government running, avoids a costly and disruptive shutdown right before the Christmas and New Year holidays, and in addition to hurricane relief aid, gives farmers $10 billion in aid.
“Agricultural aid had emerged as a key sticking point in recent days and the agreement comes after some Republicans threatened to vote against the stopgap measure if it did not include economic assistance for farm families,” The Hill reported.
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Congressman Burlison earlier this month posted a “message to GOP Senators who don’t want to confirm Trump’s nominees.”
“Trump took a bullet to the head and then dragged you into the majority. The American people sent a mandate and the American people are watching.”
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