Rep. Virginia Foxx: Scientists Should Study Dems at Length

FOXX: “Mr. Speaker, psychologists have a word for the things the Democrats accuse us of, projection. Mr. Speaker, I sure hope you did not watch all seven hours of the Democrat group therapy session last night in the Rules Committee, but if you did, you saw what a clown show it was. It was a crisp 40 degrees outside when we adjourned at around 1.30 A.M. this morning, but with the amount of hot air being spewed by Democrats in the committee room for seven straight hours, you would have thought we were in the dead of summer. Mr. Speaker, at this point, I don’t think Democrats really agree on anything. Last night and into the early hours of this morning, they showed everyone that they couldn’t even agree on what they’re angry about. They went off on so many tangents that it would have been a miracle if they arrived at a single coherent thought at any point during our meeting. The American people will see the exact same thing play out from them during this debate and during general debate on the floor later today. Apparently, the only thing Democrats can agree on is that the government needs to stay shut down and that the American people need to suffer even more than they have already made them suffer. We heard from Democrats repeatedly about the millions of people they believe are going to be affected when their own temporary Covid credits sunset at the end of this year, their own temporary Covid credits. Did we hear anything about the millions of Americans who got walloped by Democrats when they shut the government down? Did we hear an apology from Democrats to the American people for deliberately misleading them over 40 days? Did we hear an admission that the only reason they shut down the government is to cover up for a catastrophic policy failure that they concocted and set an end date on? No, we didn’t hear one of those things. Not one. Mr. Speaker, I’m not surprised. This is the kind of behavior that Americans have come to expect from Democrats. Has anyone ever noticed how Democrats have developed such a visceral reaction when confronted about their abdication of responsibility? They shut the government down and the moment you call attention to their own actions, all they do is obfuscate and start shrieking about unrelated things. Scientists should study this at length and try to come up with a cure. It’s a serious affliction, as was evidenced numerous times over in our Rules Committee meeting. It’s well past time to reopen the government and end the Democrat-concocted nightmare that Americans have been living through for over 40 straight days. The CR before us will end that nightmare. It will get this legislative body and the entire nation moving once more. Democrats should grow a spine and accept responsibility for their own failures. I urge a yes vote on the rule and I yield back.”