Leave it to the Republicans In Name Only to give Democrats (Demonrats) a legislative win and America another tragic loss.
A total of 49 House and Senate Republicans helped Democrats pass billions in American taxpayer money on welfare, driver’s licenses, housing costs, and more for Afghans brought to the United States as part of Biden’s massive resettlement operation.
On Thursday, 34 House Republicans and 15 Senate Republicans voted with Democrats to approve $6.4 billion in taxpayer money for the roughly 95,000 Afghans that Biden hopes to bring to the U.S. over the next 12 months — a population larger than many American towns.
The Republican lawmakers backed the funding provisions despite overwhelming opposition to Afghan resettlement from Republican and Republican-leaning voters. The latest Pew Research Center survey shows that 63% of GOP voters oppose the Afghan resettlement.
As it stands, 40,800 Afghans are temporarily living at eight U.S. military bases in Texas, Virginia, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Indiana, and New Jersey.
The funding for Biden’s resettlement operation was slipped into a government funding bill and will give public benefits like welfare, housing assistance, medical coverage, and state-issued driver’s licenses to tens of thousands of newly-arrived Afghans.
Specifically, the provision giving IDs and driver’s licenses allow Afghans to skirt vital national security requirements put in place after the 9/11 Islamic terrorist attacks.
Likewise, the funding bill leaves Biden’s resettlement operation wide open for future waves of Afghans to be brought to the U.S. by extending such resettlement to September 2022 and beyond for the foreign relatives of Afghans who get resettled in American communities.
The 34 House Republicans traitors who voted for the funding bill include:
- Mark Amodei (R-NV)
- Tom Cole (R-OK)
- Rodney Davis (R-IL)
- Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
- Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
- Andrew Garbarino (R-NY)
- Carlos Giménez (R-FL)
- Tony Gonzalez (R-TX)
- Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH)
- Garrett Graves (R-LA)
- Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA)
- Clay Higgins (R-LA)
- John Katko (R-NY)
- Young Kim (R-CA)
- Adam Kinzinger (R-IL)
- Doug LaMalfa (R-CA)
- Julia Letlow (R-LA)
- Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY)
- Patrick McHenry (R-NC)
- Peter Meijer (R-MI)
- Blake Moore (R-UT)
- Dan Newhouse (R-WA)
- Jay Obernolte (R-CA)
- Tom Reed (R-NY)
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
- Hal Rogers (R-KY)
- Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL)
- Mike Simpson (R-ID)
- Chris Smith (R-NJ)
- Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
- Mike Turner (R-OH)
- Fred Upton (R-MI)
- David Valadao (R-CA)
- Don Young (R-AK)
Meanwhile, the 15 Senate Republicans traitors who voted for the funding bill include:
- Roy Blunt (R-MO)
- Richard Burr (R-NC)
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Susan Collins (R-ME)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Mitt Romney (R-UT)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Richard Shelby (R-AL)
- Thom Tillis (R-NC)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
Refugees and other forms of immigration, illegal or otherwise, have radically changed the fabric of this nation. Resettlement alone casts taxpayers roughly $10 billion every five years, amounting to about $133,000 per refugee. Most immigrants and refugees apply for and receive some form of government welfare assistance.
At this rate, the America we once knew will be over for good.
Author: Elizabeth Tierney
