Chip Roy Loses It at Republican Colleagues on House Floor: ‘I Am Absolutely Sickened’
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) lost it at his Republican colleagues on the House floor, Thursday over their decision to back a bill which would raise the debt ceiling by trillions of dollars.
After President-elect Donald Trump railed against Roy on social media for refusing to toe the party line, Roy delivered a heated speech accusing his colleagues of betraying their constituents:
What we’re doing right now is to continue to double down on the things that are destroying the Republic. We are going to increase the debt ceiling not just four trillion, that’s false. We have spent $4.7 trillion in additional debt in the last nineteen months. We’re gonna increase the debt by $5 trillion. That’s what’s gonna happen. Right here, by Republicans, increasing the debt $5 trillion, and what are you doing in the same bill? $110 billion unpaid for! Because you never have any ounce of self-respect to go out and campaign, saying you’re going to do balance the budget, and then you come in here and pass $110 billion unpaid for!
He protested, “The fact of the matter is $330 billion, congratulations, you’ve added to the debt since you were given the majority again in November 5th. It’s embarrassing! It’s shameful! Yes, I think this bill is better than it was yesterday on certain respects, but to take this bill yesterday and congratulate yourself because it’s shorter in pages but increases the debt by $5 trillion is asinine! And that’s precisely what Republicans are doing.”
Roy declared, “I am absolutely sickened by a party that campaigns on fiscal responsibility and has the temerity to go forward to the American people and say you think this is fiscally responsible. It is absolutely ridiculous.”
The congressman then concluded with what was potentially a veiled dig at Trump, remarking, “I wanna remind people, this is Article 1” – a reference to Article 1 of the Constitution, which outlines the powers of Congress as one of the three branches of government.
Trump lashed out at Roy in several social media posts on Thursday, calling the congressman “very unpopular” and accusing him of “getting in the way, as usual, of having yet another Great Republican Victory – All for the sake of some cheap publicity for himself.”
“Chip Roy is just another ambitious guy, with no talent,” Trump wrote. “I hope some talented challengers are getting ready in the Great State of Texas to go after Chip in the Primary. He won’t have a chance!”
