{"id":1321551,"date":"2022-02-21T08:26:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T13:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1321551"},"modified":"2022-02-21T08:26:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T13:26:10","slug":"adam-brandon-republicans-are-still-swamp-critters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/adam-brandon-republicans-are-still-swamp-critters\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Brandon: Republicans Are Still Swamp Critters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fadam-brandon-republicans-are-still-swamp-critters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1321551&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2021-05-03-e1620076794736.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Once again, the D.C. swamp pulled out another win last night. Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee\u2019s amendment to the 2022 Continuing Resolution (CR) would have defunded vaccine mandates. It failed 46-47. Democrats were missing three votes, but Republicans were missing four. What happened here?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Republicans snatched defeat from the jaws of victory last night because of four spineless senators. This is inexcusable.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Remember that a full seven in ten Americans think that \u201cit\u2019s time we accept that Covid is here to stay and we just need to get on with our lives\u201d according to recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/polling-institute\/reports\/monmouthpoll_US_013122\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/polling-institute\/reports\/monmouthpoll_US_013122\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1645291050808000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2HfcEvmnsaM0Y49Yi2WZ7m\">polling<\/a> by Monmouth University. Americans have also begun to increasingly disapprove of the Biden administration\u2019s handling of the pandemic, with 53% saying that Biden has done a bad job. The public\u2019s opposition to vaccine mandates has also grown considerably in recent months, with only 42% supporting having to show proof of vaccination to work in an office or in a setting where they are around other people. This is down from 53% of people supporting such measures last September.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">With numbers like these, why did Republican Senators Richard Burr, Lindsey Graham, Jim Inhofe and Mitt Romney not vote for Sen. Lee\u2019s amendment that would have defunded vaccine mandates? After all, not showing up is just as bad as voting against it.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Of course, we know that Burr and Graham are the epitome of swamp creatures. They are emblematic of the rotten political establishment so despised by Americans across the country. Inhofe, at times a champion for American enterprise and energy independence, appears to be phoning it in now that he\u2019s a lame duck.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">And Romney loves to drone on about how our republic is at stake, but he is never actually willing to take the gloves off and stand up to the left\u2019s tyranny. Maybe this wannabe Cato the Younger could actually be bothered to show up and vote against an attack on Americans\u2019 freedoms.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">No one cares that you\u2019re a \u201cmoderate,\u201d Mitt. MSNBC will still hate you because of that \u201cR\u201d next to your name.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Sens. Ted Cruz and Mike Braun also offered up amendments that failed on the Senate floor. There was a clear push from Republicans to stop the CR on the grounds of defunding vaccine mandates and balancing the federal budget. But because of four worthless Republican seats in the Senate, Americans will continue to be subject to vaccine mandates.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">So where were these four senators? At a cocktail reception with lobbyists? Stuck waiting for the Metro? This is one of the most important, if not the most important issue facing the nation today, and it\u2019s simply baffling that we have four senators who just \u201cmiss\u201d the vote.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">When will the GOP realize that it\u2019s times like these that remind voters that Republicans can\u2019t be trusted? Why pride yourself on being a bulwark against Biden and the Democrats\u2019 worst ideas when you can\u2019t even get your act together when it\u2019s crunch time? It may be a midterm year, but Republicans can\u2019t count on cruising across the finish line if they are going to continue to act like this for the next half-year in the minority. Just think about what little can be expected from them in the majority.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>Adam Brandon is the President of FreedomWorks<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, the D.C. swamp pulled out another win last night. Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee\u2019s amendment to the 2022 Continuing Resolution (CR) would have defunded vaccine mandates. 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