{"id":2095582,"date":"2023-11-09T17:32:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T22:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/70-republicans-reward-weaponized-fbi-with-300m-gift-here-are-their-names\/"},"modified":"2023-11-09T17:38:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T22:38:01","slug":"70-republicans-reward-weaponized-fbi-with-300m-gift-here-are-their-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/70-republicans-reward-weaponized-fbi-with-300m-gift-here-are-their-names\/","title":{"rendered":"70 Republicans Reward Weaponized FBI with $300M Gift &#8211; Here Are Their Names"},"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\">26<\/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%2F70-republicans-reward-weaponized-fbi-with-300m-gift-here-are-their-names%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=2095582&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--><h2>70\u200c Republicans Reward Weaponized FBI with $300M Gift &#8211; Here Are Their Names<\/h2>\n<p>Imagine voting to reward\u2063 the FBI. Short of coercion,\u200c what would it take to make\u2063 such a vote?<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, 70 Republicans did exactly that, joining 203\u200d Democrats in defeating\u200b a measure that would have denied the FBI a \u200csprawling new headquarters\u2063 priced at $300 million.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can find the names of \u200cthe 70 Republicans who voted with Democrats and\u2063 the FBI <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/Votes\/2023634?Page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The shameful vote occurred on the same\u200d day that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbi-swarms-small-town-swat-team-armored-vehicles-search-jan-6-suspect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI<\/a> agents appeared \u2064in force in the small town of Helmetta, New Jersey, to serve an arrest\u200d warrant \u200dfor Gregory Yetman, who allegedly sprayed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-trump-marine-goes-off-on-dc-police-after-they-mace-stop-the-steal-protesters-we-had-your-fing-back-but-we-aint-got-your-back-no-more\/\" title=\"Pro-Trump Marine Goes Off on DC Police After They Mace Stop the Steal Protesters, \u2018We Had Your F***ing Back, But We Ain\u2019t Got Your Back No More!\u2019\">pepper spray<\/a> toward Capitol Police in Washington, D.C.,\u2064 on Jan. 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>According to the town\u2062 mayor, that show of force included heavy armor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA situation like this of course brings heightened anxiety \u2014 it\u2019s not normal \u200bto see FBI\u200c agents and vehicles and tanks\u200c in your community,\u201d Helmetta Mayor Christopher Slavicek said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/investigations\/2023\/11\/08\/fbi-new-jersey-search-capitol-riot-suspect\/71504984007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mtg-goes-off-gop-voters-sick-tired-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> of Georgia expressed disbelief over the FBI\u2019s tactics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFBI manhunt and\u200d tanks\u2063 for a guy who used\u200c pepper spray at police on Jan6?\u201d \u2063Greene\u200b posted on X on Thursday. \u200c\u201cThey don\u2019t do this for Antifa\/BLM rioters or Ceasefire Now Pro-Hamas\/terrorists insurrectionists or 1.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/70-republicans-reward-weaponized-fbi-with-300m-gift-here-are-their-names\/\" title=\"70 Republicans Reward Weaponized FBI with 0M Gift - Here Are Their Names\">8 million unknown\u2064 illegal gotaways<\/a> that came across our border or Epstein\u2019s client list. \u200cOnly \u200cJ6\u2019ers.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">FBI\u200b manhunt and tanks for a guy \u2064who used pepper spray at police on Jan6?<\/p>\n<p>They\u200d don\u2019t do this for Antifa\/BLM rioters or Ceasefire Now Pro-Hamas\/terrorists insurrectionists or 1.8 million unknown illegal gotaways that came across our border or Epstein\u2019s client list.<\/p>\n<p>Only J6\u2019ers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n5voQFPla2\">https:\/\/t.co\/n5voQFPla2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2063Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1722580964201685033?\">November 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As one would expect, \u200dGreene\u2064 voted to deny funding for the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbi-captured-recruiting-pride-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI<\/a> building.<\/p>\n<p>The list of Republicans who voted with\u2062 the\u200c tyrannical \u200bBureau,\u200c of course, is too lengthy \u200dto reproduce in full. It featured some notorious RINOs, such as Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado and Rep. Mike Rogers of Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>Other recognizable names included\u2063 Rep. Pete \u2064Sessions of Texas and Rep. Steve Womack of Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas and Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California \u2014 the former House\u200d speaker \u2014\u2063 did not vote.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-matt-gaetz-claims-kevin-mccarthy-exposed-swampy-saboteur-speaker-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Gaetz<\/a> of Florida \u2062sponsored the anti-FBI measure as an amendment to an appropriations \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/4664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday on X, Gaetz chastised Womack\u2062 and other Republicans for wanting to reward the FBI. The Florida congressman also \u2064suggested that the Bureau should not go anywhere until its weaponization against \u200dthe American people ceases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose in the J. Edgar Hoover Building should sit in that rat-infested building until they get their act \u200cstraight,\u201d Gaetz posted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Republicans like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rep_stevewomack?\">@Rep_SteveWomack<\/a> believe the FBI\u200b should be rewarded with a new $300M headquarters larger than the Pentagon because the building is \u201ccrumbling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guess what? \u2062Our country is crumbling when a weaponized security state targets the civil liberties of American citizens\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MbQaYxsE9e\">pic.twitter.com\/MbQaYxsE9e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep.\u200b Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMattGaetz\/status\/1722370295116206564?\">November 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After the amendment failed, Gaetz complained that Republicans had gifted the \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nyc-mayor-adams-federal-investigation-top-fundraisers-house-raided-fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI<\/a> a new building \u201clarger than the\u200c Pentagon.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">70 Republicans voted to reward the Weaponized FBI with a new $300M headquarters \u2062\u2013 larger than the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>Sad! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QwbOZFQMov\">https:\/\/t.co\/QwbOZFQMov<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/owtPkHEI9I\">pic.twitter.com\/owtPkHEI9I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Matt\u200c Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz)\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMattGaetz\/status\/1722456341250285577?\">November 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After rattling off a \u2062list\u200d of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-nyc-mayor-adams-cancels-meetings-fbi-raids-top-fundraiser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI\u2019s<\/a> recent misdeeds, the prominent conservative\u200c commentator known on\u200d X as \u201cDC_Draino\u201d echoed Gaetz\u2019s complaint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFBI needs REFORM not rewards,\u201d DC_Draino posted on Thursday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The FBI was caught \u200cspying on President Trump<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063FBI raided Mar a Lago<\/p>\n<p>The FBI kills Veterans at their homes in surprise raids<\/p>\n<p>The FBI storms the houses of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-abortion-extremism-fueled-by-hatred-for-christian-principles-catholicvote-president\/\" title=\"Pro-Abortion Extremism Fueled By Hatred For Christian Principles: CatholicVote President\">pro-life protestors<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So \u2064what does the GOP do?<\/p>\n<p>Give them a new HQ bigger than the Pentagon<\/p>\n<p>FBI needs REFORM not rewards <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wb9hGj4Jr4\">https:\/\/t.co\/wb9hGj4Jr4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DC_Draino (@DC_Draino)\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DC_Draino\/status\/1722591614323884431?\">November \u200d9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lamenting those 70 Republicans\u2019 brazen betrayal of their own voters is one thing, but explaining it is \u200danother.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2017 \u2014 and in a much different context \u2014 Democratic Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/schumers-words-come-back-haunt-dozens-arrested-outside-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> of New York \u200dgave one\u2063 possible explanation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me tell you, you take on the intelligence community, \u2064they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you,\u201d Schumer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/transcripts\/rachel-maddow-show\/2017-01-03-msna973326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> MSNBC\u2019s Rachel\u200c Maddow.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed,\u200c the powerful heads of federal agencies have always had \u201cways\u201d of controlling elected officials. That <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/11\/19\/books\/review\/g-man-j-edgar-hoover-beverly-gage.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">well-documented<\/a> tradition dates to notorious former\u200c FBI Director J. Edgar\u200c Hoover himself.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, in this \u2062case we \u2063might not even need \u200bto speculate about the FBI\u2019s \u201cways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After all, nearly one-third\u2063 of House Republicans voted with the FBI. That percentage roughly corresponds to \u2063a segment inside the Republican Party that despises former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-breaking-trumps-lawyers-ask-judge-directed-verdict-seek-immediate-end-ny-civil-fraud-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In other\u2062 words, they want the FBI weaponized. They \u200cwant Trump and his supporters out of the way, so the party can go back to business \u2063as usual.<\/p>\n<p>It is coercion or establishment politics. No other explanation makes \u200bsense.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, that list of 70 Republicans will serve as a handy reference. Each one must \u200chave a\u2064 primary opponent in 2024.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What\u2063 factors influenced their decision to support the FBI&#8217;s \u2062immense power instead of\u200c advocating for serious reforms within\u200c the agency?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Buck of Colorado, and Rep. John Curtis of \u2064Utah. These individuals, along with the other 67 Republicans, have demonstrated\u200d a shocking lack of judgment and disregard for the concerns \u200cof the American people.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI has shown time and time again that they cannot be trusted with\u200b the immense \u2063power they wield.\u2064 From their mishandling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-73976-ballots-released-by-maricopa-county-56-1-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"BREAKING: 73,976 Ballots Released By Maricopa County \u2014 56.1% FOR DONALD TRUMP\">private email server<\/a> to their\u200d abuse of the FISA court process \u2064in the\u200d surveillance of the Trump campaign, the\u200d FBI has proven to be an agency in need of \u200cserious reform. Instead \u2062of holding \u2062them \u2064accountable, however,\u2063 these 70 Republicans have chosen to reward their behavior \u2062with a massive $300 million gift.<\/p>\n<p>What is \u200bparticularly concerning is the timing of this vote. On \u2064the same day that these \u2063Republicans decided to appease the\u2063 FBI,\u2064 the agency was conducting a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miranda-devine-facebook-silencing-activity-related-to-fbi-whistleblower-steve-friend\/\" title=\"Miranda Devine: Facebook \u201cSilencing\u201d Activity Related to FBI Whistleblower Steve Friend\">heavy-handed raid<\/a> in a small \u200dtown in New Jersey. The show of force, complete with\u200c tanks and\u200b armored \u2064vehicles,\u2062 was \u200cin response to an\u200b individual who allegedly sprayed \u2063pepper spray at Capitol Police on January 6th. While any act of\u2062 violence must be condemned, it \u2062is\u200c clear that \u2062the FBI&#8217;s response was disproportionate and indicative of their overreach.<\/p>\n<p>Representative Marjorie\u200c Taylor\u2062 Greene of Georgia summed \u200cit up perfectly in her tweet: &#8220;FBI manhunt and tanks for a guy who \u2064used pepper spray at police\u200b on Jan 6? They don&#8217;t do this for Antifa\/BLM\u200c rioters or Ceasefire Now Pro-Hamas\/terrorists insurrectionists or 1.8 million \u200cunknown \u200billegal\u2064 gotaways that came across\u200b our border or Epstein&#8217;s\u2062 client list. Only J6&#8217;ers.&#8221; Greene&#8217;s disbelief is shared by many Americans who have witnessed the FBI&#8217;s selective enforcement of the law.<\/p>\n<p>It is disheartening to see the names \u2062of these 70 Republicans who have chosen to side \u2064with the \u2062weaponized FBI. Their lack of principled\u200c leadership and willingness to appease \u2063a\u2063 corrupt agency is a betrayal of the trust that \u200bthe American people have \u200cplaced \u200cin them. It is crucial that voters remember their \u2063names and hold them accountable when it comes time for reelection.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the \u2062decision by 70 Republicans to \u200breward the FBI with a $300 million\u200d gift \u2062is a shameful display of disregard for\u2064 the concerns of \u200bthe American \u2063people. These individuals have chosen to turn a blind eye to the FBI&#8217;s history of misconduct and instead support their \u200cunchecked power. It is imperative that \u2063we \u200cremember their names\u200d and\u2063 hold them \u200daccountable for their actions.\u2064 Only through vigilant oversight and principled leadership \u200bcan we ensure\u200d that our government agencies\u200d stay true to their mission of serving and\u2064 protecting the\u200b American people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine voting to reward the FBI. Short of coercion, what would it take to make such a vote? On Wednesday, 70 Republicans did exactly that, joining 203 Democrats in defeating a measure that would have denied the FBI a sprawling new headquarters priced at $300 million. 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