Thread by @chiproytx

THREAD: 21 Senators voted to proceed to the $1.7 trillion omnibus - & to spend billions we do not have, empower Biden bureaucrats with no fixes, & block us from securing the border for at least 9 mos. Some are friends, one my former boss.. but unless… (1/13) #StandUpForAmerica

…they change their vote on final passage, I don’t care & will oppose their bills/priorities - & not for revenge, but b/c it’s the only tool I have to pressure them to stop doing this to us. This vote is indefensible, & damaging to Texas. It takes away our leverage to… (2/13)

…force Biden to secure the border & in fact specifically says new DHS money can only be used to process MORE people - which will lead to more fentanyl, violence, & death. For Texans, this alone is reason enough to oppose this terrible bill (cc: @JohnCornyn)… (3/13)

…But the Chamber has always carried the day on border & immigration for the GOP, hasn’t it? And now we face a deadly crisis, and they STILL can’t act. They just say “well, it’s the best we’re going to do.” What do they mean by that? Well, @LeaderMcConnell told you it’s… (4/13)

…about getting $47BB more for Ukraine & 10% more “defense” spending. You think it’s an accident that Zelensky is coming to Congress TODAY? Meanwhile, he & other @SenateGOP claim it’s because House conservatives won’t “govern.” To be clear - what that really means is… (5/13)

…“defense spending - for us & Ukraine - trumps Americans’ concerns about mounting debt, out-of-control bureaucrats, and wide open borders.” It means “we’re the adults in the room, so sit down while we continue the status quo & cut big $ deals with Democrats… (6/13)

…rather than even sit down with a new GOP majority & work it out among Republicans.” And when the swampsplaining starts - just know that it’s going to be “five knuckleheads put the House leadership in doubt, so ignore what we’re saying out loud about Ukraine & “defense…” (7/13)

…but which is the chicken & which is the egg? The truth is, the 5 were objecting - & others of us have raised process / substantive questions - b/c this is ALWAYS how it’s done. This is why we’re almost $32 trillion in debt. This is why we have a woke Defense Dept… (8/13)

…This is why the FBI, DHS, Intel, the NIH, the EPA - & every other federal agency accumulates such raw power to trample over Americans. MOST OF ALL, this is why we’re still operating under 20 year authorizations of force in the middle east, after spending $4 trillion+… (9/13)

…for wars, losing 7000 lives, & projecting over $1 trillion in vets care to come… now w/ weakened defense posture even as the borrowed money is catching up to us, w/ interest likely soon to eclipse swelling defense spending. All predictable. All predicted. All ignored… (10/13)

…so here we are. The @SenateGOP failed to get a majority in November with both pathetic messaging & some bad candidates, & now want to blame the new @HouseGOP for being “unable to govern” when they just don’t like the priorities we would debate & struggle with… (11/13)

…because they represent the tired old #SwampGOP. They are who they are: war-first Republicans who give lip service to securing the border & stopping deficit spending during campaigns, yet are voting right now to support (fund) the opposite… (12/13)

…It needn’t be this way. The @HouseGOP majority, if allowed, could set a new tone in which we rebuild our military, project strength, & help our allies - but not at the expense of fiscal strength & protecting our own freedom & sovereignty at home. #StandUpForAmerica (13/13)