“I need to ask my staff,” Florida Rep. Maria Salazar said as a reporter listed off times she bragged about getting money for her district that she opposed.

Rep. Maria Salazar (R-Fla.) on Sunday got called out for routinely taking credit for delivering money to her district — after opposing the bills that provided that money.

During an interview on CBS News Miami, host Jim DeFede asked Salazar about a ceremony she attended last month where she presented a check for $650,000 to help small businesses at Florida International University.

“You voted against the bill that gave the money that you then signed a check for and handed and had a photo op,” said DeFede, the host of CBS’s show “Facing South Florida.” “The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, right?”

She did vote against that $1.7 trillion government funding bill. It was a massive and memorable bill that almost every House Republican opposed.

Salazar said she couldn’t remember that vote.

“Right now, you have to give me more details,” she said. “But I do know that every time I have an opportunity to bring money to my constituents, I do so. I just did $400,000, but look—”

“But you voted against the CHIPS and Science Act, right?” DeFede interrupted.

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    10 months ago

    If you can’t remember what you voted for or against, sounds like you are mentally unfit to be in office.

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      10 months ago

      She’s exactly what the GOP is looking for. Someone who won’t even read the bills and just vote along party lines.

      And that’s what he constituents want too. A team player, do what leadership says. Because they’re populists without any political ideals.

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        All those “independent thinkers” and “wolves that don’t concern themselves with sheep” sure do love falling in line and obeying their overlords.

        baaaaaaaaaaaaa

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      Ehh, no one remembers everything. However, you should definitely make sure how you voted if you’re going to take credit for it.