Alford Blasts the Democrats' Shutdown: Republicans Have Not Stopped Fighting for American Families
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Mark Alford (MO-04), Chair of the RSC’s Messaging Task Force, criticized Democrats over the ongoing government shutdown during a recent appearance on the Joe Pags Show.
Alford slammed the Democrats for obstructing progress and prolonging the shutdown for political gain while House Republicans work to pass appropriations bills and restore regular order. Alford also highlighted that Democratic priorities have created an impasse harming American families and called on both chambers to move past partisan gridlock.
You can watch the full interview here.
Read highlights of their conversation here:
Rep. Alford on House Republicans Returning to Regular Order:
"That's exactly what we asked for, and that's exactly what the Democrats under Chuck Schumer did not give us because he's worried about losing his primary next round to AOC. I'm new on the appropriations committee. We worked our butts off to get these twelve bills through committee, spending some fifteen hours a day in committee listening to the crazy wacko Democrats try to push their progressive agenda on these bills. We didn't let it happen. We got three across the House floor. They were to go to the Senate to be in Conference. We haven't done that in years. We're trying to get back to regular order. We don't like minibuses. We don't like omnibuses like Nancy Pelosi had going. Yes. And so we were doing it the right way. All we needed was seven more weeks to finish the job. And the Democrats are standing in our way. They would rather fight President Trump and fight the American people than fight for what is right.”
Rep. Alford on Democrats Voting to Not Pay American Servicemembers:
“They [House Democrats] could have voted on this two weeks ago, three weeks ago, when we first passed it. They refused to do it. And now they're trying to blame it on us. I just interviewed the colonel who was the commander of the 509th Bomber Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base in my district, the B-2 stealth bomber. He retired two days before the strike on Iran. Okay, he helped coordinate this strike. And now he's telling me about all the people who served under him, the very men and women who dropped those bombs on Iran to obliterate their nuclear capabilities. And come Wednesday, they are not getting paid. That is sick. But that's on the head of Chuck Schumer.”
Rep. Alford on Democrats Giving Healthcare to Illegal Aliens:
“They are dead wrong, and you are dead right. It is a Ponzi scheme perpetrated on the American people by the Democrats, who welcome under Joe Biden between twelve and twenty million illegal aliens into our great nation to tear apart the fabric of our nation. and they're trying. They're intent on doing this eventually to get them on the voter rolls, but in the meantime, to get them in the districts like mine and Kansas City and try to boost the number of Democrats because when you're counting during the census, you're not counting just citizens. We should just count citizens. They're counting everyone. And the more people they can get into these blue districts or purple districts that are going to vote Democrat, the more power they're going to have in Congress. This is a lie, a deception that the Democrats are perpetrating on the American people. Illegal aliens have gotten free health care from you, the citizens of the United States of America. We are trying to put an end to it.”