Thune: Democrats’ Disarray Meets Hypocrisy
“One rule for me, another for thee. That apparently is the Democrat motto.”
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor:
Thune’s remarks below (as delivered):
“Mr. President, it only took four years.
“Just four years for the Democrat leader to become concerned about inflation.
“Shocking!
“Last week, the Democrat leader came down to the floor multiple times to complain about January’s inflation numbers.
“Inflation numbers that he blamed on – get this – President Trump.
“That’s right.
“I guess it didn’t occur to the Democrat leader that it was actually President Biden who was president for most of January.
“Up until January 20, and, by the way, for the past four years.
“So I guess, you know, what are you going to do?
“You’ve got to have something to talk about.
“But it was fascinating, Mr. President, to hear the leader complain about inflation being at 3 percent.
“Inflation was over 3 percent for more than two straight years during the Biden administration.
“And, I might add, mostly way over 3 percent. Like 7, 8, 9 percent.
“And I’m trying and failing to remember the Democrat leader expressing even half this outrage.
“By the end of the Biden administration, a typical family had to pay – get this – $13,000 more per year to maintain the same standard of living that it had, it enjoyed when President Biden took office.
“$13,000 more per year, as a result of Biden inflation.
“And I’d be very surprised if the Democrat leader came to the floor to highlight that fact even once.
“I think we all know the answer to that.
“But I’m forgetting, Mr. President, the rules are different for Democrats.
“If you’re a Democrat, it’s perfectly fine – and not at all hypocritical – to plan to abolish the filibuster should you gain a majority in the Senate, but to use it regularly when you do not.
“It’s perfectly fine – and not at all hypocritical – to convey outrage about a Republican president daring to use executive power, even if the prior Democrat administration used it profusely.
“And apparently it’s perfectly fine – and not at all hypocritical – to condemn a Republican president for a 3 percent inflation number (even if he wasn’t actually president over most of the month in question, the month of January), while ignoring the raging inflation crisis that characterized a large chunk of the prior Democrat administration.
“One rule for me, another for thee. That apparently is the Democrat motto.
“But, Mr. President, I guess I should have some sympathy.
“Recent headlines have described Democrats as ‘dejected,’ ‘in disarray,’ and I guess they have to make some kind of messaging attempt – however weak and ill-founded.
“But I have to say, Mr. President, the hypocrisy is really something to behold.”
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