“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.

    • themeatbridge
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      It’s worked for every conservative who has ever been conservative.

    • @Zombiepirate
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      My heart and my best intentions still tell me that is true, but the facts and evidence tell me it is not.

      • Saint Reagan
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        You really have to admire the brilliance of Reagan’s writing staff. Compared to modern political bullshit it’s practically subtle.

        • @[email protected]
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          38 months ago

          Whereas now they skip the foreplay and go straight for the jugular.

          “Me guud, me opponent bad.”