Republican Threatens to Turn Military Against His Own Party – By Katherine Fung (Newsweek) / Sept 19, 2023
Republican Representative Mike Garcia is threatening to turn the military and American public against his own party if the GOP’s right flank continues to block a House vote on the Pentagon spending bill.
Garcia said that if his GOP colleagues vote Tuesday afternoon against the rule to debate the annual defense funding bill, he will hold a press conference with military veterans to ramp up pressure to pass the Republicans’ $826 billion defense appropriations bill.
Garcia’s office told Newsweek he would hold the press conference on the steps of the Capitol immediately after the first vote.
“I’m gonna go out with all the veterans that I can get and explain to the American people that within the ranks of the Republican Party, we have people who are willing to play games to the point where they’re not taking care of our [troops],” Garcia told Axios’ Juliegrace Brufke, according to her post on X (formerly Twitter).
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