To be clear, this CR is not the one I would have written. But elections have consequences. I am disappointed by messaging gimmicks from some in my party, particularly the untrue claim that this CR cuts veterans services.
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To be clear, if you won't write it, THEN DONT VOTE FOR IT! May the good people of Maine turn into leopards next election and EAT YOUR FACE, fascist enabler.
Any CR is inherently a cut because you are not finding these agencies appropriately. Without a real budget, hiring freezes remain in place and services will suffer. That's a cut!
So the fact that a shit load of people working for the VA - 30% of them veterans - are being fired which will force veterans services to be cut is lost on you. Are you in bed with Doug Collins or something? When veteran benefits are cut will you apologize?
Do you not understand that Trump doesn't care what you voted for. He will use it as HE sees fit. All you did was give him your power! Veterans will still be hurt. YOU NEED TO FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE!!!
We are disappointed in you. We know how to vote too…hope you enjoy your Tesla because we know you’re a sellout. Definitely not a democrat worth reelection.
But you know what's cool about not voting for it? Because, if you show opposition, and the CR ultimately doesn't pass, it signals to the people drafting said CR that they have to go back and make it MORE LIKE THE ONE YOU WOULD HAVE WRITTEN.
Supporting an administration that may ultimately bring down democracy will be something you will eventually regret. We will never let you forget it. Shame on you. Hopefully Maine will rectify this mistake and elect someone that will fight for all of us. I will contribute to that candidate.
And those consequences have resulted in an autocoup which requires you to defend the constitution above all else. The merits of that bill are secondary, the normal legislative process cannot proceed until the constitutional crisis is abated by the GOP led Congress taking back its power from Trump!
Elections have consequences? Really? Do elections typically justify illegal conduct? How about the dollars being withheld from the University of Maine? Don’t worry, this vote doesn’t matter anyway. Our new king will just decide on his own how to allocate spending dollars.
You think denouncing your own party and selling out your own constituents will help your political aspirations. This is as delusional as it is cowardly, and your next election will be the consequence.
Veterans deserve so much better from POTUS & the U.S.Congress #NationalShame #IStandWithVeterans 🇺🇸 & their families @democrats-veterans.house.gov @votevets.org @vetsforfreedom.bsky.social @vetsat.bsky.social https://youtu.be/HM-E2H1ChJM #ViveLaFrance🇫🇷 #SlavaUkraini🇺🇦 #ViveLeCanada🇨🇦 #IStand4USConstitution🇺🇸
They’re closing everything anyway. This is just about the only power congressional dems had right now. The only thing your vote changed was giving the Rs a “bipartisan” success. -Disappointed Mainer.
Are you serious -Musk and his boys have cut the hell out of the VA,Education, FEMA, the departments that runs Social Security,the department that runs Medicaid and Medicare to name a few!THOUSANDS have lost their jobs,their health care, their pensions and many the ability to support their families!
You are a coward little bitch boy, and the revolution will not spare you. Look forward to losing your job in the midterms. You will never work in democratic politics again. We will not forget or forgive your cowardice.
The CR also includes:
🪚$1 billion in budget cuts for the city of Washington D.C., limiting how we can spend our own tax dollars and
👮defunding our police
🎓defunding our schools
👪my family thanks you for your betrayal
🖕and your stupid emojis
This isn't about the cuts to veterans services specifically. It is about stopping the coup in progress against the United States of America by domestic enemies, specifically, the criminal Trump administration.
Why not tell the truth about the Bill and the cuts it WILL enact? Please explain how it will give Elon Musk additional powers to act without Congress. How many Social Security offices will close?
In your terrible error supporting this stop gap bill, don't try to gaslight us into placing blame on "message gimmicky" democrats. We are in a horribly real takeover of democracy, the democracy veterans bravely fought for. It is time YOU FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY or move over so someone stronger can.
unfair to neville chamberlain, who only signed the munich pact because he knew britain wasn’t ready to fight, and was desperate for time to rearm. jared, otho, is just a craven opportunist who’d rather do whatever big money donors want, not the people he represents
Elections have consequences. Who came up with that weak sauce for you to feed to your constituents? Just unacceptable. As many have noted, you seem to have NO IDEA what you ought to be opposing.
And a violent attempt to overturn an election had no consequences - largely due to the kind of cowardly or self-serving behavior exhibited by so many elected officials.
This is a ridiculous post to read from an elected official who lays down before authoritarians.
Yes elections have consequences & that means the GOP has the majority & the ability to pass bills without your vote. You could have voted no if you thought this bill would ultimately hurt the country.
Not a time for politics as usual. Wake up. Meet the moment. Resist. Elections have consequences? When those consequences are the end of democracy, you fight! You honor our history. You don’t just let the fascists do their thing. FFS. Stop disappointing us. We need hope out here.
The truth is: There are no cuts to veterans care in the period covered by this CR & we have six months to ensure funding continues in the next fiscal year. To say it contains cuts is, at best, a misreading that creates unnecessary fear among veterans.
Representative, Republicans are openly promising not to obey their own bill. Why would you vote for a fake bill? Your district is not as right wing as you seem to think.
Dude, DOGE fired my buddy, an Iraq combat veteran, and you BS us with no cuts?! Grow a spine and hold the MAGAts accountable. Mainers didn’t vote for you to folllow the GoP in
slashing the VA.
You gave up the right of Congress to challenge Trump's tariffs. And enabled Trump to call these cuts (they are cuts) bipartisan. You are a stupid fker and I suspect you will pay dearly with your constituents.
How I look @ dems that help the fascist's in Congress?? When U vote with the f**king Nazis U R a Nazi...IMO
I hope your voters demand U look them in the face after stabbing them in the back.
You have no guts, youshould give up your seat if your not willing to fight for what’s right and let someone that will, your only concern here is your seat, your the only dem that voted for this, you will have no power to do anything except place a title by your name, gtfo of here with your shit
It only took 53 days.
Now, by executive order, Handpicked incompetents and doge is how he will do it.
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Someone wrote that this trashy congressman has deleted his phone numbers from his website. He must be afraid of his constituents.
Note: Here are this weaklings phone numbers:
Local Office #: (207) 249-7400
DC Office #: (202) 225-6306
Yes you are right. I just looked at the attached text of the message where no numbers were attached next to the words “phone”. I wrongfully assumed that was from the website of the congressman as the message states. I will do better
The truth is Trump is gutting the VA despite what Congress or the budget says. Did the resolution include a guarantee he'll spend the money as appropriated?
Vance has already said DOGE will continue to cut programs and Vought will impound the funds. You sold your constitutes out for a bag of beans, just like you abandoned the first amendment earlier today.
They are planning MASSIVE cuts by firing up to 80,000 people at the VA in June/July. My husband works for the VA Togus and this is information he was given. That is within 6 months so stfu you lying POS
No cuts? Have you been absent from the country? Have you seen what's been going on at the VA? We veterans have very necessary fears if we have to rely on the likes of you to stand up and do what's right.
You talk about a misreading, but you are *misleading*. The CR might not have a funding cut (I'm not sure), but the VA is losing more than 80k workers. You're telling veterans not to worry, and that is negligent given that the VA is basically being dismantled.
Putin is in our government🇷🇺Kompromat🇷🇺 The whole GOP is compromised🇷🇺 they have already begun to break the government with these executive orders. You voted to keep the government open ✌️so they can get trillion dollar tax breaks,while they continue to break the government🥴 have you been Kompromat🇷🇺too?
YOU TRAITOR TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE VOTING WITH REPUBLICANS TO TAKE FROM US & GIVE TO THE RICH TRUMP & HIS BUDDIES LIKE ELON MUSK JEFF BEZOS MARK ZUCKERBERG & THE RICH GOOGLE DUDE
The Trump administration plans to lay off 83,000 VA employees. I would call that 83,000 examples of "cuts to veterans care," you disingenuous bootlicker.
From everything I've read there are cuts that will impact Veterans. Funding for mental health, homelessness, PACT benefits are being redirected. Also, jobs will be lost when they redirect funding from climate initiatives. That does not sound like a good way to help Veterans or any American.
He gave up the power of the purse to the executive branch.
Doesn’t matter what $$ are allocated where. Executive can move it wherever they want.
Hopefully the senate is smarter than this tool.
What an utter pantload. It doesn’t matter how you spin this, “funding” from you doesn’t mean shit as long as Trump and Elmo the talking buttplug are allowed to operate criminally.
You are enabling the destruction of the U.S. Resign and let someone who can honor the oath take your job.
It doesn't contain cuts, but it gives Trump and Musk the ability to continue to operate DOGE illegally cutting services including to VA. Please be honest with your constituants! They deserve it.
Actually, maybe it does include cuts...getting the facts is so hard. I interpreted "continue funding at current levels until September" to mean that there would be no official cuts. (our running of the gov't is so convoluted.) Look how much damage GOP-DOGE has done in 47 days. Can't wait...
THAT IS A GODDAMN LIE!!!
I am US Veteran fighting cancer and JUST LAST MONTH, those bastards of DOGE fired my ENTIRE MEDICAL TEAM!
Now there are another 80 thousand staff to be cut and over half of the contracts that provide services to veterans have been defunded
I know from firsthand real life experience that you are just bullshitting to try and defend your actions that have put every single American in the direct path of harm and made yourself complicit with the self-declared enemy of the US Constitution.
1000s of cuts last month and VA Sec Doug Collins, cabinet-level appointee which means he's a POS, admits up to 80K more jobs will be cut this year. If you cut jobs, the workload per staff member increases, which compromises the VA's ability to serve vets. See how that works?
At worst, Dems are adopting the same cynical GOP political tactics that we have rightfully denounced — using misdirection to justify a vote. This may seem politically expedient, but it only lowers us to a level we shouldn’t accept.
Just leave the party now. No one elected you to pontificate against is while people are threatened and scared and hurting. Your one GOP vote isn’t worth it.
Will send you pictures of the closures of nursing homes, assisted living, hospitals -- you do know they all depend on Medicare and Medicaid funding, don't you? While we're at it we'll send pictures of the people who've been evicted from those homes due to closures, partially brought on by YOU.
I’m fine with D’s using cynical tactics in defense of constitutional order. No idea how appropriating funds makes a difference when the executive refuses to meet his constitutional obligation to use them. You had one lever, and you chose to ignore reality and depend on the good will of Elon Musk.
Well, after WW2 they also went after the enablers and collaborators - and rightfully so. You just voted WITH a fascist party, who wouldn't piss on you, if you were on fire.
Say goodbye to your political career - because your vote just earned you a ticket out of DC...
#fuckdecorum
No, at worst Democrats are allowing Republicans to continue nursemaiding a slow-moving coup. You are now complicit. THAT’S the “level we shouldn’t accept”. Thanks for nothing, loser.
I thought the Marines had higher standards than this... Aren't they supposed to be loyal, able to wade into enemy territory without joining up with the enemy? Don't they usually usually honor the oath to their country and Constitution? I'm not seeing it in this guy.
Here's some good advice you should consider: The vote was 217-213, if you had stood with your colleagues it would have been 216-214 and passed anyway!!!
Instead you threw away your *tactical* vote FOR NOTHING! Need to raise some cash in the future? Idiotic shit like this will end your career.
I hope the great state of Maine kicks his ass to the curb.
We DO NOT cooperate in advance. We DO NOT cooperate in any way.
It’s not difficult.
Jared is after money from FElon or Felon 47. Here’s hoping he gets shut out financially and democratically.
What a fucking loser.
Did you miss the part where Trump and Musk have been ignoring all assigned funding and doing whatever they want. Nothing you listed here will actually be funded if musk decides it is woke and gay. You’ve destroyed your reputation for nothing.
This is an embarrassing line of bullshit unbecoming a congressman or marine. You know what Musk and Trump have done and plan to do, which is eviscerate the VA, Social Security, Medicaid, and countless other programs that will devastate veterans and families of lost soldiers.
No kidding, this guy is actually a Marine?! What a shroud of shame he has put on to the Marine Corps tonight. I never would have guessed he was a Marine!Wow! I thought Marines were tough. I thought Marines were loyal. Guess not.
The Republican tax plan is $5 trillion and is going to raise taxes on people making under $360,000 a year. They want to make huge Medicaid cuts. Those two things alone are enough reason to block this. They have the majority. They can pass this if they want to and be responsible for the consequences.
And Jared Golden, the blue dog Dem Congressperson from Maine voted for the CR, effectively taking away all of our leverage! Get after Jared Golden! Do not let him live this down. We need him out at the midterms.
Are you paying attention to what the Trump administration is doing? We fought fascists in WWII and won and now in the 21st century here you are appeasing them. We learned back then that appeasement was bad.
You took the side of the party that is destroying this country. You're a tool. You can take your justification and shove it up your ass while you shove yourself up Trump's ass.
Dude, they are literally shutting the government down regardless of your weak vote. How many federal workers have been fired/“rif”ed? The Dept of Ed, Parks, FAA, NIH, USAID, Medicare, Social Security, Food Safety, cancer research - all gutted. So what exactly did you do? Bent the knee to a fascist.
yesterday two judges ordered workers get their jobs back, do you think shutting gov down where Muskrat & Felonious can fire everyone as non essential is the way to go.. I am asking truly not being combative… the two judges yesterday going hard against M & F and reinstating workers swayed me
What I know is this: the CR was not negotiated with Ds; Rs have all the power and they’re not operating in good faith, they would own the shutdown; giving any ground to these fascists is giving away any leverage. Ds should not be complicit. Glad judiciary is holding. 🤞
i do understand and half or more of me wishes it had gone the other way mainly because here we are again fighting each other instead of the magats…Lord I wish this really was a dream, I’m black and blue from pinching myself
Sir You are not only a disappointment but a serious threat to the world. Please consider your votes carefully in the future. The days of bipartisan no longer exist. They died when the autocrats took control of the constitution
At worst, you think opposing this fascist regime is cynical political politics? You think in the face of losing our freedoms requires a niceness? THE GOVERNMENT IS ALREADY SHUT DOWN. Trump is legislating from the Oval Office. Doing this makes you all irrelevant. This is SAP Democratic politics.
Did you read the motherfucking CR upside down? Dipshit they will continue to cut vital goddamn services for vets by decimating departments and SS. Good luck dumbfuck.
The past 6 weeks show that this admin does not listen to Congress' instructions. This CR is not worth the paper it is written on since it does not force Trump to listen. It is simply cover, and you are collaborating with a fascist regime so deserve the sobriquet Vichy Jared Golden.
Pathetic excuses, but you now OWN EVERYTHING that Trump/Musk are going to do to destroy our govt. Don’t complain later about Trump/Musk, and don’t campaign on it either. Because we’ll be here to remind you that your yes vote is an anchor permanently tied around the neck of your political career.
This why Dems always lose. Talking about political tactics while they just MAGA bully their way to destroy the constitution. This guy def gonna turn Republican.
Aren’t you the cynical one? Aren’t you the one arguing optics and ‘civility’ matter more than fighting back against objectively awful & in many cases unlawful actions by this admin?
It is enlightening to hear a Democrat who can normalize what ought not be normalized. Please do me a favor and go fuck yourself. Your statement is craven and cynical and you are complicit.
Thank God I am in ME-1 with an actual Congressperson. Maine deserves better than a national joke as a Senior Senator and garbage ME-2 "democrat". You are a shitty Democrat AND a shitty Republican and it does not make you clever or above politics, you're just shitty.
Fuck you to hell. If you actually believe the bullshit which you posted you're a complete waste of protoplasm. May you & your family never have a quiet moment for the rest of your lives. When are you changing parties? Were you paid for your vote? You're a fool, liar, traitor & you suck.
You brought a butter knife to a gunfight. There is no decorum left and there is no Republican in the House worthy of any deference. Going high when they go low is what got us here. Resign
What did they offer you? Grandpa is gong to be upset when they throw him out of assisted living because his Medicaid was cut. I hear Maine winters get mighty cold and last at least 6 months.
Everybody who has a family member or friend who is at risk of being thrown out of their nursing homes/assisted living facilities/adult family homes --call his office tomorrow. I know we have plenty of other things to do, but we Dems should not give this man a moment of peace till he's out.
Jared Golden 1930s- at worst Charles degaulle cynical resistance opposing Hitler is politically expedient and lowers us to a new level we shouldn’t accept . That’s why I voted for France and Austria to join nazi Germany.
There are 1 million reasons why your vote was a terrible idea. I am your constituent and I I will do everything in my power to ensure your defeat in any election that you run for. are veterans your only constituents now? What about people who get Medicaid? what about disabled people?
@whipkclark.bsky.social you came to Mount desert island Maine, and you gave us your word that you would be able to control golden and get him to play with the team and stand up for human rights be the rule of law. What happened?
None of what he said even matters. He gave up the power of the purse to the executive branch. THIS executive branch!!
Money is gone to all those things he promoted. Trumps minions can do whatever he wants.
What about the Veteran’s suicide hotline? Not enough people left to answer the phone. Stop lying
People were fired from the VA. So far 2,4000. Trump wants 80,000 total fired. Those 2,4000 are cuts and those happened now
This is all leading to privatizing the VA. We know it and we will fight it.
Tr**p probably slid him a little incentive, or perhaps threatened to beat him up (BOO!) -- We can get rid of him at midterms and put somebody in who takes the job seriously. Do you realize the death sentence you've handed people? Literally.
Should we accept that Rs and now you pulled the rug out from under DC by taking away one billion dollars of DC’s own money from its local government? I get you represent Maine but come on. This wasn’t on anyone’s radar bc DC was always carved out. You just agreed with Rs that the city = an agency
@golden.house.gov as much as you believe you made the right decision, you really missed the mark. Your support of this CR, with all that’s gone on, is a stab in the back of your constituents, veterans, federal employees, and the American people. You shall be replaced. My money is on your opponent.
...you hear the one about the fox that liked to run with the dogs? It was fine for a little while, but when the winds shifted, they tore the fox to shreds.
An entryist is persona non grata in D caucus.
🔮 D takes the house in '26, via multiple circuits. You run for re-election in (ME-02) & lose. 🐇
Well, aren't you just a huge disappointment. You can give a thousand stupid reasons for your vote, but it will never matter. You will now always be remembered as the idiot that didn't try to fight for our country. Great job, numbnuts.
Hey buddy. Read these replies 👇. This thread is disingenuous to say the least. You have lost all credibility and respect. You wasted an opportunity to push back against extreme GOP. Voting for the CR allows the unelected South African to continue to assault US departments & dismantle democracy.
Please be an opposition party and actually stop the Republicans when possible instead of getting your asses kicked while congratulating yourselves about how nice you are.
You have one opportunity to use the tiny bit of leverage you have to demand that the looting and destruction stop but instead you comply in advance with the fascists.
And he's a Marine, I heard. I know, it's hard to believe. But that's what I heard. Let's see, strong, tough in the face of adversity, loyal... This must be the wrong guy.
Wow. You are NOT competent. You just surrendered to give your power to MAGA GOP, but yet you are just complaining of your own party.
How dare you! You really can’t comprehend what is going on.
It is Democracy vs. Fascism.
MAGA GOP will use the fund whatever they want.
Shame on you!
This was ABSOLUTELY the wrong thing to do, and you know it - or you wouldn’t be trying so vigorously to defend caving to the corrupt billionaires. You don’t stand with the people. And now we know.
Whatever intern runs Golden’s social media should leak everything they can, change the passwords, and quit. This is gonna look worse than working for Vichy France.
You're another Manchin/Sinema democrat in name only. And as predictable as Susan Collins, equally as embarrassing to the state of Maine. Your statement here "At worst Dems" reinforces your DINO status. So many of us have known this for years given your voting record.
🔥🖕🏽🔥
Right, because everything is normal right now so we should give considered votes to the party that is systematically stripping the government and -- literally -- stealing money from my city's bank account all wholly without regard to the law. Yeah you go. Well done!
You just stabbed every DC resident in the back, voting for a resolution that punishes the city (because we have too many Black people for The Rapist's taste) and stabs us in the back. You are no better than the #MAGA voters who sent a terrorist leader back to the city his violent thugs attacked.
Yeah, speaking of laughing, I was just thinking he could be a comedian and in his next lifetime.. you know, the one that's coming up after the midterms?
Stop lecturing Democrats. You should believe Democrats should be the only ones in power right now because the opposition has shown that they can’t govern well. AT ALL. Stop being a useful idiot for Republicans and start lecturing them about why they should be moderate Democrats and dump trump.
Jared should stop being a useful idiot for the Republicans, why the fuck is he voting to give this government a single penny while Musk and Trump are illegally impounding payments and disappearing American citizens.
This is ridiculous- they go low we go high school of politics is a losers game. Trump and Musk are dismantling the govt right in front of us all and you are whistling through the graveyard like a cuck
Hey Jared, F**K YOU. By voting for the CR, you just gave the GOP a talking point of a “bipartisan bill” and you also just voted to give up all leverage in pushing back against this administration. The spending power is Congress’ only power. This is a travesty. F**k off!
Make no mistake, you didn't do this for your constituents or Americans nationwide, you did it for yourself. You just gave this administration permission to do whatever they want. You've sacrificed us all for your hopes of reelection. A true profile in cowardice. Absolutely pathetic.
We should absolutely shutdown the government when it's being run by slash & burn fascists.
We should say no to cloture and push until enough Repubs switch sides be it because they've regrown a backbone or are just fearful of their constituents. YOU work for us, not Elon Musk.
The money will never get to where it was intended to go. If you do not see that from what’s already been done, you are an idiot. If you do see that and voted the way you did, you are a TRAITOR!! Fuck all the way off 🖕🏼
You just signed off on dipshit fascists continuing to run roughshod over the Constitution, American citizens, and people worldwide. Corruption. Ignorance. Bigotry. Apparently, you’re too much of a coward to take stand against any of that. Fuck you. Fuck off. Time to primary your ass. Bye bye.
That was a lot of words to explain your lack of balls and inability to focus on the problems facing this country. I find that’s generally the type of situation where people use a lot of words to do some ‘splainin’ and justify the unjustifiable.
You're a disgrace to veterans and the Marine Corp. You have your head up your ass while dictators are pissing all over the constitution. This funding means NOTHING unless Elon benefits from it. You know that too, you fucking fascist supporting coward.
How many of your constituents are going to get whacked by $880B cut to Medicaid?
The Marines that I know and served with would have the balls to tell Mike Johnson to F himself!
Probably about 40-60% of them with his area. His area is also somewhat rural and clinics are closing down. So basically he is actually screwing over his people.
Unforch our average age is about four or five above the national average, even those states in sunnier climates. We will never be old but this state is.
is this for real? not even glusenkamp-perez or henry cuellar went for this bullshit? wow. even by the low standards of the dem party this guy is a giant fucking loser asshole.
Fuck you trump is a goddamn traitor. You should never ever vote with him or the gop traitors. What are you not getting? I hope you’re primaried. We need fighters not kids asses.
From Like Tears in Rain: Here's a shorter, more accurate explanation: You're pandering to Trumpers and don't have the balls to stand up for what's right - or the Constitutional separation of powers - in the face of the slightest difficulty or threat to your ambitions. You're a feckless scum.
Nonsense!!!! A vote AGAINST the Republican CR isn’t a vote to shut down the government—the GOP need your vote.
But a vote FOR the Republican CR is a vote to allow Elon Musk to continue shutting down the government and nullifying the role of Congress. Learn to fight, FFS… or get out of the way!
So when I lose my Social Security benefits and my medicare and my two-year-old grandson dies because he lost his medicaid, can we all come and move into your house - of course you'd have to move out. But you'd owe us that.
I don't want a shutdown, but we need to attempt to defend rule of law and the constitutional order. I think life in a fascist dictatorship will be worse, for more people, and for longer.
Just call yourself a fascist republican, asswipe. The bill allows Trump and Musk to basically tear down the country and removes Congressional avenues to stop it. You’re a fucking moron. Your own state has been illegally targeted today. Bootlicker.
That's a lot of words but what we need is an apology.
We won't hold our breath. The people here aren't stupid.
Remember that. There will be future elections. Good luck😡
If Mike Pence hadn't stopped Donald Trump's plan in 2021, Trump would have successfully stolen the presidency. Please always consider this every single time you choose to help Republicans, that is what you are endorsing.
Everyone should just unfollow you. Your actions contradict what you were voted in for. Your words are meaningless. Enjoy the rest of your ride. It won’t last that much longer.
I'm not mad at you, I'm just disappointed. I hope you think about what you've done to the American people, and think hard about it. Your poor choices harm people, and only you will be accountable for them.
Representative Golden, with all due respect, "cynical GOP political tactics" is specious, at best, when you characterize an undeniable rise of autocracy & destruction of democracy & the USG.
For a relevant historical reference, we know Quisling-like support of a neo-Vichy government is appalling.
So this “Democrat” and I lost that term loosely was ok with cutting one billion dollars out of DC’s budget which is going to put a lot of DC residents out of a job including police and firefighters. But I guess you didn’t give a damn about that as long as you got something in return.
Nope they're already doing that though other means. Instead of fighting and making it hard for them you bend over and make it as easy as possible. You are to blame.
There are no guarantees any of this will happen because HE voted to give the executive branch power to override $$$
What kind of sensibility is this!??
You suck. ONE VOTE, you handed this shit to Republicans by your ONE VOTE. I hope your constituents hammer you so hard and you get voted out asap. YOU SUCK
You say this like you believe you are going to have a say. Again, did you not read the bill? All those lines about each department are moot in the shadow of this: ⬇️
And, the VA said they are going to start cutting an additional 70,000+ jobs starting this June. The last time I looked, June is within the next 6 months. So, no, you don’t have time.
They are cutting the VA. Are you paying any attention to what Musk-Trump are doing? They are cutting funds that were allocated by Congress. Vets are being harmed.
Just to be clear, who do _you_ think is going to be delivering services if they've all been fired? Are you going to be out there doing it all yourself? Of course you're fucking not, you're going to be "working" your 3 days a week and laughing.
"we have six months to ensure funding continues in the next fiscal year" So I voted to flush our leverage down the toilet and will throw my hands up then and say "elections have consequences" *shrug*.
Congressman they want to cut $1,000,000,000 from the DC budget. How do think that will impact veterans living here? Will homeless veterans be cared for? Will veterans’ children have enough teachers in school?
YOU'RE disappointed? Holy shit, that's rich. You've just declared you're fine to continue to hand over your power while Elon runs illegally through the government and the demented felon tanks the economy.
You just made yourself one of the enemies that servicemen swear an oath to protect our country from. Get out of your little DC bubble and read the room, you are now a traitor.
Trump won by 1.5%! Why are you acting like it was a landslide?? This is why democrat approval ratings are in the toilet, you all have given up on your voters and constituents! RESIST THEM! Quit aiding and abetting their fraud and corruption! FIGHT FOR US!
That is so true! I wish more Democrats saw it this way. Opposition is such a nonsensical concept. Some people might consider Gandhi or Nelson Mandela as role models, but not me! Jerad and I know that if you don’t win an election the best thing to do it just give up! That’s what heroes do!
Dude there is so much painfully wrong with your brain. Would you like to explain how what is going on with the right is Anything less than a terrorist attack on US? Can you because if you cant then YOU are one of them.
Might as well change that D to an R. There is NO reason to vote for a continuing resolution. Trump and his folks are just going to choose to not spend appropriated funds. What a fucking joke you are.
Elections actually don't have consequences, if the executive branch can eliminate programs without Congress repealing them. The last chance for Congressional Democrats to stop them may be slipping away from you.
And having an executive branch acting lawlessly and lighting the Constitution on fire shouldn't have any consequences? Dems should do nothing in the face of this crisis -business as usual? You understand I hope that what Trump/Musk are doing with their cuts is effectively a permanent govt shutdown?
Hey, Musk said he was cutting veteran services. Where was GOP or Dem press to refute that? Why blame Dems fir refuting the ONLY info they get? You seem to have an inside track no one else has . HOW?
The people want unity in the Dem Party against the fascism. These are not normal times and you are not dealing with honest people on the other side. Stop your BS about gimmicks and read the room. This is a coup intent on bringing down democracy and the country your voters expect you to vote NO!
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In an opposition party you do not bow and sell out your fellow voting Democratic Party members… EVER.
74 million voted no to MAGA cruelty. You just voted yes. Votes have consequences.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lk6tko3crc2r
talking. You’re simply making it worse.
If you refuse to meet this moment, then quit.
*snaps gum*
YOU won your election.
Stop making excuses, start acting, and represent your voters.
https://bsky.app/profile/adamkinzinger.bsky.social/post/3lk5mmhjmos2n
Definitely not dispelling the Marine stereotype. Stop eating your crayons, son.
But hey, you'll sign on to that too because you're bought and paid for.
Ok guy.
You're not ACTUALLY selling out veterans, you're just refusing to STOP someone from selling out veterans. You must be so proud.
🪚$1 billion in budget cuts for the city of Washington D.C., limiting how we can spend our own tax dollars and
👮defunding our police
🎓defunding our schools
👪my family thanks you for your betrayal
🖕and your stupid emojis
"elections have consequences" applies to, you know, actual valid elections, not fraudulent theft that SHOULD have been halted in 2016.
But here you are, quisling again.
you neville chamberlain
What the ___ do you mean by that?
Unless people like you stop caving to Trump, the consequences will be deep and lasting harm to this country.
Is that the kind of consequences you're apparently okay with?
Why on earth do you still think that what Congress says about funding matters matters AT ALL?
Start with the first thread and go to the second.
WHY REMOVAL: https://bsky.app/profile/scooptown.bsky.social/post/3ljzu73wi7s2q
HOW AND WHO DOES THE REMOVING:
https://bsky.app/profile/scooptown.bsky.social/post/3ljzu73wi7s2q
As you will find out.
Yes elections have consequences & that means the GOP has the majority & the ability to pass bills without your vote. You could have voted no if you thought this bill would ultimately hurt the country.
Friends in Maine, let me know if you need me to postcard for his primary opponent.
Really??????
That's literally ridiculous!
It should have been NO!
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https://www.rawstory.com/doge-to-cut-veterans-benefits/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
Suck up!
And the very worse. A
MAGAt!
Keep sucking on that orange.
slashing the VA.
You were saying?
I hope your voters demand U look them in the face after stabbing them in the back.
What about the taking $1 billion away from children's lunches and food banks?
Why not demand a clean bill, rather than one poisoned by those aforementioned aspects of it?
Who does this help?
https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/03/republicans-secretly-hand-even-more-power-to-trump.html
Now, by executive order, Handpicked incompetents and doge is how he will do it.
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Note: Here are this weaklings phone numbers:
Local Office #: (207) 249-7400
DC Office #: (202) 225-6306
Maybe read not fox news before attempting to do your job.
Might as well cut your own nuts off
A) budget cuts are in there bc you’re going to have to make cuts to meet the $ goal even if you’re too fucking cowardly to admit it
B) you’ve surrendered the power of the purse to the orange dingdong & the chain saw wielding S African
https://www.facebook.com/100000070665768/posts/pfbid033PEnPLSJyEdWveXJr6syGEwxF78LxZmGXcParSGDTfGgDcaAd6w9oK2oSkhiHvsAl/?mibextid=wwXIfr
But I think the biggest issue the Dems have right now is naivety.
Social Security benefits will be negatively impacted by closing SS offices.
The CR redirects funding already meant for PACT benefits for Vets.
Doesn’t matter what $$ are allocated where. Executive can move it wherever they want.
Hopefully the senate is smarter than this tool.
You are enabling the destruction of the U.S. Resign and let someone who can honor the oath take your job.
Choosing to vote for a CR that continues to fund DOGE means choosing to fund these cuts
Your dumbass is on here arguing that cutting 80,000 fucking jobs from the VA isn't going to hurt veteran care
Are you fucking dumb or just evil?
Primary this asshole.
that's impressive.
also likely a full on lie, but.
Of course not. It is an attack on government, veterans, and the rest of the American people.
(see what I did there)
But seriously. Stop it.
Republicans won’t need your vote next time when they cut Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security and Veterans benefits by Reconciliation ffs.
We needed you to hold the line and you willingly just voted for TYRANNY! 🤬
Start with the first thread and go to the second.
WHY REMOVAL: https://bsky.app/profile/scooptown.bsky.social/post/3ljzu73wi7s2q
HOW AND WHO DOES THE REMOVING:
https://bsky.app/profile/scooptown.bsky.social/post/3ljzu73wi7s2q
I am US Veteran fighting cancer and JUST LAST MONTH, those bastards of DOGE fired my ENTIRE MEDICAL TEAM!
Now there are another 80 thousand staff to be cut and over half of the contracts that provide services to veterans have been defunded
When the fever breaks and the nation comes to its senses it'll turn to Senator/Governor Golden, the paladin of the sensible center.
Just ask him.
And you'll still be trying to convince yourself that you're one of the "good ones" when they come for you anyway.
May you get all that you deserve. 🙏
2026 is for MORE and BETTER dems.
Oh, and screw you for voting for the CR.
☎️ Washington, DC
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Say goodbye to your political career - because your vote just earned you a ticket out of DC...
#fuckdecorum
Instead you threw away your *tactical* vote FOR NOTHING! Need to raise some cash in the future? Idiotic shit like this will end your career.
We DO NOT cooperate in advance. We DO NOT cooperate in any way.
It’s not difficult.
Jared is after money from FElon or Felon 47. Here’s hoping he gets shut out financially and democratically.
What a fucking loser.
Republicans can't be trusted. Give them an inch and they'll take all.
I hope you prove me wrong instead of you being the fool or just another sellout and liar.
☎️ Washington, DC
Phone: (202) 225-6306
☎️ Caribou Office
Phone: (207) 492-6009
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Phone: (207) 241-6767
☎️ Bangor Office
Phone: (207) 249-7400
Otherwise you are an enabler. And this is the Enabling Act
Your yes vote is a disgrace
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😡🖕😡🖕😡
☎️ Washington, DC
Phone: (202) 225-6306
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Phone: (207) 492-6009
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Phone: (207) 241-6767
☎️ Bangor Office
Phone: (207) 249-7400
Money is gone to all those things he promoted. Trumps minions can do whatever he wants.
WTF
People were fired from the VA. So far 2,4000. Trump wants 80,000 total fired. Those 2,4000 are cuts and those happened now
This is all leading to privatizing the VA. We know it and we will fight it.
No unity , no cohesion.
Can't believe you voted with Nazis.
We've checked, they are all literally Nazis.
You're getting voted out, no donations.
YOU SUCK.
If you continue like this, you won't hold your seat.
An entryist is persona non grata in D caucus.
🔮 D takes the house in '26, via multiple circuits. You run for re-election in (ME-02) & lose. 🐇
FUCK YOU .
How dare you! You really can’t comprehend what is going on.
It is Democracy vs. Fascism.
MAGA GOP will use the fund whatever they want.
Shame on you!
Jesus, you're a hypocrite.
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Fuck AND you.
I will contribute to whoever primaries you.
Do better or resign.
Bless your heart!
FUCK OFF, #QuislingJared
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His diatribe is bullshit.
Not one dime, not one vote for those who roll over for fascists and offer cover for wide scale human rights abuses and outright goddamn genocide.
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Phone: (202) 225-6306
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Phone: (207) 492-6009
☎️ Lewiston Office
Phone: (207) 241-6767
☎️ Bangor Office
Phone: (207) 249-7400
We should say no to cloture and push until enough Repubs switch sides be it because they've regrown a backbone or are just fearful of their constituents. YOU work for us, not Elon Musk.
The Marines that I know and served with would have the balls to tell Mike Johnson to F himself!
☎️ Washington, DC
Phone: (202) 225-6306
☎️ Caribou Office
Phone: (207) 492-6009
☎️ Lewiston Office
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☎️ Bangor Office
Phone: (207) 249-7400
call someone who isn't a fraud
democrat in name only
benedict arnold
https://www.prb.org/resources/which-us-states-are-the-oldest/
Switch parties
How can you even look yourself in the mirror?
You're disgracing both your Congressional Oath and your military Oath.
Absolutely shameful.
The CR has a lot of pork for Maine, so vote for it and to heck with Washington DC
have I got that right congressman ?
☎️ Washington, DC
Phone: (202) 225-6306
☎️ Caribou Office
Phone: (207) 492-6009
☎️ Lewiston Office
Phone: (207) 241-6767
☎️ Bangor Office
Phone: (207) 249-7400
Boycott and/or complain to them.
If you live in Maine -2, these folks own Golden.
Primary him, please.
#JudasJared
#JaredGolden
#JaneStreetCapital employed Sam Bankman-Fried
#WokaFoundation backed this asshat?
https://www.opensecrets.org/joint-fundraising-committees-jfcs/jared-golden-victory-fund-2024/C00835165/2024/donors
Also: shame on you.
'A Democratic Party divided against itself cannot stand.'
These are not normal, business as usual times.
Close Ranks. Stand United & Resolute. Speak as ONE.
But a vote FOR the Republican CR is a vote to allow Elon Musk to continue shutting down the government and nullifying the role of Congress. Learn to fight, FFS… or get out of the way!
You’re condemning us to choose between accepting a fascist dictatorship and finding out whether the military will slaughter US civilians.
If you won’t fight for rule of law and the constitutional order, you need to resign.
WAKE THE F UP & STAND UP!!
We won't hold our breath. The people here aren't stupid.
Remember that. There will be future elections. Good luck😡
It's your job.
That gives you leverage to get what you want.
For a relevant historical reference, we know Quisling-like support of a neo-Vichy government is appalling.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/09/layoffs-veterans-affairs-trump-doge-cuts/82143525007/
What kind of sensibility is this!??
So vets will come by for an appt, and get upset that there is no one at the front desk and leave.
Don’t tell your lies, just tell us what you were promised.
Ppl fired from the VA, 1/4 of whom are veterans, provide services to veterans!
DOGE & Project 2025 plan to fire 83,000 more… https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/03/05/va-plans-fire-83000-employees-musks-help-eliminating-pact-act-staffing-increase.html?amp
Primary!!!!
Smh
You're threatening my kid's schools, the viability of our Fire & EMS, the MPD, and our water supply.
Thanks for nothing.
Elections have consequences.
Good luck on your next election and stop treating your constituents like ignorant morons.