Republican Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) took to the Senate floor on Thursday and did the unthinkable: he got down on his knees to beg Senate Majority Leader John Thune to take action against the massive fraud plaguing our country.
While the establishment GOP leadership drags its feet, Kennedy is demanding a second reconciliation bill to gut the corrupt welfare system and put an end to the rampant stealing of American tax dollars.
Senator Kennedy denounces a massive $9 billion Medicaid and welfare fraud scheme in Minnesota, primarily centered in Minneapolis among individuals of Somali ancestry.
According to the Senator, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimates that between $250 billion and $521 billion of the over $1 trillion in annual U.S. welfare spending is lost to fraud.
With the ongoing scandal about massive fraud in Minnesota, Kennedy made it clear that regular order isn’t going to cut it. We need action, and we need it NOW.
“We need to do another reconciliation bill to fix the welfare system and stop the stealing. Stop the stealing. And we can do it with all Republican votes,” Kennedy said on the floor.
“So please, Senator Thune, pretty please. As I’ve said before. I’m shameless. I’ll beg. I’ll get down on my knees.”
Then, he did what no one expected. To emphasize the dire need for this legislation, Kennedy physically knelt on the Senate floor.
“John, please bring another reconciliation bill. We can do so much, but we can start with fixing welfare fraud. Please, John, please let us do the bill.”
WATCH:
Despite Kennedy’s desperate plea, Senate Majority Leader John Thune seems content to play nice with the Democrats.
According to the Daily Caller, citing a report from Fox News, Thune claimed that using reconciliation—which allows Republicans to bypass the Democrat filibuster—was “not ideal.”
“I always think the best solution, if possible, is to try and do things through regular order,” Thune said.
The Daily Caller also noted that back in December, House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) claimed he didn’t “see a path” for a second bill.
Even President Trump suggested in December that a second package might not be needed after the historic tax cuts enacted in July.
Still, momentum for a second reconciliation push appears to be building in the House. Speaker Mike Johnson revealed on The Scott Jennings Show that GOP leadership is actively exploring what priorities could be squeezed into another reconciliation bill early in the year.
“I’m working right now very methodically, carefully to determine what of our priorities we can squeeze into a second reconciliation bill with the idea we’d move that early in the year,” Johnson said.
Speaker Johnson gets it. Senator Kennedy gets it. It’s time for the Senate leadership to wake up.
We have the majority. We have the mandate. Stop the stalling, Thune. Pass the bill!
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