Sen. Kennedy Exposes Democrats’ Absurd Spending Demands

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Democratic senators blocked a stopgap funding bill last week that led to a government shutdown.

These Democrats are demanding the restoration of certain spending that is not in this bill, with benefits for illegal immigrants topping that list.

But that's not all. Republican Senator John Kennedy listed the many ridiculous spending items Democrats are insisting on.

The senator said, “We just eliminated money for all forms of media in the Affordable Care Act. Now those are the demands. I’ll mention one more. Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez got very, very upset, as did the socialist wing of the party, when the president sent over what’s called a rescission package."

"Basically, President Trump just said we want you to take some stuff out of the budget that we think is wasteful, and we did,” Kennedy said. “And that upset the congresswoman. She’s entitled to be upset if she wants to, but that really upset the socialist wing of the party. And so we took out, and here’s what they want us to put back in.”

Democrats want the following spending to return after Republicans got rid of them:

• $4.2 million for LGBT initiatives in the Balkans and Uganda

• $3.6 million for funding cooking and dance workshops for male sex workers in Haiti

• $500,000 to for electric buses in Rwanda

• $6 million to help fund Palestinian media outlets

• $833,000 for transgender training programs in Nepal

There are more.

Kennedy said, “We took it out, the congresswoman and the socialist wing of their party says we’ve got to put that back in for they open government."

According to Sen. Kennedy, this latest shutdown is just a matter of priorities between each side.

“That’s what this fight is all about," Kennedy said. "We’re in the process of negotiating a budget with our Democratic friends. We ran out of time. The cutoff was midnight Tuesday night. That’s when the clock struck midnight, and the budget ran out."

He continued, “What we had asked for and what we’re still asking for is to let’s continue to negotiate. We - meaning the Republicans and the Democrats - for six more weeks and try to agree on a budget. That’s all we’re asking.”

This "Schumer Shutdown" - thanks Sen. Chuck Schumer! - is already reportedly costing taxpayers $1.2 billion in backpay for furloughed non-essential federal workers.

But what Democrats are demanding is completely absurd.

As usual.