California GOP Rep. Ken Calvert somehow “forgot” to cast a proxy vote last week on behalf of Texas GOP Rep. John Carter which would have tanked the Democrats $1.9 billion supplemental security bill in response to the Jan. 6 ‘insurrection,’ according to Just The News.
Carter authorized Calvert to cast the proxy vote for him in a May 14 letter to the House Clerk, Cheryl Johnson – and successfully had a proxy vote cast for him on “the motion to recommit” which preceded the final vote that Calvert ‘forgot’ to cast.
A spokesperson for Carter told Just The News that “The congressman included a statement in the record that he would’ve voted no,” while a Calvert spokesperson said he “had been voting by proxy for Rep. Carter throughout the week,” adding “Rep. Calvert made a mistake and simply forgot to cast Rep. Carter’s vote.”
“Simply forgot” to kill the Democrats’ virtue signaling legislation intended to cast Trump supporters as violent criminals. Right. – READ MORE
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