Republican Tennessee Sen. Bill Hagerty praised Elon Musk for reposting a post exposing Democrats’ decision to reject the amendment during an appearance on “America’s Newsroom” Wednesday. did.
Hagerty criticized Democrats who opposed an amendment that would have stopped federally funded charter flights for undocumented immigrants. Musk amplified the issue, drawing 40 million views on a post featuring Hagerty’s Senate speech. according to On Fox News. The Republican senator said he was shocked by the overwhelming rejection of the Democratic amendment, noting that the vote was secretly and early-timed to avoid public attention. He noted that despite his efforts to keep a low profile, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer ultimately reluctantly allowed the vote to proceed.
This is insane! https://t.co/s8qHtKJ9CQ
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 23, 2024
“Democrats are being defeated,” he said. Said On “America’s Newsroom.” “Chuck Schumer did everything he could to stop this until midnight. We almost ran to the brink of a government shutdown, but in the end he capitulated and said, ‘Okay, we’re going to take it to the floor. I’m going to put it there.” But I brought it to the floor late at night, probably around 1:30 a.m. when the vote was decided. ” (Related: Meet the 7 Republican senators who voted to confirm Biden’s nomination for his alleged ties to Chinese Communist Party intelligence groups)
Hagerty believed that Democrats assumed that the people would remain unaware of the unanimous vote to spend tax money on charter flights.
“No one knows that all Democrats voted to bring illegal immigrants here with taxpayer money from countries like Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Colombia, and to use chartered flights to send them across the border into the interior of the United States. I think they thought I wasn’t looking,” he continued.
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 14: Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) attends the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Oversight Hearing on the SEC on September 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. To do. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)
Republicans called on the Biden administration to cancel the flight plan, which is said to have moved about 320,000 illegal immigrants to cities across the country, but Democrats voted to keep the plan in place.
“I was shocked. It was a terrible vote for them,” Hagerty added.
