Florida Republican Congressional candidate Mara Macy told SiriusXM. Breitbart News Saturday She said she would vote “exactly the opposite” of establishment opponent Rep. John Rutherford (R-Fla.).
Mr. Macy spoke with Breitbart News Washington bureau chief Matthew, hours before Mr. Rutherford voted in favor of all aspects of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-Louisiana) $95 billion foreign aid package. I spoke with Mr. Boyle for 20 minutes. appropriate one $60 billion to Ukraine does nothing to secure America’s southern border.
Rep. John Rutherford (R-Fla.) outside the Capitol on May 12, 2022. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
Rutherford’s supporters, Boyle and Macy, correctly predicted that the senator would vote in favor of a series of foreign aid bills that Johnson had combined under a single rule. I voted This is because this effectively means that control of the House of Representatives has been handed over to the Democratic Party. This comes weeks after he voted against a key amendment to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which would require warrants to monitor Americans’ communications.
“So at the end of the day, I’m going to vote the exact opposite of how he votes. He votes like a Democrat,” Macy said.
He warned voters to keep an eye on the foreign aid vote ahead of Friday’s rules vote and Saturday’s vote on the package.
“I’ve been talking to voters at events all week, and like you, I already know how he’s going to vote, so I warned them, ‘Look at this poll. Please, see what the results are, because he’s definitely going to vote against your interests, against what you’re asking him to do,” Macy said Saturday in a statement. told Boyle about the aid package.
“And that alienated a lot of his voters, people who had voted for him for years when he was sheriff here, and especially here in Florida, a lot of people turned out. Many of them are saying, “What do you think of this guy as your MP?” ’” she continued. “But we … think he’s going to put up a good fight for the seat even though he’s made a name for himself and is an incumbent. But he’s done a lot of things that voters aren’t happy with.”
Rutherford touted the bill’s nearly $100 billion increase in spending under the Biden administration, as the U.S. is still reeling from the effects of the highest inflation in 40 years.
Protecting Americans and providing for our national defense is a fundamental duty of the federal government. I voted to pass a national security package that invests in America’s weapons stockpile and supports our military. My full statement is here. https://t.co/GdhiE7eVdN https://t.co/qCUpwkNXNz
— Congressman John Rutherford (@RepRuterfordFL) April 20, 2024
Rutherford has his “loyalists,” many of whom voted for him in the past and knew him personally, including helping to block House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) from winning. She noted that she was growing tired of his voting patterns. Speakership.
“People say he’s just voting the way the swamp wants him to vote, where people are just agreeing, and he’s not listening to the calls and text messages,” he said. And I think he’s starting to realize that he’s getting a lot out of it,’ eventually,” Macy said. “Every time I speak out, people say, “I tried to contact his office.” “I received a boilerplate response,” “I received assistance,” “Others.” Someone responded to me,” or “I didn’t get a response at all.” Even if they knew him, people didn’t feel like he was listening to them. I mean, the non-loyalists are really looking for new representatives, and I can’t blame them. Can’t blame them. ”
Macy’s 5th Congressional District Republican Party has moved on to Macy after Rutherford refused to vote for Jordan, making him one of the few members of the Republican conference to successfully block Jordan from the gavel. He said he encouraged them to participate in the election campaign.
“What happened with Jordan was definitely a wake-up call for people. What inspired me to get into this race was that people started calling me and texting me and saying, “Listen, you said if there’s no one else to play against Rutherford again, you’re going to do it,” Macy recalled. “And, you know, I said to people…if no one was going to step up to bat, I was going to give them better representation options. So that’s what I did.”
“As far as the voting record, it woke people up, but people weren’t paying attention to the fact that his voting record before that was rubbish,” she added. “I mean, he has an ‘F’ on every conservative scorecard I can think of, with an even worse ‘F’, worse than Liz Cheney when she was president.” It has a reputation.”
Macy says the “biggest obstacle” to her campaign is local media, which she views as “in the pockets of the establishment.”
“Local media is in the pockets of the establishment, so the reason they’re not reporting on me is because they’re trying to make sure that people who don’t follow the major news outlets are only checking local news. . They don’t know who I am,” Macy said. “And if they have to publish something about me…you can tell by the way it’s written that they’re trying to do damage control to John.”
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