House Republicans moved to reduce Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s salary to $1, as lawmakers debate spending bills ahead of the government funding deadline next week.

The salary cut for Buttigieg was put forth by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and adopted by voice vote as an amendment to the 2024 Transpiration and Housing and Urban Development spending bill.

“Pete Buttigieg doesn’t do his job. It’s all about fake photo ops and taxpayer-funded private jet trip to accept LGBTQ awards for him,” Green posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “I’m happy my amendment passed, but he doesn’t deserve a single penny.”

The underlying bill needs to be approved by the full House and is unlikely to be approved by the Senate.

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          That’s part of it. At least that is what the elitists that hold all the cards (fiscally) want, but there is a huge streak of racism and qtarded nonsense driving a lot of the base.

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          I wish that were it, but I think it’s pretty clear that they want to be way more theocratic and totalitarian than that.

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        Remember when Donald Trump appointed the guy who said he wanted to abolish the Department of Energy to be the head of the Department of Energy? Good times.

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          When asked to name the departments he wanted to shut down, he listed them off but couldn’t even remember the name of the DOE that he later got put in charge of.

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          They’ve confined themselves, and far too many of their voters, that they’re saving it. Especially by forcing women to live like it’s the 1700s and let the billionaires be kings.

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        How can you run a government if your entire platform is that all government is bad?

        Despotically.

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      Hey now. Neurodiverse children generally still have love and kind moments. Pretty sure they could govern on better values than this.

      MTG and the rest of the idiot-caucus are straight up garbage trolls.

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      I keep wondering how long it will be before they have “representatives” that will literally fling poo. They already had their base smearing feces during their insurrection.

      Seems it is only a matter of time.

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      Turns out it’s an even better investment than politicans with morals. Say whatever you want but make sure you take the donor phone call before you vote.