Conservative GOP senators blasted Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday for shepherding with Democrats a $1.7 trillion year-end spending bill into law over the objections of House Republicans, saying it was an act of "arrogance" that betrayed promises to voters and signaled that voters don't see much of a defining difference with Democrats.
The loss was not a victory:
- "To declare that a victory, to say that's a win, that's like a football team that just lost the game 60 to 0, and they kick a field goal in the waning seconds and say the field goal is a big win," Johnson told Catsimitidas. "No, we just got our you-know-whats handed to us."
Johnson said that McConnell's maneuver not only betrayed conservative voters but also undercut House Republicans about to take over in January who had asked for a short-term spending plan.
- "Unfortunately, the arrogance of our leadership who said, 'We know better than House members.'... I'm not buying it."
- Other senators took to Twitter to express their disdain for the spending law.
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