WASHINGTON -- When Congress passed the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization bill late last month, more than 130 House Republicans voted against it. But some of those same lawmakers are putting out misleading statements that make it look like they voted for the bill instead.
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa,), for one, issued a statement with the headline, "King Votes in Support of Violence Against Women Act." But King didn't vote for the VAWA bill. Instead, he voted for a GOP alternative bill that failed to advance.
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The list goes on. As Steve Benen of The Maddow Blog first reported, a smattering of local newspapers have called out lawmakers including Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.), Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.), Rep. Keith Rothfus (R-Pa.) and Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) for being deceptive about how they voted.
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Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spokeswoman Emily Bittner called it "shameful" that Republicans appear to be trying to take credit for something that passed without their support.
"The fact is, Tea Party Republicans want to take credit for something they fought tooth and nail for more than 500 days: a law to help protect all women and their children from domestic violence ... Tea Party House Republicans must stop saying one thing at home and doing the opposite in Washington," Bittner said in a statement.
Imagine my surprise... BUSTED! These teabagger liars try to tell their constituents that they "voted FOR the VAWA bill", when they blocked, stalled, and voted against everything except the teabagger version...(without the Native American and LGBT-protections.).. But as Al Sharpton says, "We gotcha!"
Imagine my surprise.... I guess that's yet another reason why "Conservative Credibility is at an all-time low"...
Fred, insert standard non-analogous "They did it too" response here: _
