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A retired FDNY firefighter who survived 9/11 said Thursday he was recently snubbed by Dan Crenshaw, the Texas congressman whos drawing heat for accusing a Democratic lawmaker of downplaying the terror attack.
Rob Serra, whos wheelchair-bound and lost several colleagues on Sept. 11, 2001, told the Daily News he tried to introduce himself to Crenshaw while lobbying members of Congress about renewing the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund during a visit to Capitol Hill on March 27.
But the Republican lawmaker claimed he was too busy and said his office would reach out, according to Serra.
Two weeks later, Serra hasnt heard from Crenshaw, who has yet to throw his support behind renewing the VCF.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-texas-republican-ilhan-omar-fdny-firefighter-attack-20190411-qs7sbccinbd4zhirps2d7g6wpm-story.html
Crenshaw was really defensive over this over a clip I saw on NBC News saying the reason he went over there was to prevent another 9/11 from happening.
Cha
(297,655 posts)Crenshaws don't give a rip about them.
scrutineer
(1,156 posts)Jon Stewart had to shame Republicans to get the Victim Compensation Fund done.
Meanwhile:
These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles about them, reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by grief-arazzies. I have never seen people enjoying their husbands death so much.
Ann Coulter
You know, it took me about a year to start hating the 9/11 victims families. It took me about a year. Um, and I had such compassion for them and I really, you know, I wanted to help them, and I was behind lets give them money, lets get them started, and all of this stuff. And I really didnt all the 3,000 victims families, I dont hate all of them, I hate about, probably about ten of them. But when I see 9/11 victim family, you know, on television, or whatever, Im just like, Oh, shut up. Im so sick of them. Because theyre always complaining. And we did our best for them. And again, its only about ten.
Glenn Beck
watoos
(7,142 posts)You are supposed to be bashing Congresswoman Omar and bashing AOC. (sarcasm)
ck4829
(35,091 posts)ck4829
(35,091 posts)Is he going to attack victims of the 9/11 attacks or try to make a buck off of it this year, who knows?
ck4829
(35,091 posts)watoos
(7,142 posts)Chris Hayes talked about how Republicans took a piece of Omar's speech out of context, about how they made it look like Omar was downplaying the attack on 9/11 by saying that "someone" attacked us. Her point was that she was concerned about American Muslims losing their civil liberties and freedoms after 9/11. She had no problem with calling the 9/11 attackers terrorists. Hayes pointed out that the right has a vicious campaign going on to oust Omar, AOC, and one other Congresswoman whose name escapes me.
I hope the people who posted the Republican thread here, about Omar being a terrorist, are proud of pushing a right wing smear campaign. Omar is pushing to renew the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund while Republicans who are accusing Omar of being anti-American are not.
A guest on Hayes show thought it despicable that Democratic leadership is not coming to the defense of Omar, AOC, and the 3rd Congresswoman whose name escapes me. To the contrary, top Democrats bashed Omar at AIPAC. Don't get me wrong, Omar did say some anti-Semitic things about money which she apologized for saying, but Republicans have a full blown war going on to take out several of our young Congresswomen.
However when discussing AIPAC I don't think she was being anti Semitic at all. She is a Justice Democrat who doesn't take corporate PAC money so she would and does call out all forms of big money lobbying.
ck4829
(35,091 posts)ck4829
(35,091 posts)See conspiracy theories about "George Soros" and/or "globalists".
Danascot
(4,694 posts)the 3rd Congresswoman
Dorian Gray
(13,501 posts)that Despicable Dan Crenshaw was "too busy" to meet with a 9-11 hero.
ck4829
(35,091 posts)ck4829
(35,091 posts)ck4829
(35,091 posts)Oh wait, no, that was patron saint of Trump-supporting Evangelicals, Jerry Falwell.
ck4829
(35,091 posts)Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)this isn't a one off bc of trump. the bad faith actor is who they are now. it gets ppl killed.
JI7
(89,264 posts)ck4829
(35,091 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Oh yes!