HuffPost: “As her own press release states, this money came from the Fiscal Year 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act ― a bill she opposed.”
To nobody’s surprise, María Elvira Salazar was caught lying again. This time claiming she provided funding for a children’s hospital. But as the Huffington Post reported today, the $1.4 million for the hospital came from the Fiscal Year 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act — a bill she voted against.
In what has become a fixture of Salazar’s tone-deaf hypocrisy, Salazar even attended a photo op where she handed giant checks to leadership at the hospital.
With this latest lie, there’s a palpable sense of déjà vu. Last month, Salazar was called out in a viral CBS interview for her votes against legislation she later celebrated — leaving the congresswoman at a loss for words, claiming to not remember her votes.
Guess she didn’t learn her lesson or thought voters would forget her cynical playbook.
DCCC Spokesperson Lauryn Fanguen:
“María Elvira Salazar always seems to suspiciously forget her own votes when it’s time to claim credit at a photo op. It’s clear Salazar will keep trying to mislead voters about her dismal voting record on the campaign trail this year, but one thing is for sure — her constituents won’t forget the truth.”
Rep. María Salazar (R-Fla.) this month celebrated delivering $1.4 million to a children’s hospital in her district, even attending a photo op where she handed over massive checks to leadership and staff at the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital.
Except Salazar voted against the bill that provided this money.
“The doctors and staff at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital are nothing short of miracle workers, and I am proud to support their work in Congress,” Salazar declared in a Feb. 8 press release. “I am thrilled to have secured over $1.4 million to provide cutting-edge medicine to children and help the hospital confront our nation’s growing mental health crisis.”
She took credit for securing this money on Twitter, too, and shared a photo of herself handing over the big checks.
But as her own press release states, this money came from the Fiscal Year 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act ― a bill she opposed. Virtually every House Republican voted against this bill, which provided $1.7 trillion to fund the federal government. You can see her “no” vote here.
What’s strange is that Salazar is not just trying to take credit for money that she voted against, she openly cites where this funding came from — and it’s very easy to look up her vote on this bill. It’s as if she is just hoping nobody notices.
Her office did not respond to requests for comment. A spokesperson for Nicklaus Children’s Hospital did not immediately respond to a request for comment, either.
It’s not the first time the Florida congresswoman has been caught taking credit for bills she opposed.
Last month, a CBS News Miami reporter called her out for doing this with two other bills, the CHIPS and Science Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Both of those bills delivered money to Salazar’s district that she touted, despite her votes against them.
Pressed on those votes, Salazar said she forgot about them.
”Listen I, that was, I think, last cycle. I cannot really remember right now,” she said.
