NEW: “Rep. Brandon Williams flip flops within hours about taking pay during government shutdown”

A new piece in The Post-Standard outlines how extreme New York Republican Brandon Williams – a former Wall Street investment banker and Silicon Valley investor who boasts a net worth of up to $8.2 million – flip-flopped hours after facing backlash about taking pay during an impending MAGA-inflicted shutdown.

During the interview, Williams said he was “not independently wealthy” and would continue taking pay during the MAGA majority’s shutdown. Williams even went so far as to claim that furloughed government employees shouldn’t expect “a huge amount of sympathy.”

In case you missed it: 

The Post-Standard: Rep. Brandon Williams flip flops within hours about taking pay during government shutdown

Mark Weiner | September 28, 2023

KEY POINTS:

• “Rep. Brandon Williams today asked for his salary to be withheld during a government shutdown, reversing his comments only hours earlier when he told a national television audience that he would continue to accept his $174,000 annual salary.”

• “Williams, a first-term Republican from Central New York, made the fast reversal after facing backlash from his Democratic opponents and others on social media.”

• “A caller from Kentucky asked Williams if he would work without pay – like thousands of furloughed federal workers – until after the shutdown is over… That’s when Williams said he would accept his pay and offered a justification.”

• “Later in the show, a caller criticized Williams for saying he would take a salary while federal employees and contractors would suffer.”

• “He said those workers won’t find much sympathy from those who work in the private sector and have been furloughed or lost pensions.”

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