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Hagerty: Republicans who voted for infrastructure 'put themselves on a path to early retirement'
Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., on Saturday criticized Republicans who voted in favor of the bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, which passed in the House on Friday night.
The House vote was 228-206, with 13 GOP lawmakers joining Democrats to vote in favor of the legislation and six progressive Democrats voting against the massive spending package.
"It was very surprising to me to see 13 Republicans basically bail Nancy Pelosi out," Hagerty said on Fox News' "CAVUTO Live" Saturday morning. "She did not have the votes within her own party to do this. We had 13 Republicans that decided to step up and help her in this way, and what they did is put themselves on a path to early retirement."
"What we saw earlier this week was the American public certainly manifest themself in Virginia, spoke out. They repudiated these policies we’re seeing come from the Democrat Party and what’s happening is exactly what I predicted would happen," the senator said, adding that he expected House Speaker Pelosi to "open the door for this massive big government spending program that they’ve now teed up for later in November."
Hagerty: Republicans who voted for infrastructure 'put themselves on a path to early retirement'
Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., on Saturday criticized Republicans who voted in favor of the bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, which passed in the House on Friday night.
The House vote was 228-206, with 13 GOP lawmakers joining Democrats to vote in favor of the legislation and six progressive Democrats voting against the massive spending package.
"It was very surprising to me to see 13 Republicans basically bail Nancy Pelosi out," Hagerty said on Fox News' "CAVUTO Live" Saturday morning. "She did not have the votes within her own party to do this. We had 13 Republicans that decided to step up and help her in this way, and what they did is put themselves on a path to early retirement."
"What we saw earlier this week was the American public certainly manifest themself in Virginia, spoke out. They repudiated these policies we’re seeing come from the Democrat Party and what’s happening is exactly what I predicted would happen," the senator said, adding that he expected House Speaker Pelosi to "open the door for this massive big government spending program that they’ve now teed up for later in November."
Hagerty: Republicans who voted for infrastructure 'put themselves on a path to early retirement'