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Let's talk about the GOP and $1 for SECDEF....

Belle of the Ranch

Belle of the Ranch

Society & Culture

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Let's talk about the GOP and $1 for SECDEF....

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0:00.0

Well, howdy there internet people, Litzboo again. So today we are going to talk about Republicans,

0:08.0

the internet, social media, and what a lot of Republicans are really concerned with right now, particularly some

0:18.6

of those in the House.

0:20.9

Because for a while I've been saying that Republicans are leaning into social media,

0:26.0

they're confusing social media engagement with the votes, they're really just out there

0:30.5

to provoke outrage in hopes that it elevates their profile.

0:35.0

And I had somebody send me a message saying,

0:37.0

hey, you know, you always say that, but you don't give any evidence.

0:41.0

I'm willing to bet that any time I've said that the topic kind of made

0:47.8

itself evident. But since the question was asked, let's go through it.

0:54.7

Marjorie Taylor Green introduced this little provision.

1:00.5

The purpose of it is to make sure that the Secretary of Defense gets paid a dollar,

1:09.0

$1, $1 a year to reduce the salary to that. Not a joke, I'm going to read it.

1:17.0

None of the funds made available by this act may be used to pay Defense Secretary Lloyd

1:22.2

James Austin the third a salary that exceeds a dollar.

1:27.0

Okay. First, why? Why would this be introduced?

1:33.6

Because according to Marjorie Taylor Green,

1:37.3

the defense secretary, well, he's destroying the military.

1:46.4

Austin has more than 40 years in the military. Marjorie Taylor Green just hopefully figured out that space lasers weren't a thing.

2:01.0

So I don't know that that legislation really matters in her opinion on this is really one that should be considered that heavily.

2:09.0

But here's the other thing.

2:11.0

This was put out there. This is the provision. Do you think that it's going to become

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