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riversedge

(77,895 posts) Mon Sep 1, 2025, 12:56 PM Sep 1

@GOP Rep. Tom Emmer does NOT recall why he did not vote for "schools to expand mental health services" [View all]

whow. an important bill like this to help with mental health services in schools, and Emmer forgets why he did not vote for it. !!

Aaron Rupar‬ ‪@atrupar.com‬
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RADDATZ: You talk about what can be done. After shootings in Buffalo & Uvalde, Congress passed a bipartisan Safer Communities Act. It provided hundreds of millions for schools to expand mental health services. You didn't vote for it. Why?

TOM EMMER: I don't remember the reasons I didn't vote for it

RADDATZ: You talk about what can be done. After shootings in Buffalo & Uvalde, Congress passed a bipartisan Safer Communities Act. It provided hundreds of millions for schools to expand mental health services. You didn't vote for it. Why?

TOM EMMER: I don't remember the reasons I didn't vote for it
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-08-31T15:22:02.454Z

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@GOP Rep. Tom Emmer does NOT recall why he did not vote for "schools to expand mental health services" [View all] riversedge Sep 1 OP

In other words, he was told not to vote for it Walleye Sep 1 #1

I wonder if Trump told him to jump off a cliff, if he would!! riversedge Sep 1 #2

People should hold up cash and wave it around. Irish_Dem Sep 1 #3

I'll remind him: BECAUSE HE'S A FUCKING REPUBLICAN Blue Owl Sep 1 #4

"You can't replace those kids, we CANNOT HELP the community" MagickMuffin Sep 1 #5

Translation: "Somebody told me to vote against it so I did. Look, I didn't get here by thinking struggle4progress Sep 1 #6