Republican Tennessee Sen. Bill Hagerty applauded
Elon Musk for reposting a post that exposes Democrats’ decision to reject his proposed amendment during his appearance Wednesday on “America’s Newsroom.” Hagerty slammed
Democrats for opposing an amendment to stop federal funds from chartering flights for undocumented immigrants. Musk amplified the issue and attracted 40 million views to a post featuring Hagerty’s
Senate speech, to
Fox News. The said he was shocked by the Democrats’ overwhelming rejection of the amendment, noting the vote’s covert early timing aimed at avoiding public attention. He pointed out that despite attempts to stay under the radar,
Democratic Senate Majority Leader eventually allowed the vote to proceed, albeit reluctantly. This is insane! — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) “The Democrats are being outed,” he on “America’s Newsroom.” “Chuck Schumer tried everything he could to block this until the very dead of night. We ran right up to basically a
Government Shutdown before he finally capitulated and said, ‘Okay, we’ll put it on the floor.’ But I didn’t get it onto the floor until the middle of the night, perhaps 1:30 in the morning when the vote went down.” Hagerty believed the Democrats assumed the public would remain unaware of their unanimous vote to use taxpayer money for charter flights. “I think they thought no one would see that every Democrat voted to fly illegal migrants in here from countries like Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua, Colombia on taxpayer funds, using charter flights, flying them over our border and putting them into the interior of America,” he continued.
Washington, DC – SEPTEMBER 14: U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) attends a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on the SEC on September 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images) urged the Biden administration to halt a flight program accused of moving about 320,000 undocumented immigrants to cities across the U.S. but the Democrats voted to keep the program. “I was shocked. That was a terrible vote for them to take,” Hagerty added.