Roy Blunt voted against the Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act in September. And now, he's facing the fallout. The bill, which hasn't been passed by the senate, would pay for 9/11 first responders who inhaled all sorts of vile crap, and got sick because of it.
VoteVets have released an ad featuring Daniel Arrigo, a Navy
veteran who was a first responder at Ground Zero. Arrigo, breathing
tube under his nose, rips Blunt for his vote against the bill,
especially in light of Blunt voting to raise his pay eight times, which
isn't exactly accurate,
but the voting against ill first responders part is black and white.
Needless to say, it's a very sad commercial. Arrigo closes the spot with a tear jerking summary: "Blunt voted against first responders. He
doesn't breathe the same air I breathe." Argh ... straight through the
heart. But congressional pay raises to voting against 9/11
responders seem unrelated topics, and they water the ad down. If their goal is to make Blunt look like a monster, isn't highlighting his vote against the
bill enough?
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