“If it was my choice, I wouldn’t put any of that money into the arch,” Simpson added, when pressed on whether Pentagon funding should be used at all.
He’s a
SenatorMember of Congress, he is supposed to have1/100 ofa choice in the matter.But he knows it will never come to having to make a choice like that, because Trump’s just gonna do it, and he’s gonna let him.
He’s a Representative, but he’s one of the chairs for a subcommittee on the Appropriations Committee, which apparently has 61-63 members?
So even though he’s a rep, so he’s one of 435, he happens to be in a rather powerful section of that group, meaning he probably has more influence than just 1 of 100 Senators.
But yeah when these people act like they are just another yokel in a sea of millions, that is wild.
You’re right of course, thats what I get when shit posting too quickly and misreading “Senior” for “Senator”…
Your general point still stands, though - this guy has agency.
