Tag: Pat Roberts
GOP Strategist Says Pat Roberts Is Just ‘Furniture’ in the Senate
He’s basically furniture in the Senate, and the people in Kansas know that. You could give the average Kansan 24 hours to come up with something Pat Roberts has done in the Senate, and after 24 hours, even the crickets would be standing there befuddled.
— GOP strategist John Weaver, quoted by the Washington Post.
Roberts: We’re Heading Toward National Socialism
We have to change course because our country is heading for national socialism. That’s not right. It’s changing our culture. It’s changing what we’re all about.
— Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS), quoted by TPM.
GOP Senator’s Desperate Reboot Turns Out to Be Based on Votes He Took During Bush Administration
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow pointed out on Tuesday that Sen. Pat Roberts’ (R-KS) campaign “reboot” is built on an apparent misrepresentation of his stance on a federal building that was supposed to be built in his state.
Roberts’ campaign debuted an ad on Tuesday portraying the longtime incumbent as a staunch opponent of President Barack Obama’s “failed policies.” Roberts, the ad claimed, led the push for the establishment of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility on the campus of Kansas State University.
But Maddow noted that the two headlines touting Roberts’ efforts dated back to 2007 and 2008.
“That was even before Barack Obama was elected president,” she said. “That was before this term for Kansas Senator Pat Roberts in the Senate.”
In fact, Roberts voted against a bill this past January that would have provided $404 million in funding for the project, which has now stalled.
