Yet the rank and file Republicans and the Republican leadership continue to try to profess that they are the party of fiscal responsibility. It is hilarious. It really is. In the legislature in Florida, we used to talk about statements like that not being able to pass the straight-face test. It doesn't pass the straight-face test. How do they say it without smirking? How do they say it without crossing their fingers and putting their fingers behind their back? We should check behind the backs of all of the Members when they are speaking on the floor here about how fiscally responsible they are because I am sure they are all like this. They can't cross themselves enough. It is really over the top. I was taught to tell the truth by my parents. I'm incredulous how some of these Members get away with claiming fiscal responsibility.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “Yet the rank and file Republicans and the Republican leadership continue to try to profess that they are the party of…”
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