Rep. Vance McAllister (R-LA), who said last week that some members of Congress receive campaign contributions for voting a certain way on bills, clarified that he himself has never expected money for a vote.
The congressman told Gannett Louisiana on Sunday that his comment, which were initially published by the Ouachita Citizen, “was taken completely out of context.”
“I have never cast a vote with the expectation or anticipation of receiving any money for a vote,” McAllister told Gannett Louisiana. “I was just trying to illustrate how much money controls Washington, D.C., and the reporter took the comments totally out of context.”
According to the Ouachita Citizen, one of McAllister’s colleagues told him that if he voted against a bill dealing with the Bureau of Land Management, he would receive a contribution from the Heritage Foundation.
McAllister would not elaborate on his speech to Gannett, but added that he was not talking about the Heritage Foundation, which is prohibited from spending directly on political candidates.
[H/t Washington Post]
He also said he’s never fucked around on the Missus.
Hey. Has he started whining about the liberal media yet?
Occams’s Razor:
McCallister is a fuckin liar.
“I never said what I said!!”
Classsic Teabaggery.
But he DID (expect cash). In the other story, he said he voted but never received money because Heritage and Jindal were “upset” with him. If he did not expect money for the vote, for what reason did he mention that he never received it, and specifically noting why???
“I have never cast a vote with the expectation or anticipation of receiving any money for a vote”
Obviously he expects to be paid in advance.