New York State Rep. Yuh-Line Niou said Sen. Marco Rubio and Gov. Ron DeSantis voted against aid for Hurricane Sandy. Rubio opposed the larger bills that passed, but supported less expensive measures. DeSantis opposed the aid while in Congress.
Republicans who objected made similar"pork" arguments. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said two-thirds of the bill was pork spending unrelated to hurricane relief.
"This changed with Sandy because of two things: One, it affected primarily the ‘blue’ states of New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut, and two, it came right on the heels of fiscal conservative pushes." We contacted a DeSantis spokesperson to ask if he had any evidence for us to consider about past storm relief spending. Spokesperson Bryan Griffin said"we are completely focused on hurricane response. As the governor said earlier, we have no time for politics or pettiness." Rubio’s spokespeople did not respond.Niou is on firmer ground about DeSantis but omits that Rubio voted against the larger Sandy aid bill but did vote for less extensive bills.
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