@breedlov that's not political blackmail.
That's reflecting the mood of the American people in the representative body that is the House.
There's no blackmail there since there's no entitlement. It's merely a trade, the American people will support positive uses of social resources.
It's BECAUSE he cares about the American people--because he can't do anything without them--that he takes this position.
@breedlov I repeat myself: the mood of the American people reflected in the House.
There are all sorts of different opinions, all sorts of different motivations, strategies, politics, horse trading, there's a lot reflected in that expression.
There's no point in trying to naively reduce it to a proportion of the population since our representative system is specifically and intentionally set up to balance all of the competing interests.
@volkris Which American People? The less than 50% who voted for Trump? Certainly not all the American people? Perhaps not even all the Republicans. What will happen to the next Red state that is affected by a natural disaster?