Global Courant 2023-05-31 13:41:51
representative Ralph Norman (RS.C.) was ridiculed after whining on Fox News that he didn’t have enough time to read the 99-page bill that President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) pulled out to raise the national debt limit. and curb some spending.
“We should have a lot more time,” Norman grumbled to Fox News’ John Roberts on Tuesday after echoing a right-wing talking point about remarks once made by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that are common. taken out of context.
Norman, who in January 2021 infamously demanded former President Donald Trump declares martial law to prevent Joe Biden from taking office, and also complained about the bill being sent for review over Memorial Day weekend.
“But he gives you 72 hours to think about it before you’re asked to vote on it,” Roberts told Norman.
“It’s only 99 pages,” the Fox anchor later added.
On Twitter. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) led the mockery of Norman’s complaint.
“Let’s do some math,” Lieu wrote.
“If GOP Rep Ralph Norman works 8 hours a day, that’s 24 hours in 3 days to read 99 pages. That equates to reading just over 4 pages per hour. And these are double-spaced text pages,” he continued.
“Alternatively, he can have AI summarize the bill for him in 1 minute,” Lieu added.
However, Norman had at least had some time over the weekend to process the bill, describing it as “madness,” despite his later moans at the conservative network.
“A $4T debt ceiling increase without spending cuts is not what we agreed on. I’m not going to vote to bankrupt our country. The American people deserve better,” he tweeted.
