Get elected, use the taxpayer, use his treasury to fund the lifestyle they think they want and deserve.
Every time your congressman's hopping on a plane off to, uh, off to Berlin, heading to London, b- important congressional business.
You don't know who Lina Hidalgo is unless you're in Houston, Texas, but she's h- a judge in Harris County, Houston, Texas.
She has a picture up today, pfft, of her in these gorgeous royal-looking halls in, huh, let's see, Paris.
She says this, quote, "Harris County and Paris are both navigating challenges from climate change, poverty, and growing healthcare costs while operating within tight budgets.
Judge Hidalgo met with Paris city officials," and they list a couple of them, "in relations with France's public hospital system," as well as all these others, "to collaborate on policy solutions related to climate change, mental health, and sustainability." This is not a story about Lina Hidalgo or Harris County.
This is a story about your city councilman, your state rep, your congressman, your senator.
Lina Hidalgo could never in a million years acquire the kind of wealth legally that would allow her an all-expenses-paid trip to Paris.
Uh, we were just down there training in the Philippines, trying to learn how to, uh, better educate our children and things like that." They all freaking do this.
Get elected, use the taxpayer, use his treasury to fund the lifestyle they think they want and deserve.
Every time your congressman's hopping on a plane off to, uh, off to Berlin, heading to London, b- important congressional business.
You don't know who Lina Hidalgo is unless you're in Houston, Texas, but she's h- a judge in Harris County, Houston, Texas.
She has a picture up today, pfft, of her in these gorgeous royal-looking halls in, huh, let's see, Paris.
She says this, quote, "Harris County and Paris are both navigating challenges from climate change, poverty, and growing healthcare costs while operating within tight budgets.
Judge Hidalgo met with Paris city officials," and they list a couple of them, "in relations with France's public hospital system," as well as all these others, "to collaborate on policy solutions related to climate change, mental health, and sustainability." This is not a story about Lina Hidalgo or Harris County.
This is a story about your city councilman, your state rep, your congressman, your senator.
Lina Hidalgo could never in a million years acquire the kind of wealth legally that would allow her an all-expenses-paid trip to Paris.
Uh, we were just down there training in the Philippines, trying to learn how to, uh, better educate our children and things like that." They all freaking do this.
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