‘Comically evil’: Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert cause outrage by voting against bone marrow donor program
Republicans Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert have drawn criticism after they became the only two members of the House to vote against a bill reauthorizing the National Marrow Donor Program.
The programme matches bone marrow donors and cord blood units with leukaemia patients and people with other illnesses.
The Transplant Act passed the House with a tally of 415-2 with 215 Democrats and 200 Republicans voting in the affirmative. 12 legislators didn't vote.
The bill reauthorizes the National Marrow Donor Program for another five years.
Nick Dyer, a spokesman for Congresswoman Greene, told The Independent: “Nothing in this bill prevents the funding of aborted fetal tissue by taxpayers. It opens the door for the NIH to use this bill to research the remains of babies who were murdered in the womb.”
The sponsor of the bill, California Democrat Doris Matsui said in a statement that the programme provides the "only potential for a cure" for some individuals with fatal blood illnesses.
"For the 1.3 million Americans suffering from blood cancer and bone marrow disorders, we must continue to make investments in these programs that have saved tens of thousands of lives. I applaud my colleagues in the House for approving this bipartisan legislation and I urge the Senate to do the same," she said.
Asked why she voted against the bill, Lauren Boebert told The Independent: "This bill added hundreds of millions of dollars to the national debt, while not receiving a [Congressional Budget Office] score or going through the committee process.”
The bill states that “$31,009,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026” will be appropriated.
Rhode Island Democrat Jack Reed has put forward the law in the Senate and it’s currently being processed by the health, education, labour and pensions committee, according to Newsweek.
Two members from each party are sponsoring the bill in the Senate, indicating that it's highly likely to pass with bipartisan support.
According to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, someone in the US dies of blood cancer every nine minutes.
Twitter users slammed the two staunch conservatives, with one calling them "comically evil".
Comically evil and for no reason other than they’ll get talked about bc of the vote https://t.co/qO2pGybkYg
— Carl Anderson fan club (@JimWebb2016) April 16, 2021
Prominent atheist Hemant Mehta wrote that "some people will do anything to reject science".
Thank you so much Aspen, Colo. and East Jesus, Ga. I have to assume everyone else you could have sent was worse? https://t.co/P9J850jHUy
— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) April 16, 2021
They are not Members of Congress. They are assassins. https://t.co/BEQqM190T2
— David Waldman-1, of Yorktown LLC™ (@KagroX) April 16, 2021
standing up for liberty means fighting bone marrow donors https://t.co/XoHWrvkNvF
— Robert Evans (The Only Robert Evans) (@IwriteOK) April 16, 2021
These two are like an evil Laverne and Shirley. https://t.co/k09ko4VET6
— Mr. Newberger (@jeremynewberger) April 16, 2021
This blows my MIND! These 2 are NOT in Gov to help. They are simply there to start fires. I'll also take this moment to suggest, if you haven't already, to consider being an organ donor. We should do all we can to help each other live our best lives, even after we are gone. https://t.co/Fdcz3amCnM
— themocollins (@THEMOCOLLINS) April 16, 2021
If you wanted any more proof that these people are nothing but trolls with no purpose other than to frustrate and derail anything decent, here it is. https://t.co/kU1joQScCx
— Gary Whitta (@garywhitta) April 16, 2021
there are a lot of nominees for the shittiest person in Congress, but wow, these two really rose to the occasion. https://t.co/YlocTclXuS
— Jay Jaffe (@jay_jaffe) April 16, 2021
Of course. They’re professional provocateurs. They don’t care about people. They just like the attention doing horrible things brings them. https://t.co/tlcWsO8USS
— Kaz Weida (@kazweida) April 16, 2021
Because they think Leukemia is a hoax? https://t.co/DvFpd5asuY
— Lori Coleman (@DemocracyStorm) April 16, 2021
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