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Meet The Purple-Haired ‘Swamp Creature’ With Massive Sway Over The Federal Purse Strings

Democratic Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro, a purple-haired member of the Congressional Progressive Party, is one of the most powerful lawmakers in Washington and is now an enemy of Elon Musk.

DeLauro is the highest She is also a Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, considered one of the most important committees on Capitol Hill. serve Among other things, he serves as a member of the Democratic Party Steering and Policy Committee. As the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, she uses her influence over the federal budget to help Donald Trump shrink the federal government with support from Musk and fellow billionaire businessman Vivek Ramaswami. likely to resist or thwart the next president’s plans. of the next government. (Related article: Democratic voters are unbelievably crazy)

DeLauro, now 81 and a congressman since 1991, made headlines Thursday for his comments. remarks On the House floor, she said Republicans broke the deal to avoid a government shutdown simply because “President Musk” told them to do so.

Musk fired back at X (which was Twitter before the acquisition). repetition make a call DeLauro has referred to them as “swamp creatures” in several posts. Tesla’s CEO appears to be making fun of Ms. DeLauro’s purple hair and her long career in Washington, calling her a literal swamp creature and a near-permanent resident of D.C. both terms used to describe members of the political class.

Mr. DeLauro is famous fans Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg plans to increase the use of female crash dummies to correct “gender inequality” in car crashes. she too announced Her intention wasresist”, which brought up the agenda of President-elect Trump during his first term in office, and with Trump’s return to the Oval Office looming, she appears ready to do it again.

In 2011, DeLauro made headlines for vacationing along Italy’s beautiful Amalfi Coast as Hurricane Irene battered her hometown, telling reporters afterwards that she “makes no apologies for taking time off.” That became the headline. According to To the New Haven Register. “It’s never a good idea to vacation in Italy while the district is in turmoil,” a Hartford Courant columnist wrote, “while the rest of the delegation is on the ground.” gave DeLauro an “F” grade for his “embarrassing” answer. DeLauro was unemployed in Connecticut. ”

She and her husband, prominent pollster Stan Greenberg, previously lived rent-free in the basement of the couple’s Washington home with former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel for about five years while Emanuel was president. This became a hot topic during the Obama administration. meeting, According to In the Los Angeles Times. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which Mr. Emanuel led from 2005 to 2007, awarded polling contracts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to Greenberg Carville Schramm, a political consulting firm with which Mr. Greenberg was involved. is.

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