During a contentious interview on “Morning Joe” today, GOP Rep. Tim Huelskamp slammed Speaker Boehner’s leadership on the fiscal cliff negotiations and ripped gun-grabbers for politicizing the Sandy Hook massacre.
Tim Huelskamp talks of compromise on Morning Joe, but then says taxes should not go up at all on anyone ever
— Domenico Montanaro (@DomenicoNPR) December 21, 2012
Tim Huelskamp on Morning Joe claims @SpeakerBoehner always "dives left"and "conservatives are on the outside"
— Domenico Montanaro (@DomenicoNPR) December 21, 2012
Rep. Huelskamp: 'I disagree with John Boehner caving on taxes…He did that without the support of the conference, as we found out.'
— Byron York (@ByronYork) December 21, 2012
Morning Joe just lost it. Kansas rep Huelskamp no ban on assault rifles. He says that the media and DC are politicizing the shooting!
— arian (@arian59179440) December 21, 2012
Huelskamp was one of the conservatives ousted from the Budget Committee earlier this month.
As CNN contributor Erick Erickson noted last night:
https://twitter.com/EWErickson/statuses/281932613537644544
Huelskamp was against Boehner’s “Plan B” measure and is staunchly opposed to tax increases.
Tim Huelskamp will vote against not only Boehner's 'Plan B' but the sequester replacement bill as well, says it actually increases spending
— Russell Berman (@russellberman) December 20, 2012
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Tim Huelskamp’s name was trending on Twitter this morning after Joe Scarborough exploded at the outspoken conservative’s remarks about politicizing the Connecticut tragedy:
Do you dare come on my show and say I am using the slaughter of 20 little six and seven-year-old children, I’m using that for political purposes, Tim?
Watch the video here:
Our unbelievable interview with Rep. Tim Huelskamp this morning. If you missed it, take a look: http://t.co/HgNZ9UiM
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) December 21, 2012
“Objective” MSNBC “journalist” Mika Brzezinski took to Twitter to call the congressman’s beliefs “disturbing.”
That was disturbing
— Mika Brzezinski (@morningmika) December 21, 2012
There is the problem for the Republican party right there
— Mika Brzezinski (@morningmika) December 21, 2012
Woooooooooooooooow!!!!!!!!!!
— Mika Brzezinski (@morningmika) December 21, 2012
The problem with the GOP – in one interview. Here's the clip of our interview with Rep Huelskamp: http://t.co/fTQenPoe
— Mika Brzezinski (@morningmika) December 21, 2012
In case it wasn’t clear which side of the issue Brzezinski is on, she also retweeted these tweets:
@morningmika Unbelievable. Huelskamp won't make any of the hard decisions that it takes to govern. He's a waste of space in Congress.
— Gerri Stone (@stoneski28) December 21, 2012
@morningmika
That segment has to be used over and over again to get people to wake up! Hopefully.— Betty (@BettyButterly) December 21, 2012
@morningmika @JoeNBC Rep Tim Huelskamp confirmed why this country is suffering,#frootloops #GOP@GOP,Libs just won 2014
— Possum Whisperer LLC (@MattWimmer1) December 21, 2012
https://twitter.com/MicRLane/status/282116380420091905
@JolandaMosley @Winkster15 @morningmika @miaaculpa Interview with #Huelskamp: Most disturbing thing I have ever seen on TV in my entire life
— Greg M (@7wtc) December 21, 2012
@Lovethe88 @morningmika that congressman is what is wrong with the GOP.
— Meredith Berlin (@meredithberlin) December 21, 2012
Because nothing says “I’m interested in fruitful, civil debate” like calling your opponents “abject morons.”
The progressive Twittersphere joined Brzezinski in making it clear that Huelskamp is ticking off all the right people.
Tim Huelskamp is an asshole.
— Anne C. Savage (@Anne_Savage) December 21, 2012
Tim Huelskamp R Kan on #morningjoe demonstrating how utterly stupid and morally bankrupt are the Repugnicant party and its members.
— Martin Sullivan (@martysullivanjr) December 21, 2012
OMG Rep. Tim Huelskamp is devoid of common sense and truly a radical – living in dream land – he needs a new job!
— BG-93 (@vrsheely) December 21, 2012
https://twitter.com/GuyNamedTodd/status/282103624866357248
https://twitter.com/NerdyWonka/status/282104166007070720
is there a bigger d-bag in Congress that Tim Huelskamp? I can't imagine. #fiscalcliff #guncontrol
— Jeff ⬆️ THE AMBITION Seale ? (@docstymie) December 21, 2012
Tim Huelskamp wants to go down with the GOP ship with the NRA and with his Koch billionaire backers. What a piece of shit.
— Jeff Gauvin (@JeffersonObama) December 21, 2012
https://twitter.com/Fresh3rthanU/status/282104539094605824
Looks like those “national conversations” about gun violence and fiscal sanity are coming along swimmingly.