A Michigan Republican lawmaker went on the defensive Sunday and said “screw you” when a right-wing radio host attacked him at a luncheon.?During a Q&A session, “Your Defending Fathers” radio host Brian Sommerfield confronted Sen. Howard Walker (R-Traverse City), one of eight Republican lawmakers who broke rank to cast a “yes” vote?to?Medicaid expansion in Michigan.
Here’s how it went, transcript from the video and Watch Dog Wire:
Sommerfield: ?One thing that the Republican base has been against is any form of ObamaCare, from the beginning, and to violate the Hastert Rule, again, to get this through ? [T]he Emmet County Republican party ? the executive committee ? voted their disapproval for this and sent you that ? This so goes against the base and the people that you stand for ? to just totally not only violate it at the base level, but then to violate the Hasert Rule?and to have every single Democrat and to pick up a few weak Republicans to get this through, we feel totally violated.?
Walker: ?Screw you, as far as weak Republicans, dude.?
The shocked audience: ?What??
Walker: ?I said, screw you, as far as calling me a weak Republican.?
Sommerfield: ?I am.?
Walker: ?The heck with you.?I stood by my campaign commitment. And I think I did what was right. It’s a lot easier saying ?no? than it was saying ?yes? on that. It was a very tough vote.?
Watch Dog Wire reports that Walker later apologized to Sommerfield for saying “screw you,” stating “I resent the reference.”
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