Sen. Marsha Blackburn Mocked For Griping About Funding Elder Care

The Republican Party’s opposition to anything that President Joe Biden is for is pushing GOP politicians into taking some bizarre positions.
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The Republican Party’s opposition to President Joe Biden’s proposed infrastructure plan is pushing GOP politicians into taking some bizarre positions in an attempt to own the libs.

Case in point: Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn, who on Wednesday took to Twitter to gripe about various parts of the plan.

Considering Blackburn is a conservative, it’s no surprise she opposed funding climate change studies and green transportation initiatives, but she shocked many by revealing she also has problems with helping the country’s oldest citizens, many of whom vote Republican.

Paying lip service to helping older Americans is Politics 101, so naturally many Twitter users were shocked by the tweet, which was quickly overwhelmed with negative comments.

The Democratic National Committee was quick to point out what Blackburn was saying.

Others piled on with the mockery.

Blackburn’s tweet was so out of touch that some people suspected she was secretly in cahoots with the White House.

However, one person had some advice for Blackburn and her fellow Republicans.

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CEOs Who Pay No Corporate Taxes And Are Calling For Budget Cuts
Brian Moynihan, CEO of Bank of America -- Negative Tax Rate(01 of31)
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James McNerney, CEO of Boeing -- Negative Tax Rate(02 of31)
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Mark Bertolini, CEO of Aetna -- Negative Tax Rate(03 of31)
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Scott Donnelly, CEO of Textron -- Negative Tax Rate(04 of31)
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Martin Flanagan, CEO of Invesco -- Negative Tax Rate(05 of31)
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Daniel Fulton, CEO of Weyerhaeuser -- Negative Tax Rate(06 of31)
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John Lundgren, CEO of Stanley Black & Decker(07 of31)
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Kirk Hachigian, CEO of Cooper Industries -- Negative Tax Rate(08 of31)
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Thomas Quinlan, CEO of R. R. Donnelly & Sons -- Negative Tax Rate (09 of31)
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Walter Rakowich, CEO of Prologis -- Negative Tax Rate(10 of31)
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Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T -- Negative Tax Rate (11 of31)
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Wendell Weeks, CEO of Corning -- Negative Tax Rate (12 of31)
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Frits van Paasschen, CEO of Starwood Hotels & Resorts -- Negative Tax Rate(13 of31)
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Steven Roth, Chairman of Vornado -- Tax-Free REIT(14 of31)
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Gregory Brown, CEO of Motorola -- 0 Percent(15 of31)
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Brian Duperreault, CEO of Marsh & McLennan -- 0 percent (16 of31)
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Thomas Wilson, CEO of Allstate -- 1 percent(17 of31)
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John McGlade, CEO of Air Products and Chemicals -- 1 Percent (18 of31)
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James Gorman, CEO of Morgan Stanley -- 1 Percent(19 of31)
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Andrew Liveris, CEO of Dow Chemical -- 2 Percent(20 of31)
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Lowell McAdam, CEO of Verizon -- 2 Percent(21 of31)
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Glenn Britt, CEO of Time Warner Cable -- 3 Percent(22 of31)
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Paul Jacobs, CEO of Qualcomm -- 3 Percent(23 of31)
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George Paz, CEO of Express Scripts -- 3 Percent (24 of31)
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Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of General Electric -- 5 Percent(25 of31)
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Alexander Cutler, CEO of Eaton -- 5 Percent(26 of31)
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James Tisch, CEO of Loews Corporation -- 6 Percent(27 of31)
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Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs -- 7 Percent(28 of31)
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David Cote, CEO of Honeywell -- 7 Percent(29 of31)
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Duncan Niederauer, CEO of NYSE Euronext -- 10 Percent(30 of31)
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Douglas Oberhelman, CEO of Caterpillar -- 11 Percent(31 of31)
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