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Stephen Colbert Names And Shames GOP Lawmaker For Blatant Hypocrisy

"The Late Show" host ripped into Rep. Gary Palmer of Alabama.
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Stephen Colbert tore into Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Ala.) for hailing government funds his district will receive from the bipartisan infrastructure package signed into law by President Joe Biden this week. 

The problem? 

Palmer voted against it. 

“You can’t take credit for the thing you opposed,” Colbert, host of “The Late Show,” said. “There’s a reason Jamie Spears was not welcome at the Free Britney rally.” 

Not only did Palmer oppose the legislation, he’s part of a group seeking to punish Republicans who did vote for the package, as Colbert explained in his Wednesday night monologue:

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