New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R), who recently announced that he would not run for Senate next year, on Sunday expressed his dismay over Republican lawmakers wanting to punish colleagues for supporting the bipartisan infrastructure bill, but most voting against censuring Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) after his tweet depicting violence against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and President Biden.
Shortly after 13 House Republicans voted to pass BIF earlier this month, they were met with backlash from their own colleagues as well as death threats from the public. GOP leadership is also reportedly anticipating that rank-and-file lawmakers will organize an effort to strip committee assignments from members who supported BIF
“I think politics in its entirety on both sides of the aisle in Washington is screwed up,” Sununu said. “It really is. They got their priorities all wrong, focus on the wrong things, don’t talk about balancing budgets and fixing health care, immigration reform, Social Security and Medicare are going to be broken in about 10 years.”