LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 21: Democratic presidential candidate former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks at a Get out the Caucus rally at Faiss Middle School February 21, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Nevada holds its presidential caucus tomorrow. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
The House of Representatives approved a bill that would cut Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s taxpayer-funded salary to just one dollar.
Right-wing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Georgia) measure was passed via voice vote as an amendment to the 2024 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act.
“I’m proud to announce my amendment to FIRE Pete Buttigieg just PASSED the House,” Greene posted on X, formerly Twitter. “Pothole Pete staged fake bike rides to the White House and used private planes funded by taxpayers to receive awards for the way certain people have sex. American taxpayers should not be on the hook for paying for his lavish trips or his salary.”
“Pete Buttigieg doesn’t do his job,” she continued. “It’s all about fake photo ops and taxpayer-funded private jet trips to accept LGBTQ awards for him. I’m happy my amendment passed, but he doesn’t deserve a single penny.”
Buttigieg has been under scrutiny from Republican lawmakers since taking office in 2021. Last year, he used a government jet for a trip to Montreal, where he attended a ceremony hosted by a Canadian gay rights organization and received an award for his “contributions to the advancement of LGBTQ rights.”
The Transportation secretary is said to have used government jets on at least 18 occasions, sparking a probe into his use of taxpayer dollars.
He is better known for having successfully managed the president’s billion-dollar infrastructure law, which is the biggest investment in roads and bridges in U.S. history.
Greene is known in Congress for trolling her opponents – even those in her party. She was recently in the news for insulting Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) for her “vaping” incident at a Denver theater.
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