The Silence Is Deafening
Tom McClintock, again, stayed silent when we need him to speak out against a president who has betrayed the people he swore to serve.
CA-04’s Ridiculous Representative
Tom McClintock has become that ridiculous cult member, following the lead of a President who’s behavior has become self-destructive.
Tom’s Pretending to Care About the Rule of Law, Again
Tom McClintock likes to pretend that he cares about the rule of law. This week he tweeted his criticism of the Supreme Court’s decision concluding that the President did not …
The Broken Politics of Tom McClintock
Tom McClintock thumbs his nose at the science that gives us the easiest path to stopping the spread of COVID-19.
Tom McClintock Is Working Hard to Divide Us
Tom McClintock decided to speak up this week about the horrific murder of George Floyd. He gave Mr. Floyd’s memory a couple of sentences in his press release, acknowledging — …
The Silence from Tom McClintock Is Deafening
We look to our political leaders for guidance and hope in times of trouble. We ask them to represent us in the U.S. government, and to fight for what is right, and good. We expect them to speak up when an injustice demands a response. And so Tom McClintock’s silence right now is deafening.
Tom’s Twisting the Constitution, Again
Tom McClintock long has claimed to care about our Constitution. He trots it out when it suits him, to insist that he’s just trying to protect our constitutional rights. But as is his wont, Tom twists the Constitution to serve his political goals.
The GOP Has Failed Its Most Critical Test
Tom McClintock is, if nothing else, consistent. He consistently supports the GOP’s agenda and its political leaders, no matter how destructive or negligent they are.
Doubling Down on the Death Cult
McClintock bemoans the restrictions enacted as a life-saving measure across the country. He insists it’s time to open up. He’s just doubling down on the death cult taking over the right.
COVID-19 Exposes the Flaws in our Fragmented Health Care System
It also has exposed many of the flaws in the policies Tom McClintock has embraced for his entire political career. The country’s fragmented and uneven health care system, which Republicans stubbornly refuse to fix, is at the top of the list.
Tom McClintock Fully Embraces the Death Cult
He’d rather condemn people to death than adopt policies at a federal level that might expose how badly the Trump administration has bungled its response to COVID-19.
COVID-19 Has Exposed the Lie in McClintock’s Policies
…he ignores the proof we get with every Republican Administration that his hands-off approach to government does not work.
While COVID-19 Found Its Footing in the U.S., McClintock Tilted at Windmills
They’re supposed to keep us safe. Their job is to keep us safe. Tom McClintock’s job is to keep us safe. But like the rest of the GOP, Tom McClintock chooses to ignore the things that truly threaten us, and to rage at phantoms instead.
Tom McClintock’s Disdain for Government Does Us Harm
A government small enough to drown in the bathtub. That’s been the GOP’s goal for decades — to shrink the government so much that it plays no role in our …
Tom McClintock’s Disdain For His Constituents
We’ve known for a while that Tom McClintock has little regard for the people he’s supposed to serve. He doesn’t worry much about the families struggling to make ends meet …
The Harm a Balanced Budget Would Do
Tom McClintock long has fought for an amendment to the Constitution that would require a balanced budget — forcing the U.S. Government to reduce its spending to match its revenue every year. Sounds good in principle. But he never tells you all the harm a balanced budget would do.
Balancing the Budget on the Backs of Seniors
But once again, McClintock is nowhere to be seen when his constituents need him to fight for them
Taking Food From Needy Veterans
As with everything else he does, McClintock simply ignores the enormous harm his policies would do to veterans, too many of whom are forced to rely on these benefits to survive.
This Is Not How You Support Veterans
Tom McClintock likes to claim that he supports the military and veterans. But like so many of McClintock’s policies, his words and his deeds do not match.
Tom McClintock’s Skewed Priorities
Tom McClintock voted “No,” continuing his feckless and unquestioning support of this Administration.
Another “No” Vote From Tom
Tom McClintock’s “No” vote last month on H.R. 3, Pharmaceutical Price Controls, is one of his worst. Prescription drug prices are out of control in the U.S. — with lifesaving medicine too expensive for many people to afford — and once again McClintock put the interests of rich companies ahead of the interests of his constituents.
Chipping Away at Our Healthcare
Tom McClintock’s views regarding the Affordable Care Act are well-known. He ignores the huge challenges people faced before the ACA — the prices that skyrocketed every year, the insurers who …
Our Representative Should Represent Us
As we finish 2019, more committed than ever to effecting positive change in 2020, we’re thinking about the reasons we are fighting for change. For us, it comes down to one central goal: electing someone who will represent us, who will fight for us, as one of only 435 voices and votes in the House of Representatives.
McClintock’s Skewed Values
Our decisions about how we spend our money reflect our values. They reveal who we are more than many other decisions we make. And so we know exactly who Tom …
The GOP Is Creating Rotten Jobs
Tom McClintock likes to talk about the Nation’s economy. Like so many other Republicans, he falsely claims that Trump turned around a bad economy. But as this article shows, the …
SNAP Cuts Will Hurt Rural Communities the Most
Tom McClintock long has been a proponent of demanding work requirements for SNAP recipients. He has advocated time and again to remove food security from those who cannot afford to …
Tom McClintock’s Skewed Priorities Don’t Help Us
This Congress is getting things done, without Tom McClintock’s help. They’re showing us what politicians can accomplish when they commit to finding solutions to difficult problems.
Follow the money
Follow the money. It’s always good advice, and in politics, it’s the best advice. And when you follow the money in California’s 4th District, it leads directly to Tom McClintock, and his stubborn refusal to take meaningful action to protect his constituents from the increasing risk of wildfires.
More victims of Tom McClintock’s Neglect
Another year gone. Hundreds of lives lost or irrevocably damaged. Thousands of homes and businesses destroyed. This is Tom McClintock’s legacy. For more than a year, Tom McClintock’s constituents have …
Lies, Lies, and More Lies
If their proposals were good policy — if they offered solutions that our country needs — the GOP would have no reason to lie. We know their arguments are empty …
Stunning Hypocrisy
Stunning, breathtaking hypocrisy. Those are the words that come to mind as Tom McClintock once again expresses his full support for Donald Trump’s power-grab. During the Obama administration, McClintock railed …
It’s All Been About You
Tomorrow is the day we exercise one of the most valuable rights of citizenship in this country that we all love. Tomorrow we vote. And we will learn whether the …
Our Chance to Change Our Government
1 of 435. That’s the number I focused on when I was deciding what to do to help change my government – to push us back to the path we …
The Lives Saved by the ACA
As the residents of California’s Fourth District go to the polls to cast their votes, we urge them to focus on the policies that impact their lives. Health insurance is …
Life Without the ACA
As the midterm approaches, the lies from the right multiply exponentially. Across the Nation, GOP politicians are promising that they will protect the ACA’s pre-existing coverage, even as those same …
Ten Years and Still No Real Solution on Health Care
Tom McClintock has spent most of his time in Congress fighting to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but he has never offered a viable replacement. McClintock has represented California’s Fourth …
McClintock Wants to Take Your Earned Benefits
Tom McClintock isn’t always fully honest with his constituents but in one area, we know exactly where he stands. If you let him, he will slash the benefits you’ve spent …
Our Tax Dollars at Work
Tom McClintock’s hypocrisy is on full display when he rails against government spending — a criticism that never applies to spending that benefits him or his family. He’s made clear …
The “Nuisance” of a Pre-Existing Condition
We all need health care. Many of us have a pre-existing condition, and those that don’t undoubtedly know one of the one-in-four American adults who do. And so we all …
Go Home and Get in Line
Go home and get in line. That’s this writer’s most stark memory of a Tom McClintock town hall early last year. And that’s one of the reasons I’m so committed …
McClintock’s $170/Day Boondoggle
For a man who claims he is opposed to government spending, Tom McClintock takes a lot of money from the government. And he has gotten far more than he’s deserved …
We Need Women in Government
Last week, while defending the fact that the GOP has not placed a single woman on the Judiciary Committee – one of the most important in the Senate – Chairman …
We Need Real Solutions to Combat Poverty
West Virginia is showing the country what happens when you try to find solutions in the past, instead of investing and building for the future. Although the country generally is …
The GOP’s War on Women
With the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, the country is at risk of returning to days we thought we had put behind us. The days when …
When Will Their Greed Be Sated?
In a well-functioning government, our representatives would evaluate policy based on facts and experience, and enact laws designed to actually improve people’s lives. But we do not have a well-functioning …
Does the Truth Matter?
A few years ago, the answer to this question from both sides of the political divide would have been the same. We had different truths – our news sources have …
Taxation Without Representation
A quarter-century ago, the politics of running this Nation changed drastically. Today, we see the full effects of the cynicism that began with a Speaker of the House who resolved …
The Highest Court of the Land
Tom McClintock’s position is clear. While he won’t be voting on the President’s nominee to fill one of only nine seats on the highest Court of the land, he fully …
When Will the Recovery Benefit the Rest of Us?
The Trump administration likes to talk up the economy, consistently claiming credit for the recovery that started during the Obama administration and has remained on track through the first two …
Taking Cancer Money to Pay for Cages for Kids
This administration has found a way to bring to life the caricatures of evil that we previously believed could never happen here. And Tom McClintock is fully on board. With …