GOP Helps You Then Votes to Fire Your Lifeguard
Republicans love the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau until they don't. After happily sending thousands of constituentsāincluding a chemotherapy patient and a defrauded servicememberāto the CFPB for help, they turned around and voted to chop its budget almost in half. Sen. Cornyn, who referred over 800 complaints, was notably silent when asked why he voted for cuts that threaten the agencyās existence. As Erie Meyer, the CFPBās ex-chief technologist, put it, 'if a service member is getting screwed on an auto loan, this is the only place they can go.' Meanwhile, Rebecca Blumenthal called out the GOP for putting 'big businessesā not consumersāfirst.'
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Republicans: 'Weāll help you fix your credit reportā¦ by defunding the agency that does it.' Itās like calling 911 then stealing the ambulance.
Voting to gut the CFPB while sending constituents there for help? Republicans just invented federal-level cognitive dissonance ā ADMITTEDLY hard to beat free healthcare in irony.
This is GOP leadership: Refers hundreds to CFPB, then slashes it. Like ordering Dominoās then blaming the delivery guy for your cold pizza.
Source: Propublica | Published: 8/6/2025 | Author: by Joel Jacobs
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