Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY) joined ABC’s This Week on Sunday to rail against Trump’s $1.776 billion weaponization fund, with Fitzpatrick declaring that he is not afraid of defying Trump. 

As Senate Republicans revolt against Trump on a number of issues, in part, due to the weaponization fund, Fitzpatrick and Suozzi are leading a House effort to draft legislation to block it.

Senate Republicans broke for a ten-day recess last week, delaying the reconciliation vote to fund ICE, Border Patrol, and Secret Service to buck Trump over the weaponization fund, his White House Ball Room renovation, and his endorsement of Ken Paxton to replace RINO John Cornyn.

Fitzpatrick also blasted Trump’s construction of the White House Ballroom on Sunday, vowing to fight it.

Fitzpatrick and Suozzi made a joint appearance on ABC with Jonathan Karl, where they both attacked the weaponization fund, calling on Republicans to cave to the Democrats.

Suozzi pointed to comments by Mitch McConnell, describing the fund as “utterly stupid” and “morally wrong,” claiming that “nobody” supports the idea.

“They don’t want to see a $1.8 billion fund to pay people that beat up cops, so it’s wrong, it’s stupid, whatever you want to pick, but it’s our job in the Congress, in the Senate and the House, to hold the executive branch accountable,” he said, arguing that Republicans will be voted out of office over this issue.

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Fitzpatrick went on to claim that “a lot” of Republicans support his bill before telling Karl that he is not worried about criticism from Trump or Republicans. He openly admitted that he is more focused on appealing to Democrats and Independents ahead of the November election, priding himself on “independent-minded representation.”

Notably, Fitzpatrick has already won his primary election and now faces Democrat Bob Harvey, who has vowed to “stand up to Donald Trump,” in the general election. Fitzpatrick is taking the same approach as the Democrat! Why would Republicans even vote for this guy?

His comments earned him praise from Suozzi, who noted Fitzpatrick’s willingness to cave on issues such as Ukraine. “I want to just say, John, that Brian has demonstrated this before. He signed other discharge petitions, and other Republicans have joined him on different issues, especially over the past few weeks, whether it comes to Ukraine or whether it comes to some labor issues,” Suozzi said.

“We are willing to stand up, and we need our Republican colleagues, like Brian, who’s done it before, to stand up and say this is right and that is wrong, and we need to work together to make our country a better place and focus on the things that people care about,”

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Trump recently slammed Fitzpatrick for repeatedly “voting against Trump.”

“You know what happens with that? Doesn’t work out well,” he said to Fox’s Jacqui Heinrich, who is engaged to Fitzpatrick.

President Trump Torches Fox News Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich and Her Never-Trump RINO Partner Brian Fitzpatrick

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