Timothy S. Mescon

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Timothy S. Mescon

Timothy S. Mescon

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Tybee Island, Georgia, USA Katılım Aralık 2015
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𝐓𝐘𝐋𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐘: $𝟐𝟓𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐈𝐍 𝐆𝐈𝐅𝐓 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐔𝐍𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐃 𝐓𝐒𝐀 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐓𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀 𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 Here’s what happened: Perry walked into Hartsfield-Jackson — the 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 — and tried to hand cash directly to TSA officers who’d gone 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 during the DHS shutdown. Federal rules blocked him. 𝐎𝐧-𝐝𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐓𝐒𝐀 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬. So Perry went home, worked with TSA brass to find a legal workaround, came back with 𝟐𝟓𝟎 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐭 $𝟏,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡, and handed them out personally. This is the same man who spent $𝟏.𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 helping Atlanta families cut off from SNAP benefits. This isn’t a photo op. It’s a pattern. One private citizen did more in a single afternoon than Congress accomplished in six weeks of posturing. That’s the contrast that should make every elected official uncomfortable. 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝. 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭. trib.al/pYZVI9i
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