Government infighting about passing a funding bill in the Senate sparked criticism from Congressional candidate Mark Teixeira on Tuesday.
Former New York Yankees star Mark Teixeira took a swing at Democrats before the U.S. Senate failed to pass a bill that would have avoided a government shutdown.
Teixeira, who is running for Congress in Texas, responded on social media to a warning from House Speaker Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, who said on Fox News Channel on Monday that Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-New York, and the Democratic Party were planning to shut the government down to “appease their far-left base.”
The World Series champion suggested he had enough.
“This is exactly why I’m running”, Teixeira wrote on X on Tuesday. “Democrats are destroying our country, and President Trump needs reinforcements who will fight to take our country back.”
Teixeira expanded on his thoughts on Wednesday morning.
“Make no mistake – liberal Democrats in D.C. own this shutdown”, he wrote on X. “Republicans have worked tirelessly and in good faith to keep the government open and enact conservative policies that earned a massive mandate in President Trump’s historic victory last November.
