Republicans slam 'hypocritical' Biden for flying to Delaware on taxpayer dime to vote, Dems defend move
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Congressional Republicans slammed President Biden for using taxpayer resources to fly to Delaware to vote this week, despite long advocating for vote-by-mail.
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"It sounds pretty terrible for the environment to fly a short distance to go vote," said Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. "But secondly, he's been pushing mail in ballots for the last two years and now he's gonna go vote in person. Seems a little hypocritical."
Other lawmakers questioned why Biden opted not to pay for the cost of the travel himself. He was also in Delaware over the weekend and returned to Washington, D.C., on Sunday, two days before he returned to the state to vote in-person.
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