Blunt Punished At Home For Defecting On Trump’s Emergency Declaration

Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, to discuss the Department of Homeland Security funding bill. On Thursday, House Speaker John Boehner left... Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, to discuss the Department of Homeland Security funding bill. On Thursday, House Speaker John Boehner left open the possibility of a potential shutdown at the department because of a congressional impasse over immigration. (AP Photo/Molly Riley) MORE LESS
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Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) is paying the price for voting with the Democrats to block President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration last week.

According to the Kansas City Star, Blunt was unceremoniously disinvited from a local GOP group’s gathering in one of the reddest parts of the state.

“I am so disappointed in you now that I can hardly speak,” Wanda Martens, a member of the Christian County Republican Central Committee, wrote in an email to Blunt’s office.

Blunt opposed Trump’s declaration on the grounds of excessive executive overreach.

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