Sen. Tom Coburn (R., Okla.) argued against the politicization of disaster relief for victims of the Oklahoma tornadoes in an interview on Morning Joe Thursday morning.
SEN. TOM COBURN: It is the lamest excuse in the world when we have at least $200 billion worth of waste, fraud and duplication to say, "oh, my gosh, we can't do that, we have to go borrow the money against the very kids you're saying you want to help." It is morally wrong, it's repugnant to me, and it's the lamest excuse career politicians can use and that's why our country is in trouble, that kind of thinking...It is all the political game. There's nothing. There's $11.6 billion sitting in a bank account waiting to help people in Oklahoma. This is all a game. It's a crass political game because I was being asked these questions before we even pulled the dead people out of the rubble. It's just typical Washington b.s., quite frankly.
