Last week, Rep. Pete Olson, R-Texas, spoke with conservative radio host Sam Malone about President Obama’s decision to veto the National Defense Authorization Act, citing concerns about its provisions on sequestration, spending on wasteful projects and Guantanamo Bay.
While Obama at no point said that he was vetoing the $612 billion bill because it raises pay for the troops, Olson seemed to suggest otherwise.
“He became ‘Benedict Obama’ or ‘Barack Arnold,’” Olson said. “He refused to sign a bill to give our troops a pay raise, Sam, he refused for darn politics. A guy died in Iraq yesterday, he sent them to die yesterday, and he won’t give them a dang pay raise for politics.” He then called the president “anti-American.”
