Called Out AGAIN: The Roast Continues for Lying Laura Gillen.

Out of touch Democrat Laura Gillen is being called out yet again for lying about critical funding for her district.

Gillen held a press conference and posed with a massive check to brag about nearly $1M in critical funding headed to the Bellerose Fire Department in her district. The problem? Gillen voted to block that funding.

“If out of touch Democrat Laura Gillen had it her way, the Bellerose Fire Department wouldn’t have the money they need for a new fire engine and her constituents would be less safe. Laura Gillen is a liar who couldn’t care less about the safety of Long Islanders. It’s that simple.” — NRCC Spokeswoman Maureen O’Toole

Read the full story here, or see excerpts below:

Democrats tout projects funded by a bill they voted against
NBC News
Sahil Kapur
December 13, 2025

WASHINGTON — For years, Democrats railed against Republicans who voted against government spending bills and then touted the money delivered home to their districts.

But now, in the Republican-controlled Congress during President Donald Trump’s second term, numerous House Democrats are doing the same thing.

That includes at least three Democrats in swing districts who voted no on last month’s government funding package, along with most of the party over its failure to extend expiring funds under the Affordable Care Act. That standoff led to a 43-day shutdown. But after the government reopened, largely with GOP votes, these Democrats claimed credit for some provisions in the bill, including funding they sought to include as it was developed.

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Rep. Laura Gillen, D-N.Y., a first-term Long Island Democrat who arrived in Congress after Pelosi stepped down as party leader, stood outside a fire department in her district with a large check to celebrate a grant under the same bill.

“In May, I urged the House Appropriations Committee to allocate new federal funding for a fire truck for the Bellerose Village Fire Department and successfully secured $938,000 during the FY2026 Appropriations process,” Gillen said. “I am delighted that this funding is now headed to Bellerose to help our first responders.”

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“They’ve got nothing,” Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., the chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee, told NBC News. “They’ve got no ideas to offer the American people, and they have no accomplishments to run on. So it doesn’t surprise me. But they’re not going to get away with it.”

Hudson is now in the unusual position of taking ownership of the spending bill on behalf of the GOP. He said he doesn’t recall Pelosi mocking Republicans who “vote no and take the dough.”

“That sounds smart enough to be her,” Hudson said.