Called Out AGAIN: The Roast Continues for Fraudster Josh Riley.
Out of touch Democrat Josh Riley is being called out yet again for lying about critical funding for his district.
Riley bragged about funding for “three urgently needed projects” that ensure firefighters “have a safe station to work from” and that “families” in his district “have better access to care close to home.” The problem? Despite the clear need for this funding, Josh Riley voted to block it.
“If out of touch Democrat Josh Riley had it his way, firefighters in Upstate New York would be less safe at work, and families would have more limited access to the care they need. Josh Riley is a fraud who couldn’t care less about his own constituents, and it’s that simple.” — NRCC Spokeswoman Maureen O’Toole
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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.
First-term Rep. Josh Riley, D-N.Y., last month touted what he called “three urgently needed projects” in New York totaling $2.6 million under the November bill: a fire station project in Guilford and two health care centers in Margaretville and South Fallsburg.
“It means Guilford’s volunteer firefighters will finally have a safe station to work from, families in Margaretville will have better access to care close to home, and South Fallsburg will get the permanent clinic it’s needed for years,” Riley said in a statement, vowing to “keep pushing to make sure rural communities in Upstate New York get the resources they deserve.”
Riley voted against the funding package and later said he will “keep pushing to make sure rural communities in Upstate New York get the resources they deserve.”
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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.