Congressman Wishes Recession for Washington, DC

Rep. Rod Blum (R-IA) “used a familiar trope among politicians this week: He slammed D.C. at the expense of the nearly 700,000 people who live here,” the Washington Post reports.

“Blum tweeted a picture from his personal account of cranes towering over the $2 billion redevelopment of D.C.’s Southwest waterfront, saying the city is ‘being built on the backs of U.S. taxpayers’ and ‘needs a recession.’ His congressional account later retweeted the message.”