VIDEO: Ruiz Can’t Answer Why He Doesn’t Support A Budget

Check out the video of Congressman Raul Ruiz stumble when asked about his budget votes. As you watch the clip, please keep the following in mind:

• Ruiz cannot answer why, despite supporting No Budget No Pay, he didn’t vote FOR a single budget since being elected
• Ruiz was a champion of No Budget No Pay during his campaign. In fact, he ran a paid TV ad about it in October. It was one of the final messages he pushed to voters before election day
• On Ruiz’s campaign website he cites “Jobs and the Economy” as his #1 priority and goes on to state that he will do this by “breaking gridlock” (By Ruiz’s standards — breaking gridlock is achieved by and obstructionist attitude and not voting FOR anything)
• Lastly, Ruiz’s Communications Director gets frustrated with the tracker, and physically lashes out at him