Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) gave a fiery speech on the floor of the House of Representatives, imploring Republicans to approve funding for vital cybersecurity upgrades ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. You would think that would be a bipartisan issue, right? Nope. Republicans could not even put partisan politics aside for one vote to safeguard our voting systems from foreign enemy attackers. From the Washington Post:

House Republicans on Thursday approved a spending bill that excludes new money for election security grants to states, provoking a furious reaction from Democrats amid a national controversy over Russian election interference. The spending bill passed 217-199. Democrats’ bid to add hundreds of millions more in election spending was rejected 182-232 — as Republicans were unmoved by Democrats floor speeches decrying the funding changes and chanting “USA! USA!” At issue is a grants program overseen by the federal Election Assistance Commission and aimed at helping states administer their elections and improve voting systems; Democrats want to continue grant funding through 2019, while Republicans say the program already has been fully funded.

Why would they do this? Why are they so hellbent on obstructing efforts to upgrade our cybersecurity? They have money to detain immigrant families, two new Air Force One planes, $12 million for a fluffy ego-boosting military parade that Trump wanted and who knows how much has been spent flying Donald Trump around to his private golf courses. Yet no additional funds to safeguard our elections.

Watch a fiery Rep. Hoyer implore Republicans to take action as rowdy House Democrats chant “USA! USA! USA!”