María Elvira Salazar strikes again, takes credit for money she voted against

Bad habits die hard. Or not at all.
Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar must really think we’re all a bunch of bobos.
A few days ago, the rarely-seen congresswoman made one of her once-in-a-blue-moon visitas públicas to the district — this time to Cutler Bay — to smile wide and brag about delivering a $4.4 million check for local road projects, public safety improvements, and coastal resilience work. Signed by herself. From her office.
Except for one little problem: Salazar voted against the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act that included that little allocation. .
¿Cómo se llama eso? Hypocrisy? No, this is worse. It’s straight-up gaslighting her own constituents. Pretending to deliver what she worked to deny.
Because if María Elvira had her way, Cutler Bay would be getting nada — no check, no infrastructure improvements, no money to protect against climate threats.
But that didn’t stop her from showing up with her press team to claim credit for it like she was Santa Claus.
“Infrastructure is about protecting families and improving quality of life,” Salazar said in a statement. “The Marlin Road project will make this corridor safer for drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists, while also reducing congestion and making daily commutes easier for everyone in Cutler Bay.”
“This is what we’re here for, to bring money, to bring money to District 27,” she said in a video posted on YouTube. “They came to Washington. They presented the project in a very accurate way and I said, ‘Sure, I think that the Cutler Bay residents deserve to have a better life.”
This isn’t the first time she’s done this. She is sorta famous for taking credit when it’s not due.
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Remember when María Elvira posed last year with a giant $650,000 check for Florida International University’s Small Business Development Center, also from legislation she voted against? And remember when she was caught flat-out lying about taking credit for her no votes by CBS Miami’s Jim DeFede in what is now a viral clip. She actually said she couldn’t remember voting against key legislation that brought jobs and federal dollars to the district.
Maybe she’s not fit for office if she can’t remember how she votes. Or, worse, if she’s practicing some political sleight of hand.

On Nov. 5, 2021, she voted against the Bipartisan Infrastructure and Jobs Act, the bill that was supposed to finally fix our crumbling roads, bridges, public transit and even boost broadband.
On July 28, 2022, she voted against the CHIPS and Science Act, meant to make America competitive with China by funding tech hubs focused on energy and environmental issues.
And on Dec. 23, 2022, she voted against the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, the massive spending package that funded everything from disaster relief to aid for Ukraine — the very Ukraine Salazar claims to support against Putin.

But those party-line “no” votes didn’t stop the congresswoman from taking full credit when the money started flowing into her district anyway. Like magic, she suddenly became the madrina of millions she had literally tried to block. Most notoriously, she staged a little ceremony at Florida International University, where she was photographed grinning and holding a giant fake $650,000 check — signed by herself — for FIU’s Small Business Development Center.
A photo-op as shameless as it gets.
Let’s call it the Salazar shuffle: Vote against it in D.C., pose with it in Miami.
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What has she done? Not much. Right now, she’s pushing the Dignity Act, which gives only some immigrants a sorta undignified path to stay in the country as long as they work some menial jobs and keep paying for special licenses to do so.
But hey, maybe she’s just hoping that some giant checks and a few photo ops will distract voters from the fact that she’s one of the most inútiles politicians to ever represent District 27.
Cutler Bay deserves better. Miami deserves better.
Y Ladra’s going to keep calling it out. Because around here, we do pay attention.
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