The Palazzo Hypocrisy Continues: Palazzo’s Rhetoric vs. Record on Proxy Voting

March 28, 2022

Palazzo says proxy voting is “unconstitutional”—then he proxy votes 66 times

Congressman Steven Palazzo’s pattern of hypocrisy continues. After repeatedly introducing legislation to limit members of Congress to six terms, and then filing to run for re-election to a seventh term, Palazzo is now making a habit of proxy voting in Congress—the same practice he filed a lawsuit to stop, calling it “unconstitutional.” 

 

Proxy voting is the process of a member of Congress not showing up to vote in person but giving permission to another member of Congress to vote on their behalf. In a recent report by the Ripon Society which examined the number of proxy votes cast by all members of Congress during the calendar year of 2021, Palazzo cast 66 votes by proxy instead of showing up to vote. Mississippi’s other Republican Congressmen cast zero proxy votes during that same time frame.

 

What’s worse is that Palazzo filed a lawsuit AGAINST the practice of proxy voting just one year earlier, calling proxy voting “unconstitutional” and saying members of Congress should “not hide from our responsibilities.” 

 

Palazzo issued a press release on May 28, 2020 saying he was joining a lawsuit against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi because he claimed “proxy voting is unconstitutional.” Palazzo further stated, “By signing on to this lawsuit, I am committing to refrain from lending my vote via proxy or placing a vote via proxy on behalf of another member. When South Mississippians sent me to Washington, they placed their confidence and trust in me, not a proxy vote. Now is the time for Congress to lead by example, not hide from our responsibilities."

 

Republican candidate for Congress, Sheriff Mike Ezell, stated, “Clearly, it’s time for a change in who is representing South Mississippi in Congress. We need a Congressman who will show up, stand up and speak up for our conservative values every day. In Congress, I’ll use my 40 years of law enforcement experience to tackle the biggest challenges facing our country including border security, growing our economy and putting America first.” 

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