When a mother with two children and two jobs expressed her concern about Pell Grants, which she relies on to pay for college, during a town hall held by Republican Congressman Steve Womack in Arkansas last week, she probably didn’t expect his reaction.

According to Blue Arkansas, Kelly Eubanks asked Womack about the Pell Grant program which she uses to attend college. Eubanks, who has to work two jobs to take care of her two children, was concerned about his vote to slash Pell Grants for 100,000 low income students. She expected an explanation. Instead, Womack avoided her question and callously told her that she should “join the military” to pay her own way like he did. When she tried to press the congressman for a real explanation, Womack refused and told her to “be quiet and listen.”





Of course this didn’t impress Eubanks in the slightest. She told the Arkansas Times, “?I thought maybe meeting him and asking him why he’d vote to hurt students but protect Big Oil interests, face to face, would get me a real answer. I really thought maybe he could explain it somehow. I did not think he was a heartless or arrogant person going in to this, but I definitely do now.”

It’s pretty sad when a congressman refuses to answer a question from a constituent. It’s even sadder that a congressman would berate a constituent who works two jobs, cares for two kids, and tries to attend school to one day get a better job. And he had the nerve to tell her to join the military. That’s right, instead of being compassionate and understanding, Rep. Womack told a mother to take a job that could get her killed, thus depriving two children of their mom. But the logic of Womack is bunk. He thinks the government shouldn’t pay for education but doesn’t seem to realize that his own training and education came courtesy of the federal government since the government pays for the military. In fact, according to Campus Progress, when Womack joined the National Guard, the government picked up the tab for his education. That makes GOP Rep. Steve Womack heartless AND a hypocrite.

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