Lee J. Carter was not too happy with Virginia House Republicans when it came to budget priorities.

He tweeted a picture that showed the state GOP’s amendment reducing teacher pay raises by $35 million while giving $34 million to Amazon for its second headquarters.

The budget priorities of @vahousegop in a nutshell:

Reducing teacher pay raises by $35million and setting aside $34million for Amazon. pic.twitter.com/xeEMe7gbr6

— Lee J. Carter (@carterforva) February 7, 2019

In response to the giveaway, Carter created a poll on Twitter asking citizens whether they would choose $34 million for Amazon or teacher pay.

The result showed the huge disparity between what the people want and what corporate-backed Republican legislators want:

Let's say, for the sake of discussion, that you could choose what the state did with $34,000,000.

Would you give it to Amazon, or use it to raise teacher pay?

— Lee J. Carter (@carterforva) February 7, 2019

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