New York Daily News

ROSIE $2M OFFER RAPPED AS BRIBE

- Terence Cullen

ROSIE O’DONNELL offered to pay Republican senators millions if they voted against the tax bill — and her critics are calling it bribery. The fiery comedian on Tuesday night promised to give a cool $2 million each to Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) if they voted against the reforms. In a tweet, sent about the same time senators voted to slash rates for corporatio­ns and the wealthiest earners, she said, “no s--t.” “2 million cash each,” her tweet continued. Both senators voted in favor of the bill. O’Donnell (photo) is now under fire on social media and in conservati­ve media for making the offer. Some said it violates the law for bribery of a federal official. But Rebecca Roiphe, a New York Law School professor, disputed that. “It’s political commentary,” Roiphe told the Daily News. “What she’s trying to do is show these people had already been bought off.”

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