Donald Trump and the Republicans proved again today that they do not care about the people.
Today (October 6, 2020,) the Mad King stupidly pulled out of the COVID 19 Stimulus Talks with Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats, claiming the House Speaker was negotiating in bad faith and he would pass a stimulus plan after he wins reelection this November.
Really.
This is the same person who said he could get deals on:
- Mexico paying for the border wall.
- Quality, accessible, and affordable health care.
- Rebuilding America's infrastructure.
- A better nuclear agreement with Iran.
- A trade agreement with China.
- Freezing North Korea's nuclear program.
- Middle East peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. To be fair, the normalization of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain is significant.
The trade deal that Congress did pass (N.A.F.T.A 2.0) had more input from the ideas of, wait for it, Nancy Pelosi than the “writer” of The Art of the Deal.
If Donald Trump says he will do something, bet on the likely hood it will not happen.
The United States Stock Market, the entity that Trump always boasts about when discussing economic performance, took a 600-point downward shift when learning about the Stable Genius’s decision.
The airline industry, which Nancy Pelosi implored to not lay off workers, will probably do so.
Small businesses desperately need lifelines to get through the end of the year.
More resources are needed to be devoted to combatting COVID 19.
States and Cities (Blue and Red) need help.
Millions of American workers and families need the restoration of enhanced unemployment benefits (cut off in July) and other forms of assistance to weather the pandemic which, as the 2016 Popular Vote Loser personally knows, is not going away.
Republicans are to blame for this economic mess.
They mishandled how to combat the Coronavirus and the resulting economic fallout.
Even while he has the COVID 19 infection, the President of Betrayal is having, as others have pointed out, Mussolini styled photo ops, stupidly taking off his mask (he is still contagious) and tweeting that all is well and to not "let the virus dominate your life."
Tell that to the 210,000 people that are dead.
Democrats in the House have passed two versions of the Heroes Act while Republicans have quibbled over the price and been lukewarm to consider any additional measures.
The members of the former Party of Lincoln are more preoccupied with a last-minute power grab to put a reactionary nominee on the Supreme Court who could vote to take people’s health care away during a pandemic and a woman’s right to choose.
The Biden/Harris Ticket feels the same way about Trump and the Republican's actions.
The campaign issued a statement that read:
“Donald Trump ended the efforts to pass bipartisan relief that our nation desperately needs. He ended talks that would get help for our businesses and schools, for families struggling and for those unemployed — that would have preserved hundreds of thousands of jobs. Make no mistake: if you are out of work, if your business is closed, if your child’s school is shut down, if you are seeing layoffs in your community, Donald Trump decided today that none of that — none of it — matters to him. There will be no help from Washington for the foreseeable future. Instead, he wants the Senate to use it’s time to confirm his Supreme Court Justice nominee before the election, in a mad dash to make sure that the Court takes away your health care coverage as quickly as possible.”
“He turned his back on the small businesses that are struggling to keep their doors open. He turned his back on the firefighters and police officers and other first responders who depend on state and local government budgets that are strained to the breaking point. He turned his back on teachers and school children — standing in the way of support to get the PPE and cleaning supplies and ventilation needed to safely reopen schools. He turned his back on every single worker whose job hasn’t come back yet--and who are left to wonder when they’ll get the break they deserve. He turned his back on families struggling to pay rent, put food on their table, and take care of their kids.”
“Worse yet, he never even really tried to get a deal for these Americans. Not once did he bring Republicans and Democrats together in the Oval Office, on the phone, or by Zoom, to get a relief package that would help working people and small businesses in this country. Not once in the months since the House passed a relief package in May has he stepped up to lead."
"Today, I spoke to the country about the need to pull people together, regardless of their political background, to unite our country and to get things done for the American people.”
“That’s the job. To deliver for the people of this country. That’s what I did when I went to Congress and got the votes for the Recovery Act and led its implementation to pull our nation back from the brink in 2009 and kick off the longest uninterrupted streak of job growth in our history. That’s what I will do as president. And it’s what Donald Trump has again made clear he has no intention of doing ever.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also commented on the Trump decision, stating:
"Clearly, the White House is in complete disarray…Today, once again, President Trump showed his true colors: putting himself first at the expense of the country, with the full complicity of the GOP Members of Congress. Walking away from Coronavirus talks demonstrates that President Trump is unwilling to crush the virus, as is required by the Heroes Act. He shows his contempt for science, his disdain for our heroes — in health care, first responders, sanitation, transportation, food workers, teachers, teachers, teachers, and others — and he refuses to put money in workers’ pockets unless his name is printed on the check.”
Arizona District Two House Representative Ann Kirkpatrick tweeted:
https://twitter.com/RepKirkpatrick/status/1313577899786563584
Arizona District One House Representative Tom O’Halleran issued a statement, writing:
“President Trump’s refusal to come to the negotiating table on a new COVID-19 relief package is a conscious choice to ignore the severity of the crisis our country is facing. Inaction leaves hundreds of thousands of Americans who are sick, unemployed, food insecure, and struggling in every disparate way completely adrift in this global public health crisis. Our schools need resources to serve students safely, our businesses need investments, our tribal communities need improved infrastructure, and our health care system needs the funding to establish national testing, tracing, and treatment operations. There is no time left to prepare for resurges of this virus before the fall; it is fall. I am urging the president to reverse this decision, restart negotiations, and work with us to provide hardworking American families with the relief they need.”
Donald Trump and the Republicans have proven on multiple occasions that the people never come first for them.
They would rather see the masses suffer instead of enacting legislation that will offer them a lifeline.
On November 3, 2020, show them that they will never come in first again.
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