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Trump removes White House from stimulus bill talks
Michael P. Norton
Beacon Hill leaders have been hoping for certainty on aid from Washington before proceeding with a state budget and on the eve of another major hearing on the economic outlook, they got a definitive message from the White House.
Infected with COVID-19 and during his first day back at the White House after being released from the hospital, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to say he had instructed his representatives to stop negotiating a stimulus and COVID-19 relief bill until after the election.
“Nancy Pelosi is asking for $2.4 Trillion Dollars to bailout poorly run, high crime, Democrat States, money that is in no way related to COVID-19. We made a very generous offer of $1.6 Trillion Dollars and, as usual, she is not negotiating in good faith. I am rejecting their request, and looking to the future of our Country,” Trump tweeted. Saying the economy was doing “very well” and pointing to jobs coming back from pandemic lows, the president predicted he would win reelection and wrote that “immediately after I win, we will pass a major Stimulus Bill that focuses on hardworking Americans and Small Business.”
Congresswoman Katherine Clark said Trump was “walking away” from negotiations and had “abandoned us.” “Donald Trump does not care about our families or our future,” Clark said in a statement. “By calling off negotiations with House Democrats, he is threatening the jobs of millions of first responders, nurses and teachers. He is blocking critical funding for our schools, child care facilities, and small businesses. And he is withholding money for food, rent, and unemployment assistance to American families. He is deserting the American people during the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression and instead offering us only chaos and callousness.”
House Speaker Robert DeLeo tweeted his own statement: “President Trump’s decision to halt negotiations to provide aid to states and municipalities is as mystifying as it is hurtful to those who need federal COVID-19 relief. People want help right now, not bluster. The president should reverse this cruel and callous decision.”
Three days ago, Trump fanned the stimulus bill talks, tweeting, “OUR GREAT USA WANTS & NEEDS STIMULUS. WORK TOGETHER AND GET IT DONE. Thank you!”
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Mortis Maximus
October 6, 2020 at 9:03 pm
Take away any false political lies Pilltosi and her morons will use as debate-prop., during disingenuous negotiations with an Orange Guy that all liberals hate. Great Strategy President Trump, let Pilltosi and her minions expose themselves. I could write a stimulus bill in 30 seconds, in fact I will. Send every American Citizen a check to cash for $100,000. The country will be able to equip itself for a cold dark war with Communist China, and the communist forces on American ground. Be real if your reading this, you should be smart enough to see the world climate concerning geo-politics. How many friends do you have? How many of those have your back? Are you close to your family? Time to face reality people, stop with the fake political divides and get straight with God. Our enemys want to domimate our great land, the only political question that matters at this time is will we let them…