Trump threatens to veto massive COVID bill, demands Congress make this big change

Fox News ^ | 12-22-20 | Staff

[MayflowerMadam]

I don’t care about the $600 to $2400 dollar amount. I care about all the other crap that’s in the Bill. The Bill shouldn’t be more than one page long, and it only should address issues relating to Americans and this scamdemic. Otherwise, PDJT should kick it to the curb.

[OldGoatCPO]

Smoke and mirrors. What is a mixed immigrant family? If you are married to a citizen you are legal. The only ones not eligible did not have Tax ID numbers or were elderly dependents who never paid taxes on earnings in this country. If you paid taxes and have a record with the IRS you received money, period. The IRS did not check citizenship. Dreamers got checks. The Post is full of $hit. Anyone with a valid Tax ID number got checks in the spring, unless they received their returns in the mail vice direct deposit, then there was a delay.

Trump's point remains valid. In a COVID relief bill submitted simultaneously with a pork laden Omnibus bill, you give hurting Americans squat. You give businesses squat, but you load an Omnibus bill with bull$hit give aways to pet projects. Wait over the next week as people peruse this pork extravaganza, people will find even more outrageous stuff. By the way even Tulsi Gabbard and Rand Paul agreed with Trump.

[MayflowerMadam]

If reports I heard are correct, it removes the President’s ability to use the Insurrection Act. If true, he’d be crazy not to veto it.

[MayflowerMadam]

“The American people will be enraged to find out they are giving illegals 3X more the citizens.”

You’re assuming that “the American people” are as aware as we are, and have a clue. Most don’t have a clue. Most don’t care. That’s a huge problem.

And if some do tune in and decide to care, what will that do? The presidential election is over; it’s out of the people’s hands at this point.

[OldGoatCPO]

Trump can veto on 1 Jan, current Congress can vote on it on 2 January, but new Congress is supposed to begin on 3 January 2021. They do not have a veto proof majority, so it is more likely those bills will be taken up by next Congress.

You read all 5,000 plus pages, so you know for a fact no illegals will get $1800? WA Post is CNN in print form only worse. Did you read the whole comment I posted. No shit they are separate bills, does not alter the fact that Congress submitted and voted on them simultaneously and sent them to Trump simultaneously. Taken together they are a major slap in the face. I don't need this money, but where in this country will $600 pay rent. Gabbard and Trump made the same point, when America is hurting you stop with your pet projects and foreign aid and take care of your CITIZENS first. We can help gay Pakistani's get sex change operations next year, maybe.

[OldGoatCPO]

When it comes to social issues you are correct. But when it comes to pocket book issues, everyone knows. My daughter said it was all over social media. Why do you think Pelosi reacted so quickly.

[MayflowerMadam]

“everyone knows. My daughter said it was all over social media.”

That’s encouraging. Truly.

[2aProtectsTheRest]

Just pass a clean “stimulus” bill that refunds all 2019 personal income taxes.

[Svartalfiar]

I don’t see giving 2 grand to everyone.

I’m a retiree whose income has not been affected. People like me need nothing.

Workers need more than 600 bucks, many need nothing.

Anyway, more power to Trump, hope he gets his point past the media.

While I fully disagree with FedGov giving ANY money away to ANYONE, better to give it partially back to the people that actually paid for it.

There's how many billions of foreign $$ giveaways in this thing? $4.4MM to previous presidents? Billions to random government buildings? Just zero all those out and give it to the citizenry, you wouldn't be spending a single additional dime!

Really, what we should do that'd be a bit more Constitutional is simply pass a say, $5M/person tax credit. (Non-refundable, but can be retroactive for the last 1-2 years' taxes.) Give up to five grand back to each person that has paid up to that much in taxes.

Also, State that each lockdown authority is responsible for any extra costs, or lost business/wages due to their lockdown, under authority of eminent domain. That'd A) provide a solid path for every person and business hurt by this to recover their lost $$, and B) convince EVERY SINGLE CITY/STATE to immediately open their places back up, because there's no way any of them can pay for every single businesses' revenue stream for the year/longer.

[mewzilla]

Screw the handouts.

Workers need full time employment.

Make any aid dependent on states lifting their fricking lockdowns.

NOW.

[Candor7]

Georgia's Trump supporters will not show up on runoff election day becquse of Mitch McConnell.

1) The pittance of 600 bucks to starving Americans about to be kicked out of apartments and homes,while giving billions to foreign nations and to the military industrial complex?

2) Mitch refused to support a floor fight concerning the upcoming certification in Congress of a fraudulent slate of state electors.

3) Presidewnt Trump will veto the Pork Covid Relief Bill.By doing so, he has adminsistered such a hard kick to Mitch McConnell, his ass is now up between his shoulder blades.And GEORGIA TRUMP SUPPORTERS GOT THE MESSAGE. No Floor fight on the slate of electors, Georgia's Trump supporters stay home, and the RINO GOP loses the Senate. Hate to say it, but Georgia is a lost cause un;ess Mitch the Bitch changes his tune.

Mitch just lost the Senate to the Dems.

And he had better work to put President Trump back in office, or he loses his China feeding trough organized by his wife's relatives.

The nation is about to be taken over by socialists .

FIGHT The Fraudulent ELECTION YOU SORDID RINOS! Or we soon will have the ex stripper Heels Up as President:

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