Trump’s COVID-19 Orders: Now Come the Lawsuits

DB Daily Update ^ | David Blackmon

[EyesOfTX]

Now come the lawsuits. – I’m not a big fan of an unbridled making huge decisions on the budget and other matters unilaterally, but this all began in earnest with Barack Obama and the courts have refused to rein it in. Most recently, compromised Chief Justice John Roberts once again twisted himself into a logical pretzel to side with the communists on the Supreme Court to uphold Obama’s clearly unconstitutional DACA order.

So, what happened on Saturday was fair game.

What happened was that President Donald Trump, after watching Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer tank the latest effort to pass a COVID-19 relief bill in congress, simply issued a series of executive orders implementing the basics of the Senate version of the bill himself. In four separate orders, the President extended foreclosure protections, extended an unemployment benefit weekly bonus of $400 – down from the previous $600 per week – suspended payments and interest charges on student loan debt through the end of 2020 and suspended collections of the payroll tax for the final four months of the year for those earning $100,000 or less per year.

VDO.AI As I told host Greg Budell during my weekly Saturday appearance on his morning show on News Talk 93.1 FM in Montgomery, AL yesterday, the immediate Democrat response – after all the wailing and gnashing of teeth we will see all day long today – will be to file a lawsuit before a friendly Obama judge first thing Monday morning seeking an injunction that would prevent the President from being able to enforce these orders. Note, of course, that each and every one of these is designed to help ordinary Americans make their way through our nation’s insane response to the China Virus. And then note that Democrats once again will prove that they do not give a damn about ordinary Americans.

Note also that the suspension of the payroll tax would target lower-and-middle income Americans. You know – that vast “middle class” where most of the voters are that the communist Democrat Party is always giving lip service to wanting to help but never quite managing to follow through on those promises. Funny how that works, huh?

Lunatic Karen reporter Paula Reid already gave up her pre-knowledge during her absurd exchange with the President at last night’s press conference. Listen closely:

Hear her statement that she already knows the Democrats plan to challenge the orders in court? Of course they will, albeit through some third party front group like Lawfare.

And here’s the beauty part: In forcing the communist Democrats to file their lawsuits challenging this assistance for ordinary Americans impacted by the national COVID-19 insanity, the President once again baits them into revealing who they really are: Elites who do not care about you.

The other immediate reaction the Democrats had was this:

Thus, the head communist leads the communist Democrat Party’s rollout of its quadrennial tactic of scaring the old folks about social security. The President, of course, made no such statement about “defunding” social security, although he did promise to take a look at eliminating the payroll tax permanently next year.

Sanders will now claim that, because the payroll tax theoretically funds social security, the two things are one and the same. But that’s an outrageous lie, since congress long ago decided to simply roll payroll taxes into the general fund in order to try to mask the annual budget deficit. The payroll tax is just an income tax by another name.

No one – especially not President Trump – is talking about abolishing social security, except for craven communist Democrat politicians who feel the need to lie about literally everything.

And so, here America sits as a country, its constitutional separation of powers completely in tatters; a congress that has gone abjectly non-functional; a court system corrupted by hundreds of Alinskyite Obama appointees and a Chief Justice who has obviously been personally compromised.

Amid all of this chaos and squalor, the one and only elected official in our federal government who tries every day to look out for the interests of ordinary Americans is the President, Donald J. Trump.

So, now you know why everybody else in Washington, DC hates his guts.

That is all.

[AndyJackson]

Short and sweet. Especially the part about Compromised Bobs.

[hardspunned]

This will work as planned by the president. The libtards will be forced back to the negotiating table. The tax cut will probably be negotiated away. The democrat plan to enhance their voter fraud efforts will be the negotiated price.

[Lockbox]

Let's see: extend expanded unemployment benefits, payroll tax holiday, give federal housing officials broad discretion to prevent evictions, zeroing Federal student loan interest.

That's all the Democratic wish list items and now the Libs are forced to sue to prevent those in need receiving............ can you say PWNED

[nathanbedford]

As a partisan Republican, I am delighted by President Trump's executive order. As a conservative, I am extremely wary. As a beleaguered patriot, I enjoy a full measure of schadenfreude after Chief Justice Robert's Daca betrayal. As a taxpayer, I am temporarily heartened. As an investor liable to the ravages of inflation, I see a glass half-full and half-empty.

[Revolutionary]

Most people think this is a DACA move. But in reality it is a national emergency move. Trump is redirecting money that has already been approved. That is why the big 3 Trillion dollar move. He knew he would be able to redirect the extra money as desired within the scope of the bill.
Brilliant on many levels.

[redshawk]

So if 40 million on unemployment X $400 per week = 4 billion per week? 16 billion per month? Is this correct?

[hardspunned]

At this point I’m not concerned with being fiscally responsible. I support whatever spending or tax reduction package the president feels he needs to aid in his re-election effort. This election is pivotal and ALL chips need to be in the pot. If Trump is not re-elected none of these arguments matter as all would be lost.

[lurk]

We could just completely open the economy and have Congress make wise decisions. Instead we have this mess which gives birth to other messes. Now any President can act as though Congress is not there.

[gibsonguy]

These are days partial victories and partial defeats. When the left has a death grip on every public facing entity a stalemate may be the best we can do at the moment.

[Sirius Lee]

As an investor liable to the ravages of inflation, I see a glass half-full and half-empty.

Tangentially to the subject at hand; As an engineer, I see a glass that is twice the size that is required for the function. As a songwriter, I see this as a metaphor for Federal Government.

[Old Retired Army Guy]

When the Lawsuits are filed, will the Media try and disassociate them from the Democrats or will they tell the truth about the connection?

[RFEngineer]

40 million x 400 = 16 billion a week, or 64 billion a month

[Lurker]

Nothing in this universe has only one side, my friend.

L

[nathanbedford]

If Trump is not re-elected none of these arguments matter as all would be lost.

Amen! That is why is a partisan Republican I am delighted.

[nathanbedford]

Agreed.

A brilliant political move necessary because if there is no Trump after the election there is only the deluge.