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Exclusive: Biden allies told to attack Trump's stimulus as 'cronyism'
Reuters ^ | May 8, 2020 | by Trevor Hunnicutt

Posted on 05/08/2020 3:40:23 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

NEW YORK - Allies of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are being told to sharpen attacks on President Donald Trump’s stimulus efforts as thinly veiled “cronyism,” according to a memo being sent to Democratic officeholders and supporters on Friday.

The strategy document says Trump’s post-pandemic stimulus contains “the largest corporate bailout in American history,” a kind of “cronyism,” that is “systematically rigged in favor of big businesses, the wealthy, and the financial sector - and against the working people and middle class families who are enduring the worst economic losses the country has faced in modern memory.”

A Biden campaign spokesman declined to comment on the memo, which was written by two of the campaign’s top policy advisers, Stef Feldman and Jake Sullivan.

A Trump campaign spokesman, Tim Murtaugh, characterized the argument as “pathetic.”

The campaign cited media reports and research suggesting that small businesses with ties to the administration received aid, that banks may be prioritizing wealthy clients when making loans under the emergency program and that Democratic-led states that did not support Trump’s re-election might not be getting sufficient support.

Reuters/Ipsos polling this week showed that 45% of Americans said Trump was better suited to create jobs, while 32% said Biden was the better candidate for that task.

The former vice president was due to deliver an economic policy speech on Friday on NowThis, a left-leaning news platform aimed at younger audiences. It was not clear if his speech would match the tone or content of the memo.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election2020; journalism; pandemic; stimulus

1 posted on 05/08/2020 3:40:23 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Go ahead idiots, start a war.


2 posted on 05/08/2020 3:41:04 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
45% of Americans said Trump was better suited to create jobs

What planet are the other 55% on?

3 posted on 05/08/2020 3:50:24 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (It's official! I'm nominated for the 2020 Mr. Hyperbole and Sarcasm Award.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The only thing Piglosy Added to the stimulus was government cronyism. Again, they are saying the exact opposite of what is true.


4 posted on 05/08/2020 4:07:13 AM PDT by Track9 (Islam: Turning everything it touches to ShiÂ’ite since 632 AD)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Trump could have a battle of wits with Biden but it’s obvious that Biden is out of ammunition.


5 posted on 05/08/2020 4:14:32 AM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

thinly veiled “cronyism,” as opposed to Nancy’s blatant cronyism.


6 posted on 05/08/2020 4:19:25 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (The Revolution Will Not Be Televised but It Will Be Livestreamed)
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To: Track9

Rules for radicals. Nothing more.

The Rules Edit
“Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.”
“Never go outside the expertise of your people.”
“Whenever possible go outside the expertise of the enemy.”
“Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.”
“Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.”
“A good tactic is one your people enjoy.”
“A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag.”
“Keep the pressure on.”
“The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.”
“The major premise for tactics is the development of operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition.”
“If you push a negative hard and deep enough it will break through into its counterside.”
“The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative.”
“Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.”


7 posted on 05/08/2020 4:28:31 AM PDT by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/V12H2mteniE))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

BidenIdiot is just a face because of his dementia. He is being manipulated and told what to say.Even his Twitter feeds and comments are not written by BidenIdiot. BidenIdiot is nothing more than a dementia-stricken puppet, bet.


8 posted on 05/08/2020 4:29:35 AM PDT by cranked
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Once the indictments begin, none of tis will matter.

The DNC knows it


9 posted on 05/08/2020 4:31:45 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Trump stimulus bails out industry.
Biden would bail out State government.

Of the two, which one creates a thriving middle-class?
What class does the other create?

Plantation thinking.


10 posted on 05/08/2020 4:31:46 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Scatology is serendipitous)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

There is a drought. The cotton isn’t growing. The slaves demand the promised up keep.

The Massahs are in trouble

There will be migration from the plantations to the new jobs in the Freelands


11 posted on 05/08/2020 4:36:10 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Biden is hiding in his basement while Trump leads the country..


12 posted on 05/08/2020 4:52:21 AM PDT by tennmountainman (The Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The strategy document says Trump’s post-pandemic stimulus contains “the largest corporate bailout in American history,” a kind of “cronyism,” that is “systematically rigged in favor of big businesses, the wealthy, and the financial sector - and against the working people and middle class families who are enduring the worst economic losses the country has faced in modern memory.”

Remind me. What was the party affiliation of the Texas judge who jailed a salon owner for daring to open her business?

13 posted on 05/08/2020 4:54:57 AM PDT by Flick Lives (The real virus is the MSM)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Biden allies told to attack Trump’s stimulus”

Uh, it was written in the House of Representin’ IIRC...


14 posted on 05/08/2020 5:34:08 AM PDT by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Let’s compare sons, Joe.


15 posted on 05/08/2020 5:38:00 AM PDT by McGruff (Biden's still Hidin)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

right- because we are seeing millions and millions of Trump signs around this stimulus as we saw millions and millions of obama signs around his stimuloss...


16 posted on 05/08/2020 5:58:52 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I can’t wait for Biden’s new “policy speech” sometime today.
17 posted on 05/08/2020 6:35:11 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard (Power is more often surrendered than seized)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
NEW YORK - Allies of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are being told to sharpen attacks on President Donald Trump’s stimulus efforts as thinly veiled “cronyism,” according to a memo being sent to Democratic officeholders and supporters on Friday. The strategy document says Trump’s post-pandemic stimulus contains “the largest corporate bailout in American history,” a kind of “cronyism,” that is “systematically rigged in favor of big businesses, the wealthy, and the financial sector - and against the working people and middle class families who are enduring the worst economic losses the country has faced in modern memory.”

Which Communistic tactic is logically absurd but actually is "rigged" to favor of big government against the working people and middle class families, which is easily shown by answering the following questions:

Where does the government almost all of it income from? (Taxes* .)

Where do taxes come from? (People who are employed by businesses and the self-employed and by businesses themselves.)

How much net income does the government get from those who are not employed? (Zero).

How can hindering businesses and discouraging profits provides more taxes? (It can't.)


18 posted on 05/08/2020 6:39:12 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What a surprise coming from Reuters....

What’s Up?


19 posted on 05/08/2020 6:52:31 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: redshawk

God I hate the left. You can really see how that book was dedicated to satan. Live by those rules and you’re sure to be godless. The presuppositions are so vile to any sense of well-being.


20 posted on 05/08/2020 1:00:22 PM PDT by Track9 (Islam: Turning everything it touches to ShiÂ’ite since 632 AD)
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