Battered by withering attacks from Democrats, the media, and members of his own party, President Trump reversed course and signed off on the gargantuan gift to foreign countries and special interests disguised as a coronavirus relief bill.
The POTUS was under heavy fire including from Democrat Joe Biden who practically accused him of stealing Christmas and on Sunday night, he signed off on the $2.3 trillion package that includes a paltry $600 for Americans who are suffering greatly from Democrat lockdowns and restrictions on economic activity.
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Trump had fought the good fight for the checks to be increased to $2,000 but was fiercely opposed by Republican senators including Mitt Romney of Utah and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania and likely Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell himself.
The upside is that a partial government shutdown will be averted and payment of extended unemployment benefits to millions will continue but Trump’s reversal will be seen by some supporters as a disappointing surrender.
The president is holding out hope that the Senate will bump the stimulus payments up to the $2,000 that he championed but it’s hard to see the GOP protectors of the swamp doing anything that benefits the American people.
According to Trump:
“I am signing this bill to restore unemployment benefits, stop evictions, provide rental assistance, add money for PPP, return our airline workers back to work, add substantially more money for vaccine distribution, and much more,”
The president has sent the bill back to Congress requesting that “wasteful” items be removed and that protections for big tech monopolies that censor conservative voices be revamped or removed.
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Congress can do the right thing or just continue to run out the clock until Biden is installed and business as normal is restored in Mordor on the Potomac.
President Trump’s statement:
As President of the United States it is my responsibility to protect the people of our country from the economic devastation and hardship that was caused by the China Virus.
I understand that many small businesses have been forced to close as a result of harsh actions by Democrat-run states. Many people are back to work, but my job is not done until everyone is back to work.
Fortunately, as a result of my work with Congress in passing the CARES Act earlier this year, we avoided another Great Depression. Under my leadership, Project Warp Speed has been a tremendous success, my Administration and I developed a vaccine many years ahead of wildest expectations, and we are distributing these vaccines, and others soon coming, to millions of people.
As President, I have told Congress that I want far less wasteful spending and more money going to the American people in the form of $2,000 checks per adult and $600 per child.
As President I am demanding many rescissions under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. The Act provides that, “whenever the President determines that all or part of any budget authority will not be required to carry out the full objectives or scope of programs for which it is provided, or that such budget authority should be rescinded for fiscal policy or other reasons (including termination of authorized projects or activities for which budget authority has been provided), the President shall transmit to both Houses of Congress a special message” describing the amount to be reserved, the relevant accounts, the reasons for the rescission, and the economic effects of the rescission. 2 U.S.C. § 683.
I will sign the Omnibus and Covid package with a strong message that makes clear to Congress that wasteful items need to be removed. I will send back to Congress a redlined version, item by item, accompanied by the formal rescission request to Congress insisting that those funds be removed from the bill.
I am signing this bill to restore unemployment benefits, stop evictions, provide rental assistance, add money for PPP, return our airline workers back to work, add substantially more money for vaccine distribution, and much more.
On Monday the House will vote to increase payments to individuals from $600 to $2,000. Therefore, a family of four would receive $5,200. Additionally, Congress has promised that Section 230, which so unfairly benefits Big Tech at the expense of the American people, will be reviewed and either be terminated or substantially reformed.
Likewise, the House and Senate have agreed to focus strongly on the very substantial voter fraud which took place in the November 3 Presidential election.
The Senate will start the process for a vote that increases checks to $2,000, repeals Section 230, and starts an investigation into voter fraud.
Big Tech must not get protections of Section 230!
Voter Fraud must be fixed!
Much more money is coming. I will never give up my fight for the American people!
Now it’s in the Senate’s hands…
