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I don't think that all of this Mitch-bashing is necessarily warranted, let alone that Trump is included in the mix-up, by some here, as well. Read his quoted words, and you might open your mind as to what is his motivation for not jumping to the Demos' end-game...

McConnell Blocks Initial $2,000 Stimulus Check Bill: Democrats ‘Quietly Changed’ What Trump Wanted To Give Money To Their Rich Friends

“Look, it’s no secret that Republicans have a diversity of views about the wisdom of borrowing hundreds of billions more to send out more non-targeted money, including to many households that have suffered no loss of income during this crisis,” McConnell continued. “COVID-19 has not affected all households equally. Not even close. It is hardly clear that the federal government’s top priority should be sending thousands of dollars to, for example, a childless couple making well into six figures who have been comfortably teleworking all year. Our duty is to get help to the people who need help. Like we did to an historic degree just four days ago.”

“But above and beyond that discussion, the Democratic leaders have broken from what President Trump proposed. They quietly changed his proposal in an attempt to let wealthy households suck up even more money,” he continued. “Speaker Pelosi structured her bill so that a family of four would have to earn more than $300,000 in order not to qualify for more cash. A family of three could pull in $250,000 per year — a quarter of a million dollars — and still qualify for some money. And Democratic leaders want to call this scheme, quote, ‘survival checks.’ Only my friends Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic Leader could look at households in New York and California who make $300,000… in households where nobody has been laid off… where earnings did not even drop this past year… and conclude these rich constituents of theirs need ‘survival checks’ financed by taxpayer dollars and borrowed money.”

“Everyone sees the game here,” he continued. “These are the same Democrats who proudly block the entire aid package for months because they tried to hold out for special tax cuts for rich people in blue states. Now they say it’s a matter of ‘survival’ to send another boatload of cash to people making $300,000, regardless of whether they have experienced any disruption at all this past year.”

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Trump is right but it's a "no win" situation. Dems can now blame Republicans for delaying stimulus payments and polls have already swung heavily to Dems in GA because of this. Sadly displays the ignorance of most voters who only care about how soon they can get their "free money" ...

That’s cocaine Mitch right there.. that’s why he is majority leader. It’s not like we can afford an extra trillion bucks in the first place but by getting it tied to an election investigation and 230 reform, there’s little chance dems will play ball. Funny how dems want to tie literally every communist dream to the defense bill but want a stand alone for this one issue. Good job Mitch.