On MSNBC Tuesday, anchor Mehdi Hasan tore into Senate Republicans, noting that the top ten richest of them either oppose the increased stimulus, or are only now coming around to it to echo outgoing President Donald Trump.
“In a year when America’s billionaires grew their wealth by a trillion dollars, McConnell and his merry band of multimillionaire GOP colleagues in the Senate denied an attempt to send $2,000 checks to ordinary Americans,” said Hasan. “McConnell blocked the relief measure from coming to the Senate floor for a vote, even though it passed in the House, even though the Republican president is on board with it, even though a majority of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, support it. But the Majority Leader and his super-wealthy friends said no.”
You should know who these people are. Our representatives, who are making life-altering decisions while living very different lives to the rest of us,” said Hasan. “These are the top ten wealthiest Republicans in the senate. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia, along with […]
I find it interesting, in a very hypocritical way, that trumpian republicans who followed dear leader’s diktats for the last four years decide they can now ignore him about adding $1400 to checks for the common citizen. These guardians of the public purse had no problems with tax cuts for the uber-rich but now….
They know their voters will forget about this last cruelty as they blame the Dems for somehow shortchanging America. Time now for them to set the stage for the next election by executing plans to sabotage and block the Biden administration at every turn. We need a new constitution and a new system of governance that encourages cooperation instead of dominance and competition. Getting a nationwide uniform, fair method of voting and removing money from elections would be good and doable start. Oh, and getting rid of that electoral college thing.
I totally agree with you Will.