Democrats led by Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer have spent months refusing to budge on COVID-19 relief.
Here is a thread to refresh your memory
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It started when Democrats introduced their $3 trillion dollar HEROES Act in May, which included a bailout for the post office, a tax break for wealthy people in blue states, made illegal aliens eligible for stimulus, and mentioned "cannabis" 68 times dailycaller.com/2020/05/15/hou…
As a counter-offer to the HEROES Act, Republicans attempted to negotiate on four different coronavirus stimulus deals over the summer.
At the beginning of September, Senate Democrats blocked a Republican bill that included a federal unemployment benefit, Paycheck Protection Program funding, and additional money for more coronavirus testing. dailycaller.com/2020/09/10/sen…
November 19th marked the 40th time the majority party has blocked a package of GOP stimulus bills from passing the chamber. dailycaller.com/2020/11/19/hou…
Finally, Nancy Pelosi said today she would be willing to do a smaller covid-19 relief bill after months of refusing to budge on anything except for the liberal wishlist in the HEROES Act
NEW: The Minnesota Freedom Fund, promoted by Democratic nominee for Vice President @KamalaHarris, helped bail out of jail six men accused of domestic violence between June and August.
Two of the men bailed out by the fund promoted by @KamalaHarris face felony charges for allegedly strangling women in their own homes and another stands accused of beating his girlfriend upwards of six times with a closed fist. dailycaller.com/2020/09/22/min…
The link to the bail fund is still live on the Senator's Twitter account. It includes her picture and the slogan of her former presidential campaign
NEW: A man facing up to 30 years in prison for allegedly sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl is among those who were bailed out of jail by the Minnesota Freedom Fund promoted by Democratic nominee for Vice President @KamalaHarris dailycaller.com/2020/09/16/kam…
In addition to a child rapist, the fund also gave bail to a man who allegedly robbed and stomped on a victim’s head in Minneapolis and a man accused of assaulting an elderly woman as he burglarized her home
President Trump takes a question from a woman named Flor Cruceta, who immigrated to American with her mother, who recently passed away and had written the question that she asked.
"We want people to come into our country like you and your mother."
President Trump says his healthcare plan will protect people with pre-existing conditions and that "you can forget about your doctors and your plans" under medicare-for-all
President Trump says that coronavirus taught him that "life is very fragile"
STEPHANOPOULOS: "Could you have done more to stop it?"
President Trump thanks the U.S. Marshals for taking down the Antifa killer last night:
"I want to thank them for their strength, their bravery, and I really do wish that the mayor of Portland and the governor of Oregon would get going and stop the crime in that city."
President Trump says coronavirus cases have declined 28% nationwide over the last month and that the mortality rate has been reduced by 85% since April.
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