Covid Relief Bill thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Based on how fast he signed the bill, this whole $2000 sideshow was a blatant distraction to his pardons.

What is left for him to do for the next rounds of pardons?

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Anonymous wrote:Why did he sit on the bill and not just sign it when he got it?

Because he's a selfish toddler.

I said I hated Trump earlier today - still do. However 1 week loss of benefits (some states might still honor the PUA/PEUC anyway) is acceptable compared to Pelosi' holdout from August - November where the unemployed 'lost' over 16 weeks.

He managed to get this in and if he gets the $2K on top of that (highly doubtful) he won.

He himself was the holdout, but I guess he won because people like you think he had no part in it.

No, I am very well aware that he screwed over the country, delayed unemployment, almost shutdown the government, and made Christmas miserable for some of the Americans with the most desperate of circumstances.

What I am saying is that it was never a consideration for $2K stimulus checks - the Republicans (specifically the Tea Party nuts) and McConnell wouldn't allow it. The Democrats didn't even raise the prospect after early summer.

The fact that a Republican president not only raised it but potentially got McConnell to support it is something that the Democrats haven't been able to do in 9 months of argument for substantially lower checks.

It is what it is. I feel that Trump is a merciless bastard and he really only wanted to get his Election Fraud claims before Congress but if it worked - then he and he alone just got adult tax-filing Americans an extra $1,400.

Where did you get the impression McConnell supports it? Certainly no vote mentioned in McConnell’s release. He got Mancy to vote on something she already brought to a vote next week. There is no indication McConnell will bring it to a vote, let alone whip the votes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Based on how fast he signed the bill, this whole $2000 sideshow was a blatant distraction to his pardons.

What is left for him to do for the next rounds of pardons?

Threaten to nuke California.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why did he sit on the bill and not just sign it when he got it?

Because he's a selfish toddler.

I said I hated Trump earlier today - still do. However 1 week loss of benefits (some states might still honor the PUA/PEUC anyway) is acceptable compared to Pelosi' holdout from August - November where the unemployed 'lost' over 16 weeks.

He managed to get this in and if he gets the $2K on top of that (highly doubtful) he won.

He himself was the holdout, but I guess he won because people like you think he had no part in it.

No, I am very well aware that he screwed over the country, delayed unemployment, almost shutdown the government, and made Christmas miserable for some of the Americans with the most desperate of circumstances.

What I am saying is that it was never a consideration for $2K stimulus checks - the Republicans (specifically the Tea Party nuts) and McConnell wouldn't allow it. The Democrats didn't even raise the prospect after early summer.

The fact that a Republican president not only raised it but potentially got McConnell to support it is something that the Democrats haven't been able to do in 9 months of argument for substantially lower checks.

It is what it is. I feel that Trump is a merciless bastard and he really only wanted to get his Election Fraud claims before Congress but if it worked - then he and he alone just got adult tax-filing Americans an extra $1,400.

Where did you get the impression McConnell supports it? Certainly no vote mentioned in McConnell’s release. He got Mancy to vote on something she already brought to a vote next week. There is no indication McConnell will bring it to a vote, let alone whip the votes.

I honestly don’t care if it’s brought to a vote now that the bill is signed. But Trump said McConnell promised him a vote. If that’s wrong - it’s between them.

[Anonymous]

I would love to know what happened here. Truth is stranger than fiction. Any theories? He didn’t sign it because he thought it was the right thing to do. I mean, what kind of trouble did he get himself out of or what kind of favor did he get?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would love to know what happened here. Truth is stranger than fiction. Any theories? He didn’t sign it because he thought it was the right thing to do. I mean, what kind of trouble did he get himself out of or what kind of favor did he get?

I heard the Republicans were calling him all weekend - Cassidy, Toomey. I bet McConnell read him dry over the phone. Graham visited in person.

But Toomey also basically threatened him in public.

[Anonymous]

He was negotiating with himself and lost.

[Anonymous]

So this is purely performative right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why did he sit on the bill and not just sign it when he got it?

Because he's a selfish toddler.

I said I hated Trump earlier today - still do. However 1 week loss of benefits (some states might still honor the PUA/PEUC anyway) is acceptable compared to Pelosi' holdout from August - November where the unemployed 'lost' over 16 weeks.

He managed to get this in and if he gets the $2K on top of that (highly doubtful) he won.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would love to know what happened here. Truth is stranger than fiction. Any theories? He didn’t sign it because he thought it was the right thing to do. I mean, what kind of trouble did he get himself out of or what kind of favor did he get?

Manipulating the markets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He was negotiating with himself and lost.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would love to know what happened here. Truth is stranger than fiction. Any theories? He didn’t sign it because he thought it was the right thing to do. I mean, what kind of trouble did he get himself out of or what kind of favor did he get?

Always hard to tell with Trump. My guess is he views the $2000 as a national bribe to help him stay in office. Absurd, I know, but extreme narcissists think that way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would love to know what happened here. Truth is stranger than fiction. Any theories? He didn’t sign it because he thought it was the right thing to do. I mean, what kind of trouble did he get himself out of or what kind of favor did he get?

Manipulating the markets.

He has been doing this since day one so maybe you’re right. So many plausible theories. But man, I’d like to see the evidence of all of his criminality some day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So this is purely performative right?

The House has always wanted more direct stimulus/relief to the American people. Why is it “performative” if they vote on this today?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would love to know what happened here. Truth is stranger than fiction. Any theories? He didn’t sign it because he thought it was the right thing to do. I mean, what kind of trouble did he get himself out of or what kind of favor did he get?

Always hard to tell with Trump. My guess is he views the $2000 as a national bribe to help him stay in office. Absurd, I know, but extreme narcissists think that way.

I saw someone suggest he wanted it so he could solicit more donations to his new PAC 😂