Sen. Lindsey Graham suggested on Twitter this morning that President Trump might support the current Covid-19 relief bill AND the omnibus spending bill if Congress added Section 230 legislation to his demand for an increase in direct payments to $2000:
Appreciate the fact that Speaker Pelosi supports President @realDonaldTrump's idea to increase direct payments to $2,000 per person.
The American people are hurting and deserve relief. I know there is much bipartisan support for this idea.
Let’s go further.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) December 23, 2020
I hope Speaker Pelosi will agree with President Trump that Big Tech needs to be reined in by winding down Section 230 liability protections.
I have reason to believe this combination will lead to President Trump supporting the NDAA and COVID19 omnibus bills.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) December 23, 2020
Let’s go big for the American people.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) December 23, 2020
This means Sen. Graham will keep all the wasteful spending in the bill and borrow money for the extra relief payments:
BREAKING: President Trump sends COVID bill back to Congress, demands direct payments be increased from $600 to at least $2,000 per person. Also demands slashing 'wasteful' foreign aid. – https://t.co/BB53OiMGe1 pic.twitter.com/6i0xDgT2Rv
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) December 23, 2020
So, will that fly? Let’s check in with Twitchy favorite Nick Searcy, shall we. . .
These people are the ruling class. They are the actual enemy. All Democrats, and a lot of Republicans.
This situation is unsustainable. https://t.co/2CStlW7ii5
— SUPER-SPREADER Dr.Nick Searcy,INT’L FILM & TV STAR (@yesnicksearcy) December 23, 2020
He’s right. “This situation is unsustainable”:
But you said this morning it was also important to send millions to Pakistan so women there could open bank accounts without their husbands' permission. Or some such nonsense. https://t.co/wIZcb23PMF
— Gerry Callahan (@GerryCallahan) December 23, 2020
It’s simple, actually:
Americans want direct relief to the people and small businesses not to the Kennedy Center and ‘gender programs’ in Pakistan
This isn’t hard.
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) December 23, 2020
This is a total flip-flop for Sen. Graham, by the way. He used to say “throwing money at a problem” won’t help:
LOL. Here's Lindsey Graham back in March on stimulus checks as money wasted: "It won't help the economy just throwing money at a problem."
It's okay, Lindsey. I ain't even mad. Just get it done. Throw that $2,000!https://t.co/sLwktofRo2 https://t.co/Vf3cusfFVu pic.twitter.com/MtJ18d5QkF
— Scott Santens??♂️ (@scottsantens) December 23, 2020
So, which is it, senator?
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