Ugh! My dad has found a new conspiracy theory about Covid 19 to latch on to

[tulipsandroses]

My dad is sensible most of the time. I would say 85% of the time. But every now and then, he finds something on the internet to latch on to. He called me for Mother's Day and I didn't feel like going down the rabbit hole with him. He did say he's not sure what to believe, but still wondering why they were planning for relief before the pandemic. I will send him this tomorrow. I can't right now. Plus I'm tired and cranky.



Quick Take

Social media posts falsely claim that the CARES Act was introduced Jan. 24, 2019 to perpetuate the falsehood that the COVID-19 pandemic was planned or known about in advance. The CARES Act was introduced March 25 as a substitute amendment, replacing the title and language of an older, unrelated bill.

false claims online that the pandemic was either planned or known about in advance.

A screen grab from Wikipedia highlighting the bill’s introduction date has been circulating on social media with text that says, “Can I ask a stupid question? How can this be? Why was this law introduced over a year ago for a virus that allegedly did not get here until a few months ago !?!?!?!?”

Full Story
The COVID-19 economic stimulus bill, called the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, wasn’t introduced as a separate bill. Rather, it was introduced as a substitute amendment to an unrelated existing tax bill — H.R. 748, the Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019
The Senate uses this approach to craft legislation affecting taxes because, under the Constitution, the House of Representatives is supposed to originate “all bills for raising revenue.” The Senate, however, is allowed to amend such bills
That ability to amend has been broadly interpreted to cover the process of taking a revenue-related bill delivered to the Senate after passing in the House, striking the language, and replacing it with a whole new bill — thus using the original bill as a shell. Both parties do it; Democrats did it with the Affordable Care Act in 2009.

[link:https://www.factcheck.org/2020/05/legislative-history-of-cares-act-doesnt-prove-covid-19-conspiracy/|

[Celerity]

1. good luck explaining arcane Senate bill/law/amendment crafting to MAGAts!!

ffs

this shit is just INSANE

they are a clear and present danger

[secondwind]

2. COVID20 is just around the corner and guess what the asshat did?

He cut funding for the researchers working on this.

WE HAVE TO GET RID OF THIS MONSTER

[greenjar_01]

3. Good job amplifying