Wow : White House said this morning that they can't sign on to any relief for Americans

[sunonmars]

Link to tweet

The White House said this morning that they can't sign on to any relief for Americans and industries struggling to survive the pandemic because "we have a Supreme Court nominee to confirm" and there's not enough time "at this stage" to help Americans in need.



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I mean WOW thats a statement and a half, basically saying Fuck you, we have SC seat to steal, you can all go jump".

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. Wow, that was in your face.

[underpants]

2. Look, we can walk or chew gum

but not both

[BootinUp]

3. This isnt a train wreck, its a thermonuclear explosion. nt

[Srkdqltr]

4. Yesterday it was no then yes now it's no again. He is seriously high on steroids.

[Ohiogal]

5. Dumpy is giving the middle finger

to all Americans by doing this. He is basically saying screw you for not adoring me.

[Harker]

18. Yes.

We're evidently unworthy of his magnificence.

[Wawannabe]

6. FUCK THEM

FUCK THEM

FUCK THEM

FUCK THEM

FUCK THEM ALL!!

[sunonmars]

8. AND THEN REPEAT......

[HuskyOffset]

61. Here you go, use this

[Tracer]

7. Jeez. I'm getting whiplash!

NT

[louzke9]

44. I need .......

Dramamine!

[Grammy23]

9. If we pay any attention to what's being tweeted out of the White House

We’ll need a neck brace for the whiplash. Can’t someone just slip him a Mickey to silence him for a while? Surely they’re tempted. He is definitely doing more harm than good. Well, at least for his side. And come to think of it, he isn’t doing any favors for the stock market.

[lagomorph777]

10. Looks like he's decided to be The Biggest Loser

in all of American history.

[BKDem]

17. I believe he has already clinched that title.

[lagomorph777]

21. I mean electorally. A giant "Fuck You" to voters, in October, in a pandemic.

Not a wise move, unless he intends to lose with a huge margin.

[BKDem]

30. There's always more to be lost, and he's working on it.

[3catwoman3]

34. We voters need to give him a giant...

...electoral "Fuck You!" right back.

I want the map to look like a blue version of the Reagan-Mondale map.

[Sympthsical]

35. He knows he's going down

It’s a matter of what he takes with him. The economy and the Supreme Court?

Hell, that’s a win in his eyes. Childish, spiteful, and dangerous, but a win nonetheless.

[PubliusEnigma]

11. The Head Lemming demands that the others go over the cliff with him, or else

[spanone]

12. But they have time to install a SCOTUS that will potentially rip healthcare from 20 million people

and destroy women's choice

FUCK THEM

[Proud Liberal Dem]

13. Time enough to ram through another Supreme Court Justice

which has historically never been done so fast

but no time for financial assistance for the pandemic. Unbelievable.

[ananda]

15. Murder and death is the only priority for Trump..

.. and his enablers.

Basta!

[George II]

16. That brings to mind the statement by Gerald Ford which may have sealed his 1976 defeat...

...(The NY Daily News punched it up a bit):

[Chakaconcarne]

19. Basically...looks like y'all are in for Biden, so FU!

[lagomorph777]

22. Karma, if you're listening, somebody needs a dose of COVID.

https://www.thelist.com/256169/why-mitch-mcconnells-covid-test-timeline-is-raising-eyebrows/

[Bernardo de La Paz]

23. flopflipflop. 1) tRump shut down negotiations 2) tweeted they were on again 3) WH shuts it down

Who is in charge?

tRump or McCONnell?

Now that they have made their priorities crystal clear, keep reminding voters.

And remind abortion single-issue voters that they are being taken for a ride, again, because the objective is not abortion (though it won't be forgotten) but making life easier for big corporations and big shareholders.

[GeorgeGist]

24. So how many americans must DIE ...

for Amy to have her SCOTUS seat?

[cayugafalls]

39. That would be a great question to ask her.

"How many Americans must die and go without aid so you can get confirmed"?

[treestar]

42. These are already-born Americans

Not of much interest to her.

[BlueNProud]

25. Covid is not real and the economy is the greatest ever

Our "President" believes both of these things

[dlk]

26. Republicans have repeatedly shown us who they are

Their priorities have absolutely nothing to do with the vast majority of Americans. How many times do they need to give America a big middle finger? Every last one of them needs to be voted out.

[MontanaMama]

27. He will burn America to the ground

and leave the smoking wreckage for Biden to clean up. His parting gifts will include a right wing nut job scotus that will actively take human rights away from Americans for generations.

[roamer65]

28. 1932.

We will have that house for 20 years.

[Mr. Sparkle]

29. I think it's a power play to steal the election through the supreme court and stay in office.

Hope I'm wrong, but it looks like its the only move left to keep the white house, and deny millions of voters participation in the election.

[ecstatic]

31. They've completely dropped their masks

Literally and figuratively. But as usual, they're over playing their hand. Once the Supreme Court has zero credibility, it will be useless as an institution. You can't force your agenda through using an irrelevant institution. Society will adjust and work around it.

[demmiblue]

32. Meadows says White House stimulus efforts ongoing amid Trump's back-and-forth

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Wednesday morning that he and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin were actively considering a stimulus measure aimed at distributing checks to Americans while providing aid to airlines and small businesses — further muddling the administration’s messaging after President Donald Trump appeared to abruptly call off coronavirus relief talks a day earlier.

“The president [has] already been on the phone this morning talking to Secretary Mnuchin,” Meadows told “Fox & Friends” in an interview. “The secretary and I have been talking about what we could do with stand-alone bills to help airlines, small businesses and the American people, with stimulus checks. So, hopefully, we can convince Speaker Pelosi to do something on a stand-alone basis.”

The remarks from Meadows — who, along with Mnuchin, has served as one of Trump’s top negotiators on Capitol Hill — came just hours after the president announced on Twitter that he was postponing talks to secure a new economic aid package until after the November election.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) had proposed at least $2.4 trillion in stimulus, but Trump said he would not agree to a deal of more than $1.6 trillion. “I am rejecting their … request, and looking to the future of our Country,” he tweeted Tuesday afternoon after a phone call with Mnuchin and Republican congressional leaders.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/07/mark-meadows-white-house-coronavirus-stimulus-427119

What the hell is going on?! It's like a goddamn ping-pong game.

[crickets]

43. Notice the subtitle to the article:

"Hopefully we can convince Speaker Pelosi to do something on a stand-alone basis," the chief of staff says.

As though Nancy Pelosi is the problem.

[ProfessorGAC]

59. She Is The Problem

She controls the money & where it goes.
For them, that's a big problem!
Because, this isn't their wish list for Christmas. The HAVE TO work with her & convince her.
She's a big problem for them, and they just poured gasoline on themselves. Nancy isn't taking the matches away.
Another big problem she gives them!
All meant in a good way.

[flying_wahini]

33. Seems to me that McConnell has the upper hand with tRump and could make him sign anything.

That’s how you know Moscow Mitch is playing us all. With Putin’s blessing.

[notinkansas]

38. Democrats have already rejected stand alone bills.

To offer that again is compromise on their part?

(Meant to be a response to OP)

[crickets]

41. Bingo. Putin and Oleg Deripaska have Moscow Mitch all bought and paid for. nt

[Salviati]

36. If this is their position...

... then they are resigned to defeat, and they know it.

1) complete the theft of a supreme court seat
2) sabotage the economy as much as possible for the incoming Biden/Harris administration

If they thought they had any hope of winning, this move would make no sense.

[Turbineguy]

37. Trump is going to avenge himself on Americans who don't vote for him.

But really he's punishing the country for electing him in the first place.

He's a very sick man.

[SammyWinstonJack]

48. Bingo.

[cayugafalls]

40. What a FusterCluck...

Simply amazing.

Fuck. Them. All.

[BarbD]

45. I need chocolate. Lots and lots of chocolate.

My head spins as we go round and round again -- only this time on steroids.

[gristy]

46. Meanwhile, the Dow is up 450 this morning, recovering nearly all of yesterday's loss

[obamanut2012]

49. Biden is way up in the polls n/t

[Rebl2]

47. I would

think this announcement will cause the S.M. to fall again. Sure did yesterday. Don’t think it will go over well with voters and businesses either.

[C Moon]

50. They need that justice in place to steal the election.

[benfranklin1776]

51. So they're channeling the soulless Marie Antoinette way...

...and basically saying to We The People: “Let Them Eat Covid” 🤬🤬🤬
I say:Let them drown in a sea of our ballots.

[NellieStarbuck]

52. Priorities, man.

[jmowreader]

53. I do believe Trump is throwing the election

His economic advisors have probably told him a massive crash is coming in 2021, thanks to his tax cuts, overspending and trade wars. By throwing the election to Biden, he and OANN (Fox is no longer a Trump-fellator the way they used to be) can blame Trump’s massive fuckup on the Democratic Party.

The only way to fix Trump’s ass is to double the size of the Supreme Court and every federal circuit, and put strong liberal judges in the new seats.

[dhill926]

54. President Biden will need to expand the court....

if we can't stop this madness...

[calimary]

55. Yep. That's their priority. That their own negligence and denial promoted.

That’s all they care about: locking in their own agenda so the rest of us are its prisoners for a generation or more.

THAT’S why we have to make some major changes in the Supreme Court going forward. NONE of this lifetime appointment shit. NO panel of nine members only. NO! NO MORE!!!

The playing field has to be made level again. That’s an ABSOLUTE MUST.

[BobTheSubgenius]

56. They are ALL rat bastards, but he is their King.

My God, what a horrendous time this is.

[area51]

57. Saw speculation on Twitter,

that #DementiaDonnie knows he's going to lose, is trying to take down the republinazi party with him, and leave Biden with an even worse dumpster fire in January.

[CrispyQ]

58. So yesterday he was against it, late last night he was for it, & now he's against it, again?

[warmfeet]

60. Yep.

And his cult followers are just fine with that. As long as the lib's suffer, they don't care. Even if they die themselves, they don't care - just as long as lib's die as well.

I work daily with several maggots. They, on occasion, speak their minds within earshot. It is the craziest shit I have ever heard in my life. I am 58. We have a lot to deal with even when the malevolent mandarin is gone.

[Blue_true]

62. Behavior like what Trump and McConnell are displaying will make immediate expansion

of the Courts easier. They are digging their own graves.

[smirkymonkey]

63. What the ever loving fuck?

This is just sick. It just shows what their priorities are, and the American peoplel aren't one of them.

[Blue Owl]

64. Appointing their precious handmaid will be the last thing the GOP ever does

n/t