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Arazi

(6,829 posts)
1. #MoscowMitch is never going to approve any stimulus. Ever
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 12:20 PM
Oct 2020

It will be on Dems to do next year as he shrieks about deficits again

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,746 posts)
3. I'm astonished that it has not occurred to them to pass a generous
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 12:36 PM
Oct 2020

stimulus package, including plenty of money directly to individuals, and then make sure everyone knows it was the Republicans who did that. They should have done that two or three weeks ago, before all the early and mail-in voting started.

If even I can think of that strategy, what is wrong with them?

I just wish that every Democrat campaign for Congress would hammer that home.

better

(884 posts)
8. It's not incompetence and idiocy, it's malevolence and greed.
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 12:55 PM
Oct 2020

It's not that they don't see the political expediency in getting the help people need to the people.
It's that they see as more compelling the financial expediency of engineering another housing and foreclosure crisis.

honest.abe

(8,556 posts)
5. I think he knows Trump is going to lose so any stimulus now just helps the future Biden admin.
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 12:40 PM
Oct 2020

Mitch is evil but he does know how to play the game.

global1

(25,167 posts)
6. This Seems Like A Perfect Opportunity To Get Into Trump's Head And Pit Him Against Mitch On This....
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 12:45 PM
Oct 2020

Get Trump to think that if a stimulus and individual stimulus checks come before the election - it will reflect good on Turmp's chances for winning re-election. Get him to believe that Mitch is over with Trump and just wants him to lose - that is why Mitch wants to stall the stimulus package.

Get them two at each others throats. Make Trump even crazier than he already is.

It would be fun to sit back and watch the fireworks.

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