'Red states get a lot of money': Fox News host destroys Marsha Blackburn's 'blue state bailout' lie

[turbinetree]

By David Edwards
Published March 07, 2021

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Fox News host Eric Shawn on Sunday challenged Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) after she claimed that the COVID-19 relief bill was delayed because Democrats "wanted people to suffer."

"The Democrats did not want timely relief prior to the election," Blackburn told Shawn in an interview on Fox News. "They wanted people to suffer and Nancy Pelosi told us why. She said because they felt like it would help them win the election."

Shawn interrupted: "Do you think it really is fair to say Democrats wanted people to suffer? I mean, they don't want people to suffer."

https://www.rawstory.com/fox-news-marsha-blackburn-relief/

Hey Blackburn, what you have done for Tennessee, you just voted to to try and fuck every Tennessean out of there own tax dollars, while you get paid over $174,000 a year to do exactly what go around and scream socialist, go on a show to defend your fascists' rhetoric and then try to and place what you and your fascists' party try to do on democrat's and call to blame us, not happening.
Your partner in crime was Ron Johnson right along with #Moscow Mitch who should also be expelled and removed from office, right along with you, in fact billboards should go up calling you out for what you did, you voted NO ............

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. Simple retort ... "And yet you just voted 'No' for relief when given the opportunity, correct?" nt

[doubleplusgood]

3. +1000 nt

[stopdiggin]

5. yeah. don't have to parse that sentence a whole lot. (nt)

[PatSeg]

9. Yeah, that would pretty much sum things up perfectly

I guess republicans are so used to not being challenged on Fox, they think they can say stupid crap. I haven't heard one decent explanation for why they opposed the relief bill, but then they go back in time and try to blame Democrats.

[kimbutgar]

2. I wish they would change the rules how states get allocated money

States can only get back what they put in. If Tennessee contributes 5 million they get 4 million. If a California puts in 100 million they get back 95 million. These welfare red states need to face consequences for these insane politicians they send to Washington DC.

[Progressive Jones]

11. You beat me to it. There are maker states and taker states. Taker states typically "red" states. nt

[Hugh_Lebowski]

4. I mean, really, this stuff about Nancy and Democrats is just an absolute, bald-faced lie ..

House Democrats passed a number of relief bills well prior to the election, and what happened to them?

REPUBLICAN Majority Leader McConnell fcking sat on them, and didn't even allow them to come to a vote.

It's so infuriating there's these media outlets that let RePuQ's go on for interviews and just LIE LIE LIE without fcking consequence.

Hell, they get away with it on ALL the networks, but not as frequently, and more importantly they're not purposefully set up to provide a platform for RePuQ's to go and LIE to the American People, day-in and day-out ... like Faux is.

[turbinetree]

6. Agreed .......................

we really need a new Fairness Doctrine, seriously............

[Wounded Bear]

7. McConnell shut the Senate down in the final weeks to give WHN a technicality on impeachment...

[stopdiggin]

8. McConnell and the Senate were LOCKED DOWN toward any relief measures (nt)

[Midnight Writer]

10. I'm hearing that phrase "Blue State Bailout" over and over on local radio.

It's the kind of simple three word alliterative slogan that sticks in wingnut minds.

[catbyte]

12. I tried watching the video embedded in the story and could only stomach about 30 seconds.

[Hekate]

13. California, for one, is a donor state: we send out more in federal taxes than we ever get back...

While red states that whine about where Uncle Sam sends money tend to get more than they ever give.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. I Think You'll Dig This Site

Ranks all 50 states by federal dollar dependency, both by total to the residents & state government grants received.
Then, as you scroll down, you'll see other good comparisons.
As you'd expect California (you) & Illinois (me) are at the bottom of the list in receipts per fed tax $ paid in.
The methodology is near the end.
https://wallethub.com/edu/states-most-least-dependent-on-the-federal-government/2700

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

14. And at the state level, the red parts of a state tend to get a lot more

benefits from the taxes paid in the blue parts.