Why Does My Brain Always Jump To Conclusions - Now Trump's Call For $2000.00 Checks And.....

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48. Speaker Pelosi called Trump's bluff, and said:

"Democrats are ready to bring this to the floor this week by unanimous consent."

AOC said: "Glad to see the president is willing to support our legislation. We can pass $2,000 checks this week if the Senate GOP agrees to stand down."

Senate Minority leader Schumer said: "Let's not get bogged down with ideological offsets and unrelated items and just DO THIS! The American people deserve it."

Jon Ossoff said: "President Trump is as ever erratic and all over the place, but on this point, tonight, he's right: $600 is a joke. They should send $2,000 checks to the American people right now because people are hurting."

It appears that Mitch McConnell has yet to comment on Trumps' call for $2000 stimulus payment request.

Seems to me that Trump, who has a tendency to speak before he thinks, (if, indeed, he ever does think), has unintentionally given Democrats a nice holiday gift.

Progressive Democrats signal support for Trump's new $2,000 stimulus check request, echoing past demands

With Trump's surprise support for $2,000 stimulus checks, Democratic leadership and the progressive wing of the party have rallied in support of the amendment.

Many representatives, including Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have been calling for $2,000 stimulus checks since the spring, and are piling pressure on Mitch McConnell to make it happen.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for a "unanimous consent" hearing of the new proposal.

https://www.businessinsider.com/progressives-boost-call-for-2000-checks-after-trump-signals-support-2020-12