Lindsey Graham urging Trump not to send direct payments to Americans as part of coronavirus relief

[Miles Archer]

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/lindsey-graham-urging-trump-not-to-send-direct-payments-to-americans-as-part-of-coronavirus-relief/


Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is reportedly hoping that President Donald Trump will take a trickle down approach to the next coronavirus relief bill.

During a Republican lunch on Thursday, Graham encouraged his colleagues not to support direct payments to Americans in what’s known as “phase 3” of the package. Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) — the new White House chief of staff — was in attendance at the event.

The White House has proposed sending $1,000 to each American adult and $500 for each child. Under the proposal, the checks would go out in two tranches.

Jake Sherman
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🚨🚨NEWS, from the closed Senate GOP lunch:

@LindseyGrahamSC
just told his Republican colleagues that he is trying to convince TRUMP to oppose direct payments in PHASE THREE bill— as is new WH COS, Mark Meadows.

Link to tweet

[Quemado]

1. Let's hope Fox News doesn't start broadcasting hints to Trump.

[Dream Girl]

2. Might be a problem. The cat is out of the,bag. Everybody,is,now expecting those checks.

[Alea]

6. Yep too late. He would look like an a hole for doing that!

And I'm psychic because i know the reply... He already looks like an asshole

[BKDem]

3. How goddam Republican of him.

[central scrutinizer]

5. Trickle down means

That the oligarchs piss on the rest of us

[bdamomma]

7. total assholes

let's hope Lindsey contracts it.

[NCDem47]

8. So what exactly is Graham's solution?

By trickledown, is that bailing big and small businesses first and trusting that money filters into the hands of workers?

Yeah. Fat chance.

Why does Gatham's instincts always run counter to logical thinking?

[spanone]

9. They are some heartless bastards

[nilram]

10. Direct payments give more power for the "invisible hand" to do its work.

Consumers would be voting directly with their dollars. More of those dollars go directly to stimulating the economy, because most people are not in a position to save. Graham doesn’t want this because he’d rather play favorites with his corporate donor fat cats.

[CentralMass]

11. Simply put, he is a piece of $hit.

[in2herbs]

12. In the mail today I received a letter from Graham and enclosed was a check I was

supposed to send to the RNC to support R candidates. Did not pay a lot of attention to this junk mail. In fact, threw it away at the post office. But I wonder why he can send me a check for $45 to send to the RNC but he won't agree to send checks to human beings!