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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRachel Maddow Names The 'Petty' Donald Trump Move She'd Love To See Joe Biden Copy
This is so damn hilarious. If only wishing could made it happened.
Get petty for once. Its OK. This is a big effing deal, the MSNBC anchor urged President Joe Biden.
President Joe Biden apparently isnt planning on following in the footsteps of his predecessor, ex-President Donald Trump, in terms of having his name plastered on stimulus checks aimed at assisting Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic.
But MSNBCs Rachel Maddow thinks he should.
Its obviously sort of a petty move for a president to do something like that, Maddow said Tuesday. But honestly, as I get older, as I live through more and more years of Republican governance, Im getting more and more petty all the time about stuff like this.
Maddow noted how GOP presidents put their name on everything and Democratic presidents are all modest.
If I was a Democratic president, I would put my name on that check with a big hologram on it, too, so it glowed when you open the envelope, she said. Id make it like one of those greeting cards that plays a song when you pull it out of the envelope and it would sing my name.
I would put sequins on the thing, she continued. It would be all about remembering which party made this happen and which party all voted against it.
But like I said, as I develop an increasingly severe case of the O-L-D, Im getting cattier and pettier with each passing day, and Biden is not doing that, Maddow concluded. Its why somebody like him is president and nobody asks my advice on these things. Get petty for once. Its OK. This is a big effing deal, as someone once said.
Source:https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rachel-maddow-trump-biden-petty-move_n_60489e64c5b6cf72d092fc49
FoxNewsSucks
(10,427 posts)having a statement at the top of the endorsement area:
"By signing and cashing this socialist payment, I acknowledge that Joseph R Biden is the legitimate winner and President of the US. Furthermore, I thank him for this democratic socialism."
MAGAts would all burn their check.
flor-de-jasmim
(2,125 posts)Beakybird
(3,332 posts)Instead, on the stub of the check, it should list all the representatives and senators who voted yay or nay on this legislation with the Ds and Rs after each name.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)House of Roberts
(5,167 posts)The statement should read 'No Senate Republican votes were cast in favor of you getting this money. NOT ONE!'
If none in the House vote for it, just eliminate the word Senate.
Beakybird
(3,332 posts)and let the check recipient draw the obvious conclusion. The check comes from Treasury which is supposed to be apolitical.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)PatSeg
(47,285 posts)Biden should not emulate Donald Trump in any way whatsoever. He is his own man, doing things his way and his humility is very effective, especially as he does big things for the American people. The only people who respond positively to obnoxious arrogance are the type of people who vote for politicians like Trump.
So no President Biden, do not get petty. Keep doing things the way you have been. I know Rachel meant it as a joke, but I think some people feel that way though.