Washington Post: “House Republicans are in a fury with President Trump, now that he is threatening to blow up the carefully negotiated settlement that led to passage of the $900 billion economic rescue package. They are raging that he abandoned them after the White House asked them to support the deal. Oh, dear. Specifically, let it not be forgotten that more than 125 of the very same House Republicans now raging at Trump for betrayal just got through betraying our country on his behalf, by joining a lawsuit designed to further his aim of subverting millions of votes in four states to keep him in power illegitimately.”
“Trump’s demand for $2,000 stimulus checks, rather than the $600 ones in the current deal, is imperiling the prospects for getting help to Americans in time, even as new signs are emerging that economic misery is worsening. It’s not clear whether Trump will veto the bill, but the delay could kick it into the next Congress and makes a government shutdown more likely. This is spreading panic among Republicans and has put them on the defensive in the Georgia runoffs, where Senate control will be decided. ‘Frustration’ with Trump ‘boiled over’ on a conference call among House Republicans, the New York Times reports. On the call, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy acknowledged that the deal is now ‘tainted.'”