Posted on 03/23/2020 7:45:50 AM PDT by jazusamo
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said on “Fox & Friends” on Monday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., “believe they can blackmail the president into accepting really dumb ideas.”
Gingrich, who is in Italy with his wife, the ambassador to the Vatican, spoke after Senate Democrats blocked a GOP-backed $1.4 trillion coronavirus rescue package, sowing fresh doubt the parties can forge an agreement as the nation descends into economic disaster amid the coronavirus pandemic.
On Sunday, when Pelosi was asked if people should be concerned the rescue package won't pass by Monday, she said the two sides are “still talking.”
Also on Sunday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., blasted Democrats opposed to the plan, accusing them of being influenced by Schumer and Pelosi.
“We had a high level of bipartisanship in five different working groups. …And then all of a sudden the democratic leader and the speaker of the house show up,” McConnell said Sunday.
He added, “I want everybody to fully understand if we aren't able to act tomorrow, it’ll be because of our colleagues on the other side.”
In response, Gingrich said, “This is classic.”
“In 1990, the Democrats blackmailed President George H.W. Bush into breaking his word on taxes where they said they wouldn't agree to a budget agreement,” he explained. “In 2007 and 2008 when Pelosi was first speaker she basically passed terrible legislation, which president George W. Bush felt he had to sign, things which crippled the economy.”
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We’re freaking out about a virus that MAY kill a significant number of people while at the same time we kill over 600,000 babies in the us alone - 42 million worldwide last year alone.
Democratic leader and the speaker of the house show up and the usual ensues fail,sink hole,double talk,screw the people...............................................................................................
Trump was not born yesterday nor did he just fall off the turnip truck.
Penlosi consulted with her stockbroker who said Trump's Congressional bailout plan for Americans is bad for HER holdings.
Schmanure assured Penlosi he'd never let that happen.....that he'd put the kibosh to the Trump plan.
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