DBP66 Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 Trump says he is holding up coronavirus aid to block Postal Service funds for voting by mail Dylan Stableford and Christopher Wilson August 13, 2020, 11:10 AM President Trump on Thursday said he is withholding approval for a coronavirus relief package because Democrats want to include funds for mail-in voting. The president said Democrats want $25 billion for the U.S. Postal Service, $3.5 billion of which would be used to shore up infrastructure amid logistical challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which is predicted to keep some voters from going to the polls in November. “They want $3.5 billion for something that will turn out to be fraudulent, that’s election money basically,” Trump said in an interview with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo. “They want $25 billion, billion, for the post office. Now they need that money in order to have the post office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots. Now, in the meantime, they aren’t getting there. By the way, those are just two items. But if they don’t get those two items, that means you can’t have universal mail-in voting.” Trump has frequently alluded to what he describes as massive voting-fraud conspiracies affecting millions of votes, but the White House has not provided any evidence to support the claims, and some states already use the process safely. He has cited reports of problems distributing and processing mail-in ballots in local elections, including applications for absentee ballots sent to “dogs” and “dead people.” Trump himself has voted absentee by mail from the White House, as have a number of his staffers. In March, Trump criticized initial Democratic attempts to fund mail-in voting in the first round of pandemic relief legislation, but also admitted what may be his real objection: that increased ballot access would be bad for Republicans. He told Fox News that such expansion would lead to “levels of voting, that if you ever agreed to it you’d never have a Republican elected in this country again.” “You know, there’s nothing wrong with getting out and voting, you get out and vote,” the president said to Bartiromo Thursday. “They voted during World War I and World War II, and they should have voter ID, because the Democrats scammed the system.” “But, two of the items are the post office and the $3.5 billion for mail-in voting,” he added. “Now, if we don’t make a deal, that means they don’t get the money. That means they can’t have universal mail-in voting, they just can’t have it.” Appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blasted Trump’s attack on the Postal Service. “When the president goes after the Postal Service, he’s going after an all-American, highly approved-by-the-public institution,” Pelosi said. “Motherhood, apple pie, the Postal Service.” Last month, Trump floated the idea of delaying the election, which is something he does not have the power to do, as the date of the election is decided by Congress. Federal Election Commission head Ellen Weintraub dismissed the proposal. “No, Mr. President,” wrote Weintraub. “No. You don’t have the power to move the election. Nor should it be moved. States and localities are asking you and Congress for funds so they can properly run the safe and secure elections all Americans want. Why don’t you work on that?” It is within the power of the Trump campaign and Republican organizations to sue to make mail-in balloting more difficult, a tactic they have employed in advance of November’s election. Tens of thousands of absentee ballots were rejected during primaries during the past few months, including one in five in New York. Trump has trailed Biden in polling all summer as approval of his mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic craters, with more than 166,000 Americans dead from COVID-19. The polling numbers are so poor in some areas that Republicans have expressed concerns about their ability to maintain control of the Senate. “This will be the greatest fraud in history,” Trump told Bartiromo, before adding a caveat: “This will be almost as fraudulent as Obama spying on my campaign, but not quite.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 24 minutes ago, DBP66 said: More Trump 66 desperation... Business News August 12, 2020 / 9:33 AM Trump calls Democratic demands 'ridiculous' as blame traded over virus aid stalemate WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump accused congressional Democrats on Wednesday of not wanting to negotiate over a U.S. coronavirus aid package because he was refusing to go along with “ridiculous” spending requests unrelated to the pandemic. Pelosi “was unwilling to meet to continue negotiations unless we agreed in advance to her proposal, costing at least $2 trillion.” “Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi are holding the American people hostage over money for their radical left-wing agenda that the country doesn’t want and won’t accept,” he said. “The bill’s not going to happen because they don’t even want to talk about it, because we can’t give them the kind of ridiculous things that they want that have nothing to do with the China virus,” PS: You need to stop trying to live off all those nothing burgers.... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted August 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Troll said: Business News August 12, 2020 / 9:33 AM Trump calls Democratic demands 'ridiculous' as blame traded over virus aid stalemate WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump accused congressional Democrats on Wednesday of not wanting to negotiate over a U.S. coronavirus aid package because he was refusing to go along with “ridiculous” spending requests unrelated to the pandemic. Pelosi “was unwilling to meet to continue negotiations unless we agreed in advance to her proposal, costing at least $2 trillion.” “Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi are holding the American people hostage over money for their radical left-wing agenda that the country doesn’t want and won’t accept,” he said. “The bill’s not going to happen because they don’t even want to talk about it, because we can’t give them the kind of ridiculous things that they want that have nothing to do with the China virus,” PS: You need to stop trying to live off all those nothing burgers.... Once again you're the first Trump clown to come to his aid...you're batting 1,000 Ronnie...so why do you think Trump doesn't want to fund the Post Office with an election coming??...any idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 Just now, DBP66 said: Once again you're the first Trump clown to come to his aid... Laughing at you got nothing to do with T...🤣 Except that's all you happen to be talking about...every time 😝 Sooooo anyhooo, to your 🤡 article...Why can't your Dems just pass some Corona relief without trying to butcher everything else, play politics, and dive in the pork barrel? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted August 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 Just now, Troll said: Laughing at you got nothing to do with T...🤣 Except that's all you happen to be talking about...every time 😝 Sooooo anyhooo, to your 🤡 article...Why can't your Dems just pass some Corona relief without trying to butcher everything else, play politics, and dive in the pork barrel? and you're still batting a 1,000 Ronnie!..keep up the good work!....I'm SURE Donny would be proud to have such a loyal fan-boy!... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 5 minutes ago, DBP66 said: and you're still batting a 1,000 Ronnie!..keep up the good work!....I'm SURE Donny would be proud to have such a loyal fan-boy!... So no opinion, and nothing to say, about your whole copy/paste article ? 🤡 Figures....🤣 PS: feel free to revisit your own thread, That is if you can scratch up a 'real answer' somewhere 🍿 BTW: (so you won't forget the topic or question) 👍 Why can't your Dems just pass some Corona relief without trying to butcher everything else, play politics, and dive in the pork barrel? 🤡 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted August 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 1 minute ago, Troll said: So no opinion, and nothing to say, about your whole copy/paste article ? 🤡 Figures....🤣 PS: feel free to revisit your own thread, That is if you can scratch up a 'real answer' somewhere 🍿 BTW: (so you won't forget the topic or question) 👍 Why can't your Dems just pass some Corona relief without trying to butcher everything else, play politics, and dive in the pork barrel? 🤡 you didn't see my post Ronnie??…."...so why do you think Trump doesn't want to fund the Post Office with an election coming??...any idea?"....no reply... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted August 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 6 minutes ago, Troll said: So no opinion, and nothing to say, about your whole copy/paste article ? 🤡 Figures....🤣 PS: feel free to revisit your own thread, That is if you can scratch up a 'real answer' somewhere 🍿 BTW: (so you won't forget the topic or question) 👍 Why can't your Dems just pass some Corona relief without trying to butcher everything else, play politics, and dive in the pork barrel? The postal system isn't "pork barrel" Ronnie..it's essential! Why won't Trump fund the postal system with an election coming during a pandemic?..playing politics or fighting for his political life? 🤡 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, DBP66 said: you didn't see my post Ronnie??…."...so why do you think Trump doesn't want to fund the Post Office with an election coming??...any idea?"....no reply... For one, it's got nothing to do with Corona virus relief ....🤣 Now you try to answer....👌 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted August 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 Just now, Troll said: For one, it's got nothing to do with Corona virus relief ....🤣 Now you try to answer....👌 are both essential at this moment in time or not??…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, DBP66 said: are both essential at this moment in time or not??…. no... AND STILL NO ANSWER from you 🤡 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 Why can't your Dems just pass some Corona relief without trying to butcher everything else, play politics, and dive in the pork barrel? TICK TOCK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I AM IRONMAN Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 Should re name this thread "more Karen bitching!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted August 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Troll said: Why can't Trump just pass some Postal relief without trying to butcher everything else, play politics, and dive in the pork barrel? TICK TOCK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted August 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Troll said: no... AND STILL NO ANSWER from you 🤡 you got an answer...both are essential so both need to be passed...yesterday....so why do you think Trump won't help the postal system out??...any ideas Ronnie??....🤡 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted August 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 1 hour ago, I AM IRONMAN said: Should re name this thread "more Karen bitching!" and the 5th grader has chimed in!....🤡 #selfexposed...😞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, DBP66 said: you got an answer...both are essential so both need to be passed...yesterday....so why do you think Trump won't help the postal system out??...any ideas Ronnie??....🤡 still trying to conflate the two 🤣 isn't that the whole issue here ? Each can be determined on it's own merit. Why can't you show any merit for your position? TICK TOCK 🤡 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AztecPadre Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 3 hours ago, DBP66 said: Trump says he is holding up coronavirus aid to block Postal Service funds for voting by mail Dylan Stableford and Christopher Wilson August 13, 2020, 11:10 AM President Trump on Thursday said he is withholding approval for a coronavirus relief package because Democrats want to include funds for mail-in voting. The president said Democrats want $25 billion for the U.S. Postal Service, $3.5 billion of which would be used to shore up infrastructure amid logistical challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which is predicted to keep some voters from going to the polls in November. “They want $3.5 billion for something that will turn out to be fraudulent, that’s election money basically,” Trump said in an interview with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo. “They want $25 billion, billion, for the post office. Now they need that money in order to have the post office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots. Now, in the meantime, they aren’t getting there. By the way, those are just two items. But if they don’t get those two items, that means you can’t have universal mail-in voting.” Trump has frequently alluded to what he describes as massive voting-fraud conspiracies affecting millions of votes, but the White House has not provided any evidence to support the claims, and some states already use the process safely. He has cited reports of problems distributing and processing mail-in ballots in local elections, including applications for absentee ballots sent to “dogs” and “dead people.” Trump himself has voted absentee by mail from the White House, as have a number of his staffers. In March, Trump criticized initial Democratic attempts to fund mail-in voting in the first round of pandemic relief legislation, but also admitted what may be his real objection: that increased ballot access would be bad for Republicans. He told Fox News that such expansion would lead to “levels of voting, that if you ever agreed to it you’d never have a Republican elected in this country again.” “You know, there’s nothing wrong with getting out and voting, you get out and vote,” the president said to Bartiromo Thursday. “They voted during World War I and World War II, and they should have voter ID, because the Democrats scammed the system.” “But, two of the items are the post office and the $3.5 billion for mail-in voting,” he added. “Now, if we don’t make a deal, that means they don’t get the money. That means they can’t have universal mail-in voting, they just can’t have it.” Appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blasted Trump’s attack on the Postal Service. “When the president goes after the Postal Service, he’s going after an all-American, highly approved-by-the-public institution,” Pelosi said. “Motherhood, apple pie, the Postal Service.” Last month, Trump floated the idea of delaying the election, which is something he does not have the power to do, as the date of the election is decided by Congress. Federal Election Commission head Ellen Weintraub dismissed the proposal. “No, Mr. President,” wrote Weintraub. “No. You don’t have the power to move the election. Nor should it be moved. States and localities are asking you and Congress for funds so they can properly run the safe and secure elections all Americans want. Why don’t you work on that?” It is within the power of the Trump campaign and Republican organizations to sue to make mail-in balloting more difficult, a tactic they have employed in advance of November’s election. Tens of thousands of absentee ballots were rejected during primaries during the past few months, including one in five in New York. Trump has trailed Biden in polling all summer as approval of his mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic craters, with more than 166,000 Americans dead from COVID-19. The polling numbers are so poor in some areas that Republicans have expressed concerns about their ability to maintain control of the Senate. “This will be the greatest fraud in history,” Trump told Bartiromo, before adding a caveat: “This will be almost as fraudulent as Obama spying on my campaign, but not quite.” Ha, throw this in with his helping the unemployed by signing an EO to cut payroll tax for a bit. LOL Even his own repubes were against it since it would look obvious to anyone that the benefit would only be for the super rich and large corporations like oh maybe Chump resorts. He will save millions while the average worker will see a $2 to maybe $4 difference in their checks. Not to mention the unemployed DONT GET MUCH from unemployment. So they might see a 0.50 difference. LOL. Honestly this bizarro world is almost at an end. Nov 3rd hurry!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted August 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 1 minute ago, Troll said: still trying to conflate the two 🤣 isn't that the whole issue here ? Each can be determined on it's own merit. Why can't you show any merit for your position? TICK TOCK 🤡 conflate??...or point out that they are equally important so they should both be passed ASAP..and as you know in Washington most bills have more than one issue/item in them...they can and should pass both asap..so if they get passed at the same time that's an issue??..or that's be prudent?...🤡 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 10 minutes ago, DBP66 said: conflate??...or point out that they are equally important so they should both be passed ASAP..and as you know in Washington most bills have more than one issue/item in them...they can and should pass both asap..so if they get passed at the same time that's an issue??..or that's be prudent?...🤡 same time no problem.... Why you STILL trying to conflate the two? and you still have...you know That question you refuse to answer... Why can't your Dems just pass some Corona relief without trying to butcher everything else, play politics, and dive in the pork barrel? TICK TOCK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 1 minute ago, AztecPadre said: Ha, throw this in with his helping the unemployed by signing an EO to cut payroll tax for a bit. LOL Even his own repubes were against it since it would look obvious to anyone that the benefit would only be for the super rich and large corporations like oh maybe Chump resorts. He will save millions while the average worker will see a $2 to maybe $4 difference in their checks. Not to mention the unemployed DONT GET MUCH from unemployment. So they might see a 0.50 difference. LOL. Honestly this bizarro world is almost at an end. Nov 3rd hurry!! The best you can do with T putting more money in your pocket and lowering taxes, is bitch and complain that you "think" someone else might get a lesser tax bill too? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I AM IRONMAN Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 1 minute ago, Troll said: The best you can do with T putting more money in your pocket and lowering taxes, is bitch and complain that you "think" someone else might get a lesser tax bill too? No one ever accused Karen of being very bright! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted August 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 6 minutes ago, Troll said: same time no problem....BINGO!..so there is nothing more to discuss here Ronnie...get er' done....🤡 Why you STILL trying to conflate the two? and you still have...you know That question you refuse to answer... Why can't your Dems just pass some Corona relief without trying to butcher everything else, play politics, and dive in the pork barrel? TICK TOCK your turn Ronnie...why do you think Trump doesn't want to fund the postal service with an election coming?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 20 minutes ago, DBP66 said: Krusty fail...why do you think Dems want to overfund the postal service with an election coming?? Because mail in leads to fraud. 🤡 must you filate to conflate.... BTW: it was still your turn...Tick Tock 🤡 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 16 minutes ago, I AM IRONMAN said: No one ever accused Karen of being very bright! Dictionary dumb-ass /ˈdəmˌas/ adjective informal•North American adjective: dumbass stupid; brainless. "dumb-ass illegal Lawyer Aztec type poster" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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