Lindsey Graham hit back at critics today who don’t like the funding bills they just passed for COVID relief and the Omnibus spending bill, saying it will be so much more worse if Republicans lose the Senate:
Sen. Lindsey Graham hit back Tuesday at conservative critics of Congress’ new coronavirus stimulus package, warning what would happen if Republicans lose next month’s Georgia Senate elections.
“The bottom line is they wanted $3 trillion for the pandemic last year. We wound up with $900 billion. You could have gotten this package in July, Mitch McConnell’s right about that. They refused to even talk to us before the election because they thought a relief package would help President Trump. If you think this bill is bad, lose Georgia and see what happens,” Graham, R-S.C., told “Fox & Friends.”
Graham said that $1.4 trillion will be allocated to funding the government and $680 billion will be allocated to the military.
“Then you’ve got to fund the FBI, Department of Homeland Security, the foreign aid budget is 1% of all American spending. Pakistan is a place I really worry about; 85 countries a woman can’t open up a bank account without her husband’s signature, she can’t inherit property. If you’re a young girl in Pakistan, life is pretty tough, so we’re trying to make life better for women throughout the world.”
Graham said that the United States has to “compete with China” because they are everywhere.” He also said that he likes the coronavirus package “in the sense that it is targeted.”
A family of four will get $2,400 and small businesses are eligible to get another round of Paycheck Protection Program loans, while $38 billion will go to distributing the vaccine, he explained.
“So this is sausage making, but the Democrats have a say. They run the House. And if they ever get the House, the Senate and the White House, it will be a financial disaster for this country, so vote in Georgia.”
He’s not necessarily wrong, but a lot of consolation this is when Republicans control both the Senate and the Presidency and we’re still getting massive spending bills. We got them when Democrats controlled the Presidency and the Senate and we get them now when their in ‘our’ hands. There are several reasons for that, with a big one that Democrats are protected by their media thugs. But we all remember when Republicans controlled all three and still couldn’t repeal Obamacare.
Lindsey’s not wrong that it will get worse if we lose the Senate. But when we’re spending like we’ve spent this year already, how much worse can it get?
via therightscoop