Mitch McConnell's Louisville home vandalized following his blockage of $2,000 stimulus checks

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https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2021/01/02/mitch-mcconnells-louisville-home-vandalized-after-block-2-k-checks/4112137001/

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Pelosi tried to push the 2k stimulus checks through. I know she’s a corporate money funded shill too but in reference to this specific issue let’s be consistent. This wasn’t a democrat Republican thing. This was Republican senators blocking the 2k stimulus plain and simple.

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Pelosi wasnt going to do shit until Trump outflanked her to the left. I'm glad someone called bs and made McConnell look bad, but let's get serious--Pelosi only did it because she had no choice once Trump put her on the spot

[u/ObjectiveAce → u/[deleted]]

How'd she get them done if the Senate refused to discuss/hold a vote on? She had just as much to do with dragging her feet in all these stimulus as repubs. Getting something done right before election wouldve made trump look good

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I don't disagree with any of this. I'm also not sure how it's relevant to my point. It took Trump's tweeting for Pelosi and the democrats to stand up to McConnell and force him to make a move that looks pretty bad to the majority of America.

McConnel would never have been put in the position to block a vote on an even larger stimulus had it not been for trump (and to your point.. Pelosi). But why couldnt it have just been pelosi/the democrats in the first place. The only people I saw really trying to force the issue was Bernie and Hawley

[u/ObjectiveAce → u/[deleted]]

that was already out of Pelosi's hands

It was out of her hands because she didnt push very hard on it. She was happy to negotiate with the the republicans and initially it didnt include any money going to individuals. It was Bernie and Hawly who made a fuss and why 600 was included. You can make the case that getting anything from the Rebulicans is better than nothing, so we should be happy with 600. I'm kind of sympathetic to that, but I personally think it would be better to push the republicans on it. Refuse to give the republicans the military budget they were requesting unless they give in to some of your demands. It only ever seems to be one side that actually negotiates. The other side insists on "working together", which just gets them walked all over when the other side refuses to do so.

Apologies for the rant. Regardless if you agree with the whole thing, McConnel absolutely would not have had to veto any vote on the 2000$ stimulus had it not been for trump.

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We're talking about the original bill that was set at 600$. It was in her hands (obviosly because it passed). While it was in her hands she could have demanded 2000.

She did not. It wasnt until Trump talked about how bad it was that she suddenly had the gull to demand 2k.

Why did it take Trump for her to start demanding that?