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Getting America Back to Work - Weigh In

New Senate GOP coronavirus bill includes unrelated White House demand for FBI headquarters money

Asked Monday what a new FBI building had to do with the novel coronavirus, Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.), a key negotiator of the stimulus package, paused and said, “Good question.”

Shelby, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said that for some items the bill had to “stretch the link” to the pandemic.

“This is an administration proposal to move on with the FBI. They need a new FBI building down the street; it’s not safe to work in, you know, and so forth,” he said.

If you'll remember, there was a plan to build a new FBI building in the suburbs, but Trump cancelled it because he wants the building to be near his hotel, and he doesn't want a competing hotel to be built where the building is now.
 
 

Democrats should be going hard at them for wanting to deflect responsibility from themselves and the wealthy to victims.
 
Democrats should be going hard at them for wanting to deflect responsibility from themselves and the wealthy to victims.

Damn right. Force people to go back to work and risk their health and that of their loved ones. Tell same peons (just trying to say the quiet part out loud like dear leader) we had a shitty national response and f'd the economy and YOUR JOB but the help is cut off because we know you poors don't actually want to work and won't go back with that sweet sweet 6 hundy flowing in!

Boot strap policy? Check. Goose steps? Check.
 
 
Its because Trump lives in this alternate reality that he creates for himself so that nothing is ever his fault and everything is going great. When he says that the pandemic is under control he actually believes that, when he signs executive orders he actually believes that is all that is needed and then some. Throw in the fact its now 100% yes men surrounding him and its just a constant feedback to reinforce the alternate reality for his fragile ego. Meanwhile in the real world 10s of millions of people wont get money, be evicted, continue to not have a job, get sick, etc...
 
And add a conservative media ecosystem dedicated to supporting Trump's alternate reality.
 
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