President Trump on Friday slammed Senate Republican leaders for blocking his requested $ 2,000 COVID-19 stimulus check while failing to revoke legal protection for social media businesses.
‘Our Republican Senate just missed the opportunity to get rid of Article 230, which gives unlimited power to Big Tech businesses. Pathetic !!! ” Trump tweeted.
He added: ‘Now they want to give people plagued by the China virus $ 600, rather than the $ 2000 they so desperately need. Not fair or clever! ”
The Senate on Friday voted to replace Trump’s veto of a $ 740 billion defense bill, despite failing to reach an agreement on the $ 2,000 checks or the repeal of section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. .
Earlier Friday, Trump ventured against Republican Senate leaders when he called on the South Dakota government, Kristi Noem, to face a primary Republican challenge to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R- SD).
Both Thune and Senate Leader Mitch McConnell are discouraging Trump allies from challenging Presidential election Joe Biden in the January 6 election.
Trump said last month he had vetoed the defense bill because it did not repeal Article 230 and because he was trying to halt his withdrawal of troops in Afghanistan from 4,500 in November to 2,500 by January 15. He also opposed a provision to rename ten military bases respectfully Confederates.
Many Republicans have gathered to repeal Article 230, which provides internet platforms for immunity to third-party content, after Twitter and Facebook reported in October on a Hunter Biden hard drive containing documents linking the then-Democratic candidate to his son’s business . relations in China and Ukraine.
McConnell (R-Ky.) Said he wanted to put together $ 2,000 stimulus checks, Article 230 repeal and the creation of a voter fraud commission, which was also requested by Trump.
Senate Democrats led by minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) have asked McConnell to allow rather separate votes on the three issues, as the legislative session ends Sunday and only the $ 2,000 checks passed the House.
Eventually, the Democrats allowed the dominance of the legislation on Trump’s defense bill to continue without getting a vote on the $ 2,000 checks.
Trump took a full ten days to veto the defense bill after Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) Delayed his consideration last month as a tactic to continue the withdrawal in Afghanistan.
Although many Conservatives opposed the $ 2,000 checks out of concern about national debt and inflation, the proposal received 44 IDP votes in the House and a group of Republican senators also called for a vote, including Sens Lindsey Graham (R -SC), Josh Hawley. (R-Mo.), Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.), David Perdue (R-Ga.) And Marco Rubio (R-Ky.)