GOP senators are refusing to extend expanded unemployment benefits, proposing instead to cut them down by $400 a week out of concern for the national debt. But the debt didn't seem to matter to them when they passed a $1.9 trillion tax cut for the wealthy and corporations in 2017.
That's just the beginning of the GOP's handouts for the super-rich and big corporations. As soon as the pandemic hit, McConnell and Senate Republicans were quick to give mega-corporations a $500 billion blank check, while only sending Americans a paltry $1,200 check.
And as the virus surged and the economy cratered, McConnell called the Senate back into session only to confirm more of Trump’s extremist judges and advance a $740 billion defense spending bill. Throughout it all, McConnell has insisted his priority is to shield businesses from COVID-related lawsuits by customers and employees who have contracted the virus.
Time and again, they’ve shown that they only care about their wealthy donors and corporate backers. If they had an ounce of concern for the nation, their priority would be to shield Americans from the ravages of COVID and American democracy from the ravages of Trump. But we know where their priorities lie.
