Pelosi Caves
On Sunday, the news coming out of Washington was that rank-and-file Democrats AND Republicans in the Senate, with the help of the Treasury Secretary, had drafted a bipartisan bill to help Americans through the coronavirus crisis. Sen. Schumer (D-NY), minority leader in the Senate, praised it on CNN saying, “to my delight and surprise there has been a great deal of bipartisan cooperation.”
On Sunday evening Pelosi swooped in from her vacation in California and threw an IED into the process. Schumer received orders from Rep. Nancy Pelosi to reject it. Like good stormtroopers Schumer and the other Democratic Senators snapped to attention and followed orders. Schumer immediately reversed course and called the bill drafted by Democrats and Republicans “a highly partisan Republican bill.” It is amazing how easily politicians can lie with a straight face to the TV cameras.