Bernie Sanders admits Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats walked away from coronavirus relief bill offered by Republicans



Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) admitted that Democrats walked away from a coronavirus bill that the Republicans had put on the table.

Sanders made the comments during an interview with Jake Tapper on his CNN show Monday. He also voiced his opposition to a compromise bill to which Democrats had signaled approval.

"Well, you talked about that $1.8 trillion bill that the White House, Steve Mnuchin, the Treasury Secretary, was working on with the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) um, the Democrats walked away from that bill," Tapper said.

"Thats right!" interrupted Sanders.

"...because they wanted $2.2 trillion and they walked away from $1.8 trillion. Was that a mistake?" Tapper asked.

"Thats what I'm saying! That's exactly what I'm saying!" exclaimed Sanders.

"Here was a proposal much much larger, Democrats are, 'no that's not good enough,' and now we're prepared to accept a proposal that has I think $350 billion dollars in new money?" Sanders continued.

Sanders argued that the bill being negotiated didn't have enough of what Democrats and progressives wanted, and that the Democrats were going to give the Republicans "everything they want" in the proposed bill.

"I don't think this is much of a compromise, I think the Republicans have probably gotten 90% of what they want. Our job is to fight and get at least a 50-50 deal," Sanders said in the interview. "We gotta do a lot better and negotiate a lot harder."

Others have questioned the Democrats' rationale behind their acceptance of a bill that had far less than a previous bill that they rejected. On Friday, Pelosi snapped at a CNN reporter for asking her to explain why they were accepting the compromise bill.

"Let me tell you something!" Pelosi scolded CNN's Manu Raju.

"Don't characterize what we did before as a mistake, as a preface to your question, if you want an answer!" she added.

"That was not a mistake!" Pelosi exclaimed. "It was a decision, and it's taking us to a place where we can do the right thing, without other, shall we say, considerations in the legislation that we don't want."

Pelosi went on to say that the big difference between the previous bill and the current bill was that former Vice President Joe Biden was going to govern according to the guidance of the scientific community. President Donald Trump is still contesting the results of the Nov. 3 election.

Here's more of the interview with Sanders on CNN:

“What we need is a compromise. I know I can’t get everything that I want, but this bill really isn’t a compromise.… https://t.co/VGpxTRSmAR
— The Lead CNN (@The Lead CNN)1607377486.0

Ted Cruz torches Alyssa Milano after she tries to blame Republicans for standoff on coronavirus relief



Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas took on liberal actress Alyssa Milano after she tried to blame him and his fellow Republicans for the lack of a deal on a new coronavirus aid package.

The Twitter feud began after Cruz posted a comment about the changing demographics of the Democratic Party based on statistics about the changing voting habits of the highest earning counties in the U.S.

"Today's Dems are the party of the rich. GOP is and should be the party of the working class," Cruz said.

Today’s Dems are the party of the rich. GOP is and should be the party of the working class. https://t.co/WMTDtKTzwU
— Ted Cruz (@Ted Cruz)1606608071.0

Milano, a vehement and vocal critic of President Donald Trump and the Republican party, criticized Cruz in response.

"This is hilarious. Why is the GOP blocking covid relief from working class families if it's the party of working class? Or blocking the bill to raise minimum wage to 15 dollars an hour. Sit down," Milano tweeted, garnering almost 800 retweets for the retort.

"Alyssa, facts matter. Dems have TWICE filibustered $500Bn in emergency COVID relief," tweeted Cruz in response.

Alyssa, facts matter. Dems have TWICE filibustered $500Bn in emergency COVID relief.EVERY SINGLE Senate Dem voted… https://t.co/CN3OvfOgxr
— Ted Cruz (@Ted Cruz)1606751171.0

"EVERY SINGLE Senate Dem voted to block relief — Pelosi refuses even to talk — bc they believe maximizing economic pain helped Biden & it helps Dems in GA," he added, "[and] they trust the press to cover for them."

Milano responded but ignored the specific points that Cruz raised in order to continue to blame Republicans.

"The American people aren't dumb, Ted. 14 million children and 5.5 million seniors don't have enough food to eat in this country and your party wants to bail out corporations and wealthy sycophants. Your president would rather claim unsubstantiated election fraud than govern," she tweeted.

Cruz made similar arguments when socialist Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York attempted to make the same accusations against Republicans.

While experts are cautioning against opening up the economy in light of what appears to be a second spike in coronavirus cases, many workers and business owners are speaking out against lockdown measures and arguing that they are far too draconian.

Here's more about the battle for the next relief bill:

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