White House chief of staff Mark Meadows blamed stalled negotiations over the future of a second coronavirus relief package on a "fantasy objection" from Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who he said would not explain what her version of a stimulus package would fund.
In an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, Meadows attacked the House leader over her unwillingness to come down from a demand that Republicans support a $2.2 trillion bill for the second round of economic stimulus in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Pelosi and House Democrats have noted that the offer is lower than their original plan for a second round of stimulus, the $3 trillion HEROES Act.
"I had a conversation with Speaker Pelosi. And even on her $2.2 trillion counter offer, she can't tell the American people, nor me, what is in that," Meadows said.
"She puts forth a number, suggests that she came down, and yet she's willing to turn down $1.3 trillion of help that goes to the American people because she would rather them have nothing than to give way on what ... her fantasy objection might be," he continued."
He went on to suggest that Pelosi claimed she would "fill in the blanks" during a conversation between the two when Meadows asked what the $2.2 trillion counter-offer would fund compared to the $1 trillion Heals Act, which Senate Republicans have proposed.
Sunday, August 30, 2020
Nancy is disguising the pension bailout, and everyone knows it.
Meadows blames Pelosi 'fantasy objection' for impasse on coronavirus relief talks
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment