Jon Ossoff, a candidate for the Democratic Senate of Georgia, backed President Trump
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“$ 2,000 checks now,” Ossoff tweeted after Trump launched a $ 900 billion stimulus package, including $ 600 checks for some Americans.
$ 2,000 checks now.
– Jon Ossoff (@ossoff) December 23, 2020
“$ 600 is a joke. Families have maximum credit cards, can’t afford prescriptions, pay the rent, the car,” he added on CNN. “I urged the US Congress to now make additional $ 2,000 direct stimulus payments to every American.”
Tuesday night’s developments marked an unusual case where Ossoff and Trump agreed. Perdue has yet to weigh Trump’s question.
Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock, the Democrat running for the other Senate spout in Georgia, have been outspoken opponents of Trump throughout their campaign, while Ossoff and Sen. Kelly Loeffler
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Neither Warnock nor Perdue’s campaigns immediately said whether they agreed with Trump’s comments when reached by The Hill.
Democrats had called for a broader stimulus package for the coronavirus, while Republicans were lukewarm about the overall price tag, despite Trump’s urging to “go big.”
Trump in a video posted on Twitter denounced Congress over a $ 2.3 trillion package it passed Monday, including $ 900 billion worth of coronavirus relief and $ 1.4 trillion to fund the government through October.
A few months ago, Congress started negotiations on a new package to get urgently needed aid to the American people. It took forever. However, the bill they want to return to my desk right now is very different than expected. It’s a real shame, ”said Trump.
Despite all this wasteful spending and more, the $ 900 billion package of hard-working taxpayers offers only $ 600 in aid payments each, and not enough money is given to small businesses, and especially restaurants, whose owners have suffered so badly. he added.