„$600 IS NOT ENOUGH.“<\/b>
\nPresident Donald Trump is warning Republicans if they do not pass $2,000 direct payments, they will fail to provide Americans with what they need. \u201cUnless Republicans have a death wish, and it is also the right thing to do, they must approve the $2000 payments ASAP. $600 IS NOT ENOUGH!\u201d Trump wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. He added, \u201cAlso, get rid of Section 230 \u2013 Don\u2019t let Big Tech steal our Country, and don\u2019t let the Democrats steal the Presidential Election. Get tough!\u201d On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) blocked a vote to pass a measure to increase direct payments to $2,000, as IJR previously reported. Trump originally indicated he would not sign the $2.3 trillion package and called on Congress to \u201cincrease the ridiculously low $600 to $2,000 or $4,000 for a couple.\u201d He changed course on Sunday and signed the bill into law, as IJR previously reported. Some Republicans have expressed strong opposition to the increase. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) voiced his concern with the price tag of the stimulus checks. \u201cSomeone\u2019s gotta show me how we\u2019re going to pay for it. I mean how far before we ultimately go into a debilitating insolvency and bankruptcy that\u2019s going to do great damage to our country and do more damage, in fact, than COVID-19 ever could have done,\u201d Brooks said during a Fox News interview. He added, \u201cI don\u2019t think people understand what happens when a central government goes bankrupt, but it\u2019s not pretty. It\u2019s dangerous.\u201d Brooks went on to argue, \u201cWe don\u2019t have enough Congressmen and senators with the courage to say no or to be financially responsible.\u201d Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) presented the opposite argument. \u201cA lot of Republicans are saying they object to the payments because it costs too much and is going to add too much to the deficit. Well frankly, spare me the fake righteous indignation about the deficit all of a sudden,\u201d Murphy said on the Senate floor on Tuesday. He continued, \u201cThree years ago, these same deficit hawk Republicans passed a tax cut bill that before the pandemic hit had already added over $200 billion to the annual deficit.\u201d<\/p>\n