CARLEY: BACK WITH A FOX NEWS CARLEY: BACK WITH A FOX NEWS ALERT. PRESIDENT TRUMP AVERTING A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, SIGNING THE MASSIVE $2.3 TRILLION SPENDING BILL WHICH INCLUDES $900 BILLION IN CORONAVIRUS RELIEF. TODD: THE EMERGENCY FUNDS IN THE RELIEF DEAL INCLUDE $600 PAYMENTS FOR EVERY ADULT AND CHILD, EXTRA $300 A WEEK IN UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR 11 WEEKS, $284 BILLION IN FUNDING FOR PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM AND EXTENDING THE EVICTION MORATORIUM. CARLEY: ON CAPITOL HILL, CONGRESS WILL VOTE ON THE PRESIDENT’S DEMAND FOR $2,000 CHECKS TO EVERY AMERICAN.
TODD: THOSE CHECKS A MAJOR STICKING POINT BETWEEN REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS. >> IT’S TERRIBLY UNTARGETTED, RIGHT. WHY WOULD WE BE SENDING $2,000 TO PEOPLE WITH A SIX FIGURE INCOME WHO HAVE HAD NO SUSPENSION, NO REDUCTION OF THEIR INCOME AT ALL. >> GIVEN THE TERRIBLE ECONOMIC CRISIS FACING THIS COUNTRY, YES, WE DO NEED TO GET $2,000 OUT TO EVERY WORKING CLASS INDIVIDUAL IN THIS COUNTRY.
TODD: SO DID PRESIDENT TRUMP’S STRATEGY HELP OR HURT DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST ROBERT PATILLO AND ANALYST RON MEYER JOIN US NOW.
DID THE PRESIDENT HELP THE SITUATION OR HURT IT. >> HE HURT THE SITUATION. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD THE ABILITY TO COME OUT OVER THE SUMMER OR IN THE SPRING AND SAY HE WAS GOING TO DEMAND $2,000 DIRECT PAYMENTS TO INDIVIDUALS. WHY WOULD YOU WAIT UNTIL THE ENTIRE BILL HAS ALREADY BEEN NEGLIGENCE OTHER OF YATESED AND — NEGOTIATED AND PASSED IN ORDER TO THROW A MONKEY WRENCH IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. THE CHECKS COULD HAVE BEEN GOING ON THIS WEEK ACCORDING TO TREASURY SECRETARY MNUCHIN BUT IT WAS HALTED.
OF COURSE HE HURT THE PROCESS. TODD: IS ROBERT RIGHT OR IS THIS NANCY PELOSI’S FAULT FOR BACK IN THE SUMMER DEMANDING A GAZILLION DOLLARS, NOT THE OFFICIAL NUMBER BUT IT FELT LIKE IT, IN HER RELIEF DEAL.
>> WE CAN PLAY THE BLAME GAME ALL DAY. TRUMP SUPPORTED $2,000 PLUS PAYMENTS FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, GOING BACK TO JUNE. THE DEMOCRATS DID PASS SOMETHING, WITH EVERY RIDER AND SPENDING PACKAGE THAT WAS THEIR DREAM INCLUDING BAILING OUT STATES THAT HAVEN’T BEEN SMART WITH THEIR MONEY OF.
I THINK WE CAN GO BACK AND FORTH AND BLAME, SAY IT COULD HAVE BEEN EARLIER. THE DEMOCRATS WERE NEVER GOING TO PASS A BILL BEFORE THE ELECTION THAT THE PRESIDENT WOULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SIGN SO THEY FILLED IT WITH STUFF THAT WOULD MAKE IT TOTALLY UNSIGNABLE BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING PASSED BEFORE JOE BIDEN WAS ABLE TO SECURE VICTORY. AND SO THAT’S BEEN THEIR STRATEGY FROM DAY ONE AND SO I THINK THE PRESIDENT — I THINK THE PRESIDENT SUPPORTED BIG CHECKS FOR A LONG TIME HE STILL SUPPORTS THEM. HE WOULD SUPPORT A STAND-ALONE RIDER THAT INCREASES IT TO TWO GRAND. AT THIS POINT NO ONE IS CARING ABOUT FEDERAL SPENDING AND THE PRESIDENT UNDERSTANDS THAT.
I THINK HE FEELS THAT DIRECT PAYMENTS ARE GIVING PEOPLE THEIR MONEY BACK. WE’RE SENDING MONEY ACROSS THE WORLD TO VARIOUS FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
TODD: THE PRESIDENT FIRMING UP HIS GEORGIA RALLY PLANNED FOR THE DAY BEFORE THE CRITICAL RUNOFFS IN THE PEACH STATE. WHAT DO YOU THINK, ROBERT? DO YOU THINK THE STIMULUS SIGNING IS GOING TO SWAY VOTERS IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM OR OF ARE THE RESULTS IN THIS ONE ALREADY BAKED IN.
>> YOU HAD KELLY LOEFFLER SPENDING A HALF BILLION DOLLARS ON COMMERCIALS, CRITICIZING RAPHAEL WARNOCK FOR WANTING TO MAKE CORRECT PAYMENTS TO INDIVIDUALS AND A WEEK BEFORE THE ELECTION PRESIDENT TRUMP THE ELECTION PRESIDENT TRUMP COMING OUT TALKING ABOUT THE THI THESE PEOPLE HAVE CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED THEY FEEL THAT DIRECT PAYMENTS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE UNNECESSARY BUT TO HELP BILLIONAIRES AND MILLIONAIRES IS WHAT THEY CARE OUT OF.
I DON’T THINK DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO CHANGE THAT WITH A TRIP GEORGIA NEXT WEEK. TODD: RON, YOUR RESPONSE. >> I THINK THE CURRENT INCUMBENT SENATORS VOTED FOR THE RELIEF. THEY SUPPORTED ADDITIONAL RELIEF FROM TIME TO TIME.
WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO REALLY IS MOMENTUM AND PEOPLE WANTING A TRUE CHECK ON GOVERNMENT. YOU KNOW, WHEN THE PRESIDENT-ELECT GETS SWORN IN JANUARY 20th, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO KNOW THERE’S A CHECK AND BALANCE.
IF THE DEMOCRATS HOLD THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE AND THE PRESIDENCY, I DON’T THINK THAT’S WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT. I THINK THEY WANT DIVIDED GOVERNMENT, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT D.C.
IS FORCED TO COMPROMISE AND THAT ONE PARTY DOESN’T RUN OVER ANOTHER. IF YOU LOOK AT THE GEORGIA SENATE RACES, I THINK THAT’S WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO. ESPECIALLY WITH CANDIDATES ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE THAT AREN’T IN LINE WITH MODERATE, COMPROMISING VALUES, THEY’RE HARD CORE, PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS. DO WE WANT THE SENATE TO BE TAKEN OVER IN THAT WAY WHEN WE COULD HAVE ONE PARTY CONTROL, I DON’T THINK SO. I THINK THAT’S WHY YOU’RE GOING TO SEE PRESIDENT TRUMP GO DOWN THERE TO TRY TO GET THE MOMENTUM FOR THE REPUBLICANS TO CLOSE THIS THING OFF AND I THINK THAT REPUBLICANS DO HAVE THE SLIGHT MOMENTUM HERE.
IT’S GOING TO BE CLOSE. TODD: YOU HAVE TO WON OF DEER IF THE PRESIDENT REALLY — WONDER IF THE PRESIDENT REALLY HELD HIS NOSE AND SWALLOWED HIS MEDICINE, EVEN THOUGH HE HATES THE PORK IN THE BILL, HE DOESN’T WANT TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT.
