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Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., had some harsh words for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., after the latter suggested that state governments ought to be able to declare personal bankruptcy during the coronavirus pandemic.
“. @senatemajldr McConnell’s dismissive remark that States devastated by Coronavirus should declare bankruptcy instead of get the federal assistance they require and should have is disgraceful and indefensible,” King tweeted Wednesday.
” To state that it is ‘complimentary money’ to offer funds for […] police officers, firefighters and health care workers makes McConnell the Marie Antoinette of the Senate,” he added.
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King’s remarks contributed to backlash McConnell has actually already dealt with for indicating he hesitates to offer federal financing for states.
” There’s not going to be any desire on the Republican side to bail out state pensions by borrowing cash from future generations,” McConnell has previously stated.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., reacted by arguing that it was “morally incorrect.”
” It’s clinically dreadful. We can’t beat this pandemic if Mitch McConnell is letting our health heroes get fired. And that’s what’s happening. They’re getting fired,” she had stated.
The controversy over McConnell’s remarks discussed stress surrounding the way wealthier Americans live while many struggle to remain financially afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Pelosi herself just recently faced contrasts to the former French Queen Marie Antoinette.
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A Trump campaign advertisement juxtaposed Pelosi revealing her freezer loaded with ice cream with news that Americans were waiting for “hours” at food banks. It likewise highlighted how Democrats declined a coronavirus relief bundle.
At one point, a guy says “today, it’s survival mode.” In the following clip, Pelosi says: “I don’t know what I would have done if ice cream were not created.” It ends with a spoof quote, playing off one regularly credited to Antoinette. “Let them consume ice cream,” the quote checks out, prior to citing “Nancy Antoinette.”
Fox News’ Tyler Olson contributed to this report.