Supporters of President Donald Trump praised Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky on Twitter on Tuesday after the Republican submitted a new proposal to approve $ 2,000 stimulus checks with additional measures that could eliminate the bigger checks.
Conservatives criticized Trump for allegedly allying himself with Democrats after the president signed the stimulus package on Sunday. Some MAGA supporters claimed that Trump gave in to pressure after initially suggesting that he would not sign the package unless he removed “pig” spending for “wasteful” projects. Trump drew even more conservative ire when he said the package should include checks for $ 2,000 for each American adult, rather than the $ 600 allocated, something Congressional Democrats have long sought.
On Tuesday, McConnell presented his own $ 2,000 check proposal, adding measures that would repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 – a law that protects social media companies from responsibility for user-shared posts – and establish a commission to study electoral fraud, fulfilling two longstanding wishes of some Republican voters who believe that both social media companies and the election were biased against Trump.
If McConnell’s measure is passed by Senate Republicans, House Democrats may be forced to vote on the measure, and the majority is expected to vote against it. The Republicans could then claim that the Democrats killed an effort to approve checks for $ 2,000 along with the Republican Party’s attempts to contain foreign disinformation by revoking Section 230 and safeguarding the elections by establishing an electoral commission against fraud.
McConnell is facing a flurry of reactions from Democrats and Democratic voters on social media for blocking checks on $ 2,000, but some MAGA supporters have praised him for turning the stimulus stick against Democrats.
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Fox News contributor Liz Peek wrote: “@senatemajldr deftly offers the Senate a vote on @ realDonaldTrump- # 2k relief, overturning 230 protections and electoral fraud – tied up. Protects the Republican Party from difficult votes.”
In a post that misspelled the word “healthy”, Twitter user @GiantRobot wrote: “Thanks @senatemajldr for being the same [sic] one in the room. All ambitious relief must be canceled. It is an exaggeration of the government. We cannot pay for it. It is not the government’s job to ‘speed up’ medicine. That’s how addiction starts. “
Thanks @senatemajldr for being the same in the room.
All ambitious relief must be canceled. It is an exaggeration of the government. We cannot pay for it.
It is not the government’s job to “speed up” medicine. That’s how addiction starts. @seanhannity Preach!
– GiantTalkingRobot (@GiantTalking) December 30, 2020
Twitter user @ Ray04709159 wrote, “No. Mitch McConnell made a great choice. People need to make money from it. [sic] own. There is no more help from the government. Mitch McConnell is an American hero. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 “
No. Mitch McConnell made a great choice. People need to make money on their own. There is no more help from the government. Mitch McConnell is an American hero. 🇺🇸🇺🇸
– Ray (@ Ray04709159) December 29, 2020
A user named @TomSwick wrote: “Damn it, I can’t take it anymore. Just when I thought @senatemajldr was a traitor and a backstaber for us. He goes and does something like that and makes me like him. Good move.”
Damn it, I can’t take it anymore. Just when I thought @senatemajldr he was a traitor and a traitor to us. He goes and does something like that and makes me like him. Nice play.
– President-elect Dr. – Tom Swick (@TomSwick) December 29, 2020
Georgia’s conservative group True the Vote wrote: “. @ Senatemajldr would like a seat in the study of electoral fraud. @RealDonaldTrump” marking the accounts of the Senate majority leader and Trump on Twitter.
The verified user @AdelleNaz wrote succinctly, “Well played @senatemajldr”.
Twitter user @ America_1sempre wrote, “@senatemajldr good job. I like the new bill. Thanks!”
Last Wednesday, Trump vetoed the $ 740 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), stating that the lack of a Section 230 repeal would allow Russia and China to use US social media to spread misinformation with no way to hold social media companies accountable for their use.
Trump has long sought to repeal Section 230, declaring without evidence that it allows social media companies to convey negative messages about him and other conservatives.
Months before the election, Trump said he would only lose if there was widespread electoral fraud, a claim that his re-election campaign and other Republicans have repeatedly repeated since Trump lost the 2020 presidential election to President-elect Joe Biden.
On December 13, the Trump campaign and Republicans lost 59 of the 60 judicial disputes, alleging widespread electoral fraud in the 2020 elections.
Newsweek contacted McConnell’s office for comment.