Rep. Pramila Jayapal joins Ali Velshi to discuss the importance of House progressives demanding leadership include both direct stimulus checks and expanded unemployment benefits in the next Covid-19 relief bill despite the pushback from Republicans: “To just be so blind to what is happening to people across this country, refusing to give help, has been awful.” Aired on 12/16/2020.
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If I worked as hard as Congress did at my job, I’d be fired within a week.
@Mark Stewart Man. It’s amazing how little the people know. Until you see they won’t listen. How in the world is the junk all over the television and media not affecting our kids. Now covid…. people have realized if you’re gonna die you might as well go out kicking and screaming. All they have done to trump. The news said his youngest son had Down syndrome. And made fun of him. But no mention of foreign prostitution and the Biden corruption. They killed Epstein. And on and on.
@Ash Roskell Rotting Corpse Pelosi Admitted she won’t let a stimulus Bill pass until Dementia Joe Kid Touch can take credit for it! MORON!
I don’t know politics but I do know corruption and you know what I mean.
@Troy Cheak agreed, this government is corrupt. But it is time to replace it with a genuine liberty & physically evidenced natural law system. Voting will never get you anything but despotism. It is time to change the system.
@nitotech Hunter Biden and Dementia Joe Kid Touch getting money from China!
This is crap. You deserve better America I’m sorry
A certain 45th president of the United States promised a vaccine to the American people by the end of the year. Your welcome MAGA 🇺🇸
It’s coming. The GOP are going to lose both Senate Seats in Georgia, so Biden won’t have any trouble getting his picks approved, and the Stimulus Package will come 😉
@psycobleach46 tullis Americans never want to fix anything. That is true.
@Imani Raimey no, he actually promised the vaccine back in Oct, then it was Nov.
@Gray Alien that is true, most would rather gripe about the problem than fix it
$600/ person… after 9 months. 🤷♂️
Sad thing it still gonna be 4-6week before they issue anything
Its the same as what you do to dogs that don’t want to eat dry kibble… you starve them a bit, and then give them a little kibble, and they’ll fight each other to get it.
It’s literally encouraging laziness, and more debt for the country. I don’t agree with it, but I know some people need it.
It’s a stimulus… it’s not to live on, it’s to spur the economy.
Melania Trump doesn’t even spend that little on a pair of shoes.
Dance for your crumbs, peons!
— Congress
Filthy peasant what do you mean two pennies is not enough to buy a pheasant, good day! – Senate
blame pelosi
@ItsStillRealToMe DamnIt yea the republicans want to distribute money to the people and money only.. before the election all bills wrote up by the Demorats included unconstitutional mail in ballot laws.. they never would sign off on the money bc dems thought it would help trump! Not my words that’s straight from Nancy pelosi’s lips. Don’t be a zombie
@Youtube is blocking Election fraud videos Republicans want to distribute chump change to the people, not money. We would get proper payments over McConnell’s dead body, he doesn’t think we need or deserve it. If you can’t see that, you are dumb as a rock.
@Jack Slack thanks for the ammo when arguing facts with covid loonies
More ppp for spouses of congress and their businesses … Our whole govt needs to be scrapped … They trickle $600 down to the bottom while they get rich …
I’m sorry but $600 is not enough money for Americans struggling through this pandemic.
You mean Plandemic!
@radar0412 you and @viperdemonz jenkins are stupid
A whooping 20 bucks to live on per day for a month. That’s it .. as politicians keep saying, “suffering for 9 months.”
@Nope so you justify corruption because others are also corrupt??
@Nope you aren’t smart enough to have a real conversation so you go for a personal attack. Sad.
@Gray Alien let me pack up your strawman, cause that’s not what I said
@Nope you don’t understand when other people speak. You are trapped in a little teeny partisan box. How morbidly horrific.
Yoh wow
https://youtu.be/zFJ2AN_CZH8
After many already can’t furnish a Christmas for their families. Fire them all, especially the rich leaders in Congress and Senate!
They are not our fellow Americans!
They planned this to perfection!
Foh wow
https://youtu.be/zFJ2AN_CZH8
@Hai Lpoai why are you posting this video everywhere?
Well it only took 8 months! Supposed to be the richest countries and it took 8 months for a crumb.
“2 weeks to flatten the curve”
$600 for One person is shameful.
And they are SMILING ABOUT IT, DESPICABLE!
Everybody should get a million!
yeah lets just fire 30% of the work force, tell them not to go outside, then give them nothing
I couldnt get medicine earlier this week because it was literally all stolen
how do these people have jobs?
90 proof Nancy has held it up every time!
We get 600 but they get kick backs from off the book deals of hundreds of millions…Wow!
It’s on the Books! It’s legal for Congress to take bribes from Corporations!
The powerful country in the WORLD, and yet can’t support his own fellow American’s? So, sad though..
You do realize they’re literally talking about Support for American’s? 😂
It’s coming. The GOP are going to lose both Senate Seats in Georgia, so Biden won’t have any trouble getting his picks approved, and the Stimulus Package will come 😉
@Ash Roskell Stimulus package comes Before Georgia runoff
Maybe if NATO paid its fair share US would have money for its citizens. Oh wait that was President Trump calling out the free loaders at NATO.
@rolback President Trump should have pulled us OUT of NATO. Trump cost me Money!
What a whole family eat a month is a lunch bill for these politicians
Freakin Democrats!
@radar0412 you should be saying freakin republicans, they weren’t going to give you any money at all, now at least you got something. Is that you people can do is whine, never grateful for you get.
@psycobleach46 tullis No need to address Republicans… Most of them still think Trump won despite all the evidence saying he didn’t 🤷♂️
$600? That’s a joke! After waiting for 8 mos? These people in the senate don’t have a clue!!! They’re all out of touch!!!
Congress should give us $600 per week!!! It is our RIGHT!!!
1200 $ for 9 months. Wow. Now in the dead of winter. It’s just sad.
Thank you, esteemed members of Congress, for tossing the dying American people a few scraps from your table.
It is hard to believe she sat up there and say what she said with a straight face. No wonder this country is in the position it is in.
Nancy been holding up 6 months,she admitted it fake news
The fact that this is being presented as if they’re doing the public a favor is just insane lmao