Jake Johnson Posts

"Five million Texans are without power tonight and temperatures are below freezing. People will most certainly die tonight because of it. But Gov. Abbott had time to go on Sean Hannity to blame the Green New Deal."

"It says so much about how utterly rigged the system is that it takes a team of lawyers to figure out some hail-mary-pass way to raise the minimum wage."

"This would save over $250 billion, which should be repurposed to help Americans who have lost income due to the pandemic and its economic fallout."

"McConnell is already abusing the filibuster to block the constitution of the new majority. Nuking the filibuster is the appropriate response."

"He shouldn't just be impeached or removed from office. He should be in jail."

"Recurring survival checks, union jobs that pay a living wage, guaranteed healthcare, racial justice, voting rights, immigration reform, climate action, reproductive justice, education, and much more. It can't wait!"

"When you stand up and you say that working class families need some help, 'Oh my god, the world is gonna collapse.'"

"Funny enough, they never take issue with doubling down on corporate bailouts and tax cuts for the wealthy."

"McConnell is making it pretty clear that if Dems don't win the Georgia Senate races, he will cripple the American economy, hoping it will let the GOP win the midterm."

"Constitutional law professor says it doesn't matter what Trump says if the Electoral College votes for Biden."

"We expected Trump and Republicans to try every trick in the book to cling to power. Join the movement to stop a constitutional crisis."

"He's saying it out loud: he wants courts to block legally cast ballots from being counted."

"Kavanaugh is announcing to the world that if it will help Trump win he will join a decision to not count votes."

"The Trump immigration agenda is defined by cruelty: it's responsible for six children dying in cages, forced women into unnecessary surgeries including sterilizations, continued deportation flights in the middle of a pandemic."

The president also claimed the economy is rising "like a rocket ship," a claim belied by ongoing layoffs and widespread economic suffering.

"Drop boxes have proven to be a secure method of collecting ballots, and are crucial in allowing voters to safely cast their vote during this unprecedented pandemic."

McEnany, like other members of the Trump administration who have contracted Covid-19 in recent days, has repeatedly refused to wear a mask when speaking to the press and interacting with others.

"This is a clear voter suppression tactic," said one critic after the president urged his backers to show up at polling places and "watch very carefully."

"He contributed less to funding our communities than waitresses and undocumented immigrants," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

"Seniors and all Americans don't need Trump cards, they need real solutions to rip-off drug prices."