Ted Cruz: Democrats may not allow coronavirus relief bill before election to hurt Trump
by Anthony Leonardi, Breaking News Reporter | August 14, 2020 04:20 PMTexas Sen. Ted Cruz said Democrats might stall coronavirus relief to hurt President Trump in the upcoming election.
In a forthcoming episode of the Verdict podcast, which was previewed by the Washington Examiner, Cruz said House Democrats may have no intention of passing a coronavirus relief package that the Senate can vote on before the election. He said he's urging Republicans not to be "complicit" in continuing to hold up the package.
"You'll either go home or you'll stick around here, but eventually, the Senate will have to come in and vote on this, and we'll see what's in the final package," said conservative commentator Michael Knowles, who co-hosts the podcast.
"Well, maybe. There may not be a deal. I'm not convinced Nancy Pelosi wants a deal. I think they ... may have made the decision [to] do no deal, insist on give us everything, even as bad as Republicans are, like surrendering 100% is too big an ask," said Cruz, a Republican. "And I think the Democrats may have made the political judgment, 'We'll blame it all on them.'"
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"We'll make it really tough until the election for the country," Knowles added.
"And then, they think they're going to win if that's the case. If everyone is at home and broke, that's how you have a terrible election," Cruz said.
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