Democrat Val Demings: ‘Shameful’ DeSantis, GOP Would Want to Stop Paying People More to Stay Home than to Work
Matthew Boyle 15 Jun 2021 Washington, DC
Democrat Rep. Val Demings (D-FL), a candidate for U.S. Senate in the state of Florida, is slamming her state’s GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republicans like her opponent Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) for a move to cut off federal unemployment insurance benefits that have for months paid people more to stay home than to work.
Demings said in an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on Monday evening:
I really think it’s pretty shameful and thank you for mentioned that it is supported by Marco Rubio. Look, 2020 was a tough year. We lost 600,000 people. We also know that hundreds of thousands of people were put out of work through no fault of their own. Those unemployment benefits were there to help people who weren’t in trouble—people who were going to work every day, by the way—who were in trouble through no fault of their own. Now, I believe we have an obligation to do that, but not only to help them during tough times, but also it helps them to be able to pay their bills, to be able to buy groceries, to be able to pay their rent—which also stimulates our economy. So I really think it is shameful what governors around this nation are doing, but also senators from Florida and senators from other states. Government’s primary responsibility is to help the American people through some of the toughest of times. Marco Rubio chose not to do that and too many others chose not to do that. That’s why we need to change the kind of people that we send to Congress.
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