[LLODO] Senate GOP blasts ‘blue state bailout’ in Biden’s $1.9T coronavirus bill

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Senate GOP blasts ‘blue state bailout’ in Biden’s $1.9T coronavirus bill
Senate Republicans railed against President Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus legislation as a liberal bailout to blue states — and planned to make passage of the bill as painful as possible for Democrats this week.

Republicans lashed out against the $350 billion allocated in the bill for state and local governments and said the new funding formula disproportionally benefits the blue states of New York and California.

“This bill would reward bad actions, because states who have not managed themselves well are the ones who are going to benefit from this,” said Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn. “It is like manna from heaven for them.”

Blackburn was among nine GOP senators at a Capitol news conference Wednesday saying residents of states with healthy finances shouldn’t have to provide funds to help liberal states.

“We have the good people of Iowa being asked to support blue state bailouts,” Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said. “And you know who receives the most in these blue state bailouts? … Chuck Schumer’s state of New York and Nancy Pelosi’s state of California.” CLICK HERE FOR MORE ON OUR TOP STORY.

In other developments:
– 108 illegal immigrants released by Border Patrol in Texas test positive for coronavirus, officials say
– Sen. Ron Johnson plans to delay $1.9T COVID relief bill by having all 600 pages read
– Hannity: Biden allowing COVID-positive migrants to enter US is actual ‘Neanderthal thinking’
– Gov. Brian Kemp: COVID relief – Pelosi-Schumer plan favors Democrat states. Here’s how we fight back
– Hannity: COVID aid bill is both socialist ‘wish list’ and ‘bailout’ to Democrat-run states

Sean Hannity slams ‘swooning’ media for failing to hold Andrew Cuomo accountable
The mainstream media was “rarely interested in any serious coverage” of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo prior to the current sexual harassment scandal, Sean Hannity told viewers Wednesday.

“If the media mob had ethics or standards, Andrew Cuomo would have been under fire long ago for what is the biggest nursing home death cover-up in the country. We have covered it on this program from day one,” the “Hannity” host said.

However, rather than demanding transparency and accountability, Hannity charged, the media “were too busy swooning over his PowerPoint press conferences.

“Now here we are one year later, Governor Cuomo is still refusing to take any responsibility for the damage, the pain that his [nursing home] executive action caused, even claiming today he has never done anything in his public career [that] he is ashamed of,” Hannity added.

Earlier Wednesday, Cuomo addressed the sexual harassment allegations against him, telling reporters he understood that he “acted in way that made people feel uncomfortable,” but refused to step down, saying, “I work for the people of New York. They elected me.” CLICK HERE FOR MORE.

In other developments:
– Cuomo rips de Blasio, NYC amid apology over sex harassment claims
– Cuomo’s apology an ‘admission of guilt,’ Rosie Perez says: ‘Come on, dude, really?’
– Examples in state-mandated sex harass training strikingly similar to Cuomo allegations
– Maria Shriver reacts to Andrew Cuomo’s apology: ‘Will that be enough?’

White House cuts virtual event feed after Biden says he’s ‘happy to take questions’ from House Democrats
The White House raised eyebrows on Wednesday when it suddenly cut the feed of a virtual event after President Biden said he was “happy to take questions” from Democratic lawmakers.