There’s Really No Need to Compromise, Joe
After whittling down the originally promised $2,000 checks to $1,400, Joe Biden is now saying he’s open to negotiating on the $1,400. Democrats need to stop preemptively compromising and use their electoral mandate to deliver immediate material benefits to workers.
Joe Biden with then Democratic candidates for US Senate Jon Ossoff (L) and Rev. Raphael Warnock (R) the day before their runoff election on January 4, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
On January 4, Joe Biden made an unequivocal pledge, telling voters that by electing Democrats to Georgia’s Senate seats, “you can make an immediate difference in your own lives, the lives of the people all across this country. Because their election will put an end to the block in Washington on that $2,000 stimulus check. That money that will go out the door immediately to people who are in real trouble.”
Less than four weeks later:
Biden is pushing $1,400 checks, rather than using his election mandate to demand new, full $2,000 checks.
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