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With it looking, I guess,
like the economy is going
to pick up in no small parts.
Thanks to $2 trillion in
relief being put into it.
Mitch McConnell wants to make sure.
That you don't make the mistake
giving the Democrats any credit.
As he makes clear on this video.
>> The economy is coming back.
People are getting vaccine.
We're on our way out of this.
We're about to have a boom, and
if we do have a boom,
it will have absolutely nothing to
do with this $1.9 trillion.
>> Yeah, but that's stupid though.
Look, you can say that it could've
been targeted in a slightly better
way or something, but
if you're going to make the case
that injecting $2 trillion into
the economy And into the economy,
by the way, not for instance, a $2
trillion tax cut for the wealthy,
you're going to send it to the
Caymans or whatever, then you're
going to have to explain why.
Why is it that they could put all
that money the economy and
it would seemingly have no effect
on the economy now that politically
that might be helpful for
people to come to that conclusion.
But you need to actually provide
some evidence for it.
And it seems clear that the more
important thing to Mitch Mcconnell
even more important than people
getting aids since he wasn't
interested in supporting this bill.
Is just making sure that this
doesn't bolster Democratic chances
over the next year,
like sort of setting the stage for
midterms that might not be as
devastating for them, as I fear
that they probably will be.
>> Yeah, and I have to say
Mitch McConnell says that this kind
of this bill is not going to have
any impact on the economy.
Analysis from Colombia says
otherwise.
And so just like you said,
if he knows something that Colombia
doesn't know, and all of the major
pollsters and analyzers who study
this kind of thing.
Don't know,
please enlighten me on what it is.
That means that this bill is not
going to do what they say for
the economy.
But, It's so interesting how he's
able to say, if it goes well that's
definitely the republicans.
If it doesn't do well,
that's all democrats that's like
you definitely get the sense that
he wants it both ways.
He wants credit.
And then he also wants to deny,
which is it really is so
hypocritical and it's so
obvious it's like he's not even
trying to pretend.
>> Look, it's possible that to some
extent when he talks about
the economy he's sort of like he
has certain assumptions as
a Republican about what counts
as the economy and
what doesn't count as the economy.
So studies show that this is going
to cut a significant percentage of
poverty over the next year like
percentage of people living
in poverty.
I doubt he's really centering that
in his conversations about
the economy.
Yeah. >> But in the end
it it's not like the stock market
isn't going to benefit they
always do regardless of which party
is in power.
So Again,
it just seems sort of it's
pointless political strategizing.
That's pretty much all it is.
But, I did want to ask you
a question though.
So he seems to be betraying that
he's worried about voters.
Looking back on this and
giving Biden a bunch of credit and
the democrats a bunch of credit.
Do you think that like in a nearly
two years or like, say, a year and
a half as we're in like the thick
of the midterms?
Is this still going to be you think
like central on people's minds is
going to be a big consideration?
>> I don't know that's
a great question.
I think it's clear that
the republicans are very concerned
about it.
I happen to think that well,
I happen to think that voters have
a pretty like they care how things
and pack them i think that for
a lot of people this is not about
politics or playing politics.
I think people just want help.
They want help.
They want care they want aid they
want relief, especially right now
with so many people struggling.
I think that people, I think that
they might be overthinking how much
your average American is kind of,
read into the politics
of how things get done.
They just want things to get done.
>> Yeah, well,
we'll have to see anyway, at least
from the republicans point of view,
they seem pretty united on this.
I mean, you have someone like
Mitch Mcconnell wanting to make
sure that people don't they
see how popular the bill is,
even amongst a majority of
Republicans actually supported let
alone democrats or independents.
But even people like Liz Cheney,
who the republicans would love to
run out of the party says, this
bill does far more harm than good.
And the damage it does will
only make our recovery efforts
more difficult.
So I don't know maybe she actually
believes that maybe she's a true
believer.
On the fact that we should never
stimulate the economy by giving
money to the working class, but
maybe it's just the Republicans
can be in lockstep on
certain things like, don't give any
credit to the Democrats.
>> Yeah, it's funny.
I think that you're so
right earlier when you said I think
that some of these Republicans
see the economy as rich guys, and
corporations and listen,
those people are going to get
theirs regardless, why not have
good money to just everyday
Americans who are struggling?
I think that you're exactly right
that when some of these people
say the economy, I think it's kind
of clear who that includes and
who that leaves out.
But yeah, I think this bill before
it was passed, I think it had 75%
of Americans approved of it.
How often do you get 75% of anybody
agreeing on anything?
That's a pretty huge number to me.
>> Yeah, exactly when Look,
it's a we've had a couple of
months of right
wing media demonizing COVID aid.
You have the Democrats, really
tragically backing off of some of
the earlier promises they've made.
These are all things that in theory
could have led people to be
a little bit muddled about their
view of the bill.
And yet it seems like they still
kind of like it.
What do you know people want help
during this terrible crisis.
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