As we told you already, Trump eviscerated Rep. Thomas Massie this morning over his delaying of the 2 trillion dollar coronavirus stimulus bill by calling for a roll call vote.
Massie has now just responded to that outrage on Twitter. Here’s what he had to say:
(1/11)I swore an oath to uphold the constitution, and I take that oath seriously.
In a few moments I will request a vote on the CARES Act which means members of Congress will vote on it by pushing “yes” or “no” or “present.”
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) March 27, 2020
(2/11)The Constitution requires that a quorum of members be present to conduct business in the House. Right now, millions of essential, working-class Americans are still required to go to work during this pandemic such as manufacturing line workers, healthcare professionals,
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) March 27, 2020
(3/11) pilots, grocery clerks, cooks/chefs, delivery drivers, auto mechanics, and janitors (to name just a few). Is it too much to ask that the House do its job, just like the Senate did?
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) March 27, 2020
(4/11) I am not delaying the bill like Nancy Pelosi did last week. The bill that was worked on in the Senate late last week was much better before Speaker Pelosi showed up to destroy it and add days and days to the process.
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) March 27, 2020
(5/11) This bill should have been voted on much sooner in both the Senate and House and it shouldn’t be stuffed full of Nancy Pelosi’s pork- including $25 million for the Kennedy Center, grants for the National Endowment for the Humanities and Arts, and millions more
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) March 27, 2020
(6/11) other measures that have no direct relation to the Coronavirus Pandemic. That $25 million, for example, should go directly to purchasing test kits. The number one priority of this bill should have been to expand testing availability and creation of tests
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) March 27, 2020
(7/11) so that every American, not just the wealthy and privileged, have access to testing. We have shut down the world’s economy without adequate data. Everyone, even those with no symptoms, needs immediate access to a test.
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) March 27, 2020
(8/11) This bill creates even more secrecy around a Federal Reserve that still refuses to be audited. It allows the Federal Reserve to make decisions about who gets what, how much money we’ll print. With no transparency.
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) March 27, 2020
(9/11) If getting us into $6 trillion more debt doesn’t matter, then why are we not getting $350 trillion more in debt so that we can give a check of $1 million to every person in the country?
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) March 27, 2020
(10/11) This stimulus should go straight to the people rather than being funneled through banks and corporations like this bill is doing.
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) March 27, 2020
(11/11) 2 trillion divided by 150 million workers is about $13,333.00 per person. That’s much more than the $1,200 per person check authorized by this bill.
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) March 27, 2020