Senior GOP Sources: Pelosi and Schumer Making Non-Coronavirus-Related Demands While Holding Up Relief Bill

Guy Benson  "I'd call this unbelievable, but is it?  On Sunday evening, Senate Democrats filibustered a bill designed to provide immediate relief to American workers and businesses, in the midst of a global pandemic and its resulting economic stoppage.  The upper chamber worked through the weekend to hammer out a legislative outline, on a bipartisan basis.  Ideas from both parties were put into the plan, leading to an agreement in principle on a broad framework.  Then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived back in town and announced that she would torpedo the bill, then her Senate counterparts abandoned it. 

"They blamed a "slush fund" for corporations.  Republicans dispute this claim -- but even setting it aside, the bulk of the bill was bipartisan (Schumer himself hailed the bipartisanship over the weekend) and contained: (1) Direct checks to American workers, (2) hundreds of billions in loans to small businesses, and (3) aid to hospitals.  Yet the hastily-cobbled-together Democratic talking points pretended as if these consensus provisions had been gutted in favor of a secret corporate giveaway, with no safeguards or strings.  This was a fabrication and a wild mischaracterization of reality:. . . 

Here is the Far-Left Wish List Nancy Pelosi Just Blew Everything Up For

As previously reported, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi came back to Washington D.C. last night after a week long recess and blew up days of emergency relief work done by the Senate. She wants to write her own far left bill and now we know what will be in it. 

 All Hell Broke Loose: Why Schumer Blocked Collins From Speaking on Wuhan Coronavirus Bailout Bill Today  "Folks, this was done to tank the markets. This was done to resist President Trump. This was done to screw over the American worker. The Senate has a $1.6 trillion Wuhan coronavirus bailout package that Democrats co-wrote. They filibustered it on Sunday night. We all know why they’re doing this. This isn’t a secret. The Dow Jones is down some 600 points as we speak and now, they’re trying to logroll stuff that is unrelated to this pandemic. Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) said this move is to shift the economic agenda more to the progressive Left’s vision. Guy wrote up the laundry list the left wants right now. And now, as Cortney wrote, they blocked the bailout package again. They hope to have a deal by the end of the day (via Politico): . . .

An honorable Senator Kennedy said on the floor what many of us are thinking.
"Do you know what the American people are thinking right now? They’re thinking that the brain is an amazing organ. It starts working in a mother’s womb, and it doesn’t stop working until you get elected to Congress," Kennedy quipped. "Do you know what the American people are thinking right now, Mr. President? They’re thinking that this country was founded by geniuses, but it’s being run by a bunch of idiots. Do you know what the American people are thinking right now, Mr. President? They’re thinking why do the members of the United States Senate continue to double down on stupid?". . . 

. . . "I’d like to see Senate Democrats tell New York City doctors and nurses, who are literally overrun as we speak, that they’re filibustering hospital funding and more masks because they want to argue with the airlines over their carbon footprint? I’d like to see Senate Democrats tell small business employees in their states who are literally being laid off every day that they’re filibustering relief that will keep people on the payroll because Democrats’ special interest friends want to squeeze employers while they’re vulnerable." . . .

Where's Joe: Biden still missing days after that promise of daily briefings

Monica Showalter  "Where's Joe Biden? 

"After promising us he'd play pretend-president with daily briefings about the coronavirus crisis, blasting yet also plagiarizing President Trump, who's showing himself to be a stellar crisis president, Biden's now weirdly missing from any public appearances.

"Which doesn't exactly sound like the captain you'd want in a storm. The latest excuse coming from his team is that it's all due to "lighting issues" which presumably might make his Hollywood smile look less bright to voters on camera. 

"Biden's team has leaked to reporters that their man was back home in Wilmington trying to get the lighting right for his big cavalcade of upcoming play-president events, and well, they're still working on it. He didn't have any problems with lighting before, the twitterati pointed out, and the argument has brought out tweets of his luxury digs in Delaware, highlighting that public office has made Biden a very rich man indeed. Biden's last lost-in-space speech came against a black backdrop and two flags, and was, according to some " . . .reports, in any case done at his house." . . . 

But how tech savvy do you need to be to know you have to stay in front of the camera?

Video

On Sunday, Jake Tapper stood in for America’s biased media conglomerate

Now Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus and spreading misinformation about the Trump Administration's efforts to protect the American people.

Andrea Widburg  "Once upon a time, Jake Tapper, although leaning left, was a reasonably balanced reporter. The Trump years, however, have destroyed his ability to separate fact from opinion. Now, he’s as bad as any other mainstream media reporter. And if you doubt that statement, you only need to look at his conduct on Sunday, when he allowed himself to be used twice as a conduit for incorrect, left-leaning material.

"It started early in the morning when Tapper interviewed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the avatar of the modern Democrat Party, about New York’s shortage of masks and ventilators. During the interview, Ocasio-Cortez repeated the Politico lie that President Trump called coronavirus a “hoax.” As the video shows, though, what Trump said was that the hoax was the media’s politicized attacks against him through the vehicle of the coronavirus, just as they attacked him about Russia and Ukraine.

"When Ocasio-Cortez repeated this debunked lie, Tapper sat there, blinking like moronically, saying nothing:

Shame on you, Jake:

AOC just repeated the lie that President Trump called coronavirus a "hoax." This is not true, and has been debunked by numerous fact checking sources. This would've been a great time for a fact check,
@jaketapper ...

 FACT CHECK: DID TRUMP CALL THE CORONAVIRUS A ‘HOAX’ AT HIS SOUTH CAROLINA RALLY?
"Politico published an article claiming President Donald Trump called the novel coronavirus a “hoax” at his Feb. 28 campaign rally in South Carolina.
. . . 

“Trump rallies his base to treat coronavirus as a ‘hoax,'” reads the headline.

"Verdict: False

"Trump referred to the alleged “politicizing” of the coronavirus by Democrats as “their new hoax.” He did not refer to the coronavirus itself as a hoax. Throughout the speech, Trump reiterates his administration is taking the threat of the coronavirus seriously.

"Fact Check:

"Politico appears to misconstrue the subject of the president’s statement, claiming that Trump “tried to cast the global outbreak of the coronavirus as a liberal conspiracy intended to undermine his first term.” But an examination of the video and transcript show Trump actually described Democratic complaints about his handling of the virus threat as “their new hoax.”

“ 'We have exposed the far left’s corruption and defeated their sinister schemes and let’s see what happens in the coming months,” Trump said during the rally. “Let’s watch. Let’s just watch. Very dishonest people. Now the Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus, you know that right? Coronavirus, they’re politicizing it.' ” . . .

Dana Milbank, a Washington Post syndicated columnist, outright claimed Trump called the disease a "hoax."

Fauci gets frank about Trump: ‘I can’t jump in front of the microphone and push him down’.

WaPo

"Amid the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic, Anthony S. Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has been charged with a herculean task: trying to keep President Trump’s public statements about the novel virus rooted in fact.
"Now it appears that Fauci’s frustration is showing.

"When asked Sunday by Science magazine’s Jon Cohen about having to stand in front of the nation as “the representative of truth and facts” when “things are being said that aren’t true and aren’t factual,” the 79-year-old said there is only so much he can do." . . .

Dr. Fauci Praises President Trump For Stopping Travel From China Early On   . . . "Despite comments from doctors who insist that President Trump made the right decision, Democrats like Joe Biden continue to suggest that stopping travel from China did nothing and that it is actually "racist.' " . . .

Florida man with coronavirus says drug touted by Trump saved his life   . . . After more than a week, doctors told him there was nothing more they could do and, on Friday evening, Giardinieri said goodbye to his wife and three children.
“I was at the point where I was barely able to speak and breathing was very challenging,” Giardinieri said. “I really thought my end was there.”
"Then a friend sent him a recent article about hydroxychloroquine, a prescription drug that’s been used to treat malaria for decades and auto-immune diseases like lupus." . . .

Medical Professor Praises Trump Admin for Coronavirus Response: 'I've Never Seen One Handled Better  . . . "A medical expert is praising the Trump administration for its response to the coronavirus, while slamming the news media for its actions.

“ 'I’ve been handling these emerging contagions for about 20 years now, and I have to tell you, I’ve never seen one handled better,” Dr. Marc Siegel said regarding the actions of President Donald Trump since the coronavirus first emerged as a concern in January.
"Siegel is a professor of medicine at New York University, a medical correspondent for Fox News, and the author of “False Alarm: The Truth About the Epidemic of Fear.”
"Asked on SiriusXM’s “Breitbart News Sunday” about how the news media has handled the outbreak, he said, “They’re certainly not helping because they’re hyping, and the hyping leads to hysteria.”
"Siegel said the Trump administration’s coronavirus task force brings together the right people." . . .

March 1: Dr. Anthony Fauci tramples liberals’ latest fake news fire: ‘I have never been muzzled. Ever.’

Why No One Trusts the Mainstream Media

Sharyl Attkisson

PragerU

Okay, MSBNC "This is a virus that came from the territory of China but came from bats. This is a bat virus, not a China virus. It doesn't speak Chinese. It doesn't target Chinese people. It targets human beings who happen to touch their eyes, nose or mouth." — MSNBC 🇨🇳

Alpha Strong422 days ago (edited)  MSM “journalist”: “This is a bat virus not a Chinese virus, it doesn’t speak Chinese.” Person with common sense: “It doesn’t speak Bat either.”

. . .  More here

Trump the Uniter?

Our neighborhood connection encouraged all of us to fly the American flag in support of the President's fight against Coronavirus. 

Victor Davis Hanson

"Despite dire predictions, he has united the GOP and governed as a centrist conservative."

"So what had happened to the Democrats’ predicted blue wave that supposedly would rack up huge House majorities and win back the entire Congress? And why did not $1 billion in campaign spending and a 13–1 negative to positive ratio of NBC/MSNBC and CNN media coverage of the presidency neuter Trump or his party after two years of governance? Why did Mueller’s 22-month investigation — and its epigones from the invocation of the 25th Amendment and the Emoluments clauses to the various circuses of Stormy Daniels, Michael Cohen, and Michael Avenatti — all fail to derail the Trump presidency?

"The answers to those questions are thematic throughout this book. Aside from popular anguish over the way that Democratic senators had savaged Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and worries over another larger immigration caravan of asylum seekers inching toward the southern border, voters in November 2018 and would-be voters in 2020 were and still are uncomfortable with progressive politics and happy with the Trump economic boom. In statewide races of 2018, almost all hard progressive gubernatorial and senatorial candidates, from Florida to Texas, lost, if often narrowly so.

"First, Trump’s economic and foreign-policy initiatives since 2017, if examined dispassionately, have been largely those of the centrist conservative agendas that have worked in the past, and have continued to do so in the present. Unlike other past flash-in-the-pan mavericks, such as former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger or Minnesota’s recent governor, Jesse Ventura, Trump adopted traditional conservative issues and learned, if belatedly, to work with the Republican Congress to enact them. In counterintuitive fashion, the provocative and often off-putting Trump proved to be a far more effective uniter of his party than had any prior elected populist maverick." . . .

SHAMEFUL MEDIA Still Slamming Donald Trump During Coronavirus Crisis

Socio-Political Journal

The coronavirus epidemic is shaking humanity and turning the world upside down. Quick, somebody alert the media.
"The Washington press corps is covering one of the largest, continuing stories in recent history the same way it has covered the Trump administration since Day One.
"The formula is simple: Whatever the president does is not just wrong, it’s borderline evil. Details at 11.
"In the real world, events are unfolding at a pace and scale impossible to comprehend. But at too many news outlets, the aim is not to inform. It’s to render the harshest possible judgment on the man journalists love to hate.
"Already The New York Times has twice called the White House response “calamitous,” including once in a supposedly straight-news article.
"This is beyond shameful. When antagonists like Sen. Chuck Schumer finally are working with Trump and when the Democratic governors of New York and California swap praise with the president over their partnerships, the media ought to take a hint that this time is different and there is no place for biased journalism-as-usual.
"Instead, after failing to bring down Trump with Russia, Russia, Russia and impeachment, they’re now putting their chips on the narrative that he’s bungling the public health crisis.
"To get there, they’ve had to reverse themselves on a key allegation. For three years the same media told us Trump was a fascist and a budding Hitler, but now his refusal to rule with an iron fist is also cause for condemnation." . . .

Suddenly, the man whose “Authoritarian style is remaking America” (Washington Post), and whose “Authoritarian Ambitions” were exposed by impeachment (New York magazine), foolishly refuses to use the powers of the Oval Office. As usual, other countries are doing it right and America is wrong." . . .

Trump’s rising poll numbers have the media demanding that they should be able to censor him

Leftists hate free speech. The free flow of ideas always carries with it the risk that their ideas will be challenged and defeated. That’s also why they love universities, where they have unparalleled access to absorbent minds. And why do I suddenly throw universities into this post? Because of this PragerU short video, which sums up the whole problem with the left and free speech:

Andrea Widburg  "Many people are regularly watching the now-daily press briefings from the White House. During these briefings, President Trump, Vice President Pence, and various members of the White House Chinese Virus team give updates and take questions from a continually shrinking pool of reporters. (Even reporters have to practice social distancing, after all.)

"Because the Trump administration has been so forthcoming, allowing people both to see what the federal government can and cannot do and to understand the data and decisions affecting their lives, several polls show that Americans approve of how he is handling coronavirus. If you look at a Real Clear Politics snapshot from March 21, which shows the consolidated polling data on the coronavirus, you can see that three major polls show Trump’s approval soaring:

Maddow: If Trump is going to keep lying like he has been every day on stuff this important, we should, all of us, stop broadcasting it. Honestly, it's going to cost lives.

Media showing their inner 'Mean Girls' more and more each day

With one clever question, Chanel Rion put pressure on all in the news media to stop covering for PRC dictators and their propaganda machine. . .

. . . " The fact that her clever phrasing drew immediate counter-battery fire from curmudgeons without a sense of humor is a testimony to her hitting the target . . .

Rion: Media Matters

Ed Timperlake  "It looks as though, in this time of wokeness running amuck, we all are being instructed that we live in a "gender-fluid America."  Consequently, if that is the case, I can be on strong ground and not accused of a dreaded sexism charge in pointing out that many members of the White House Press Corps are channeling their inner "Mean Girls."

"Almost as part of the plotline from Tina Fey's brilliant movie Mean Girls, the "in crowd," the White House Press Corps turned on an accomplished outsider with this brouhaha:

A reporter from right-leaning One America News was roasted on social media on Thursday after asking President Trump if he thought the term "Chinese food" is racist, with one member of the press calling it "the dumbest question I've ever heard."

"Au contraire, you snarky lightweights, the person asking the question for One America News is Chanel Rion, an accomplished Harvard Grad.

"In teasing up an important point about the media actually having such a bad case of Trump Derangement Syndrome that many are taking their lead from Chicom propaganda, she was both entertaining and spot on." . . .

Supporters Say They Trust President Trump’s Response To Coronavirus Pandemic

"Support for President Trump and his handling of the coronavirus pandemic is rising.
"Dual Harris polls released Friday revealed between March 14th and 18th, the president’s approval rating jumped 4 percent. Additionally, the approval rating for his handling of the coronavirus also jumped from 51 to 56 percent.
"According to the data, 61 percent of Americans trust the White House to provide accurate information regarding the outbreak. The polls were conducted just two days apart, showing a rapid boost of positivity among voters." . .  .

Neil Diamond Sings COVID-19

Daily Wire  "Neil Diamond is 79, and he still sounds so good, so good.

Rather than join in the pool of celebrities giving a botched rendition of John Lennon’s “Imagine” during these trying times, beloved singer Neil Diamond performed his own coronavirus edition of his 1969 classic “Sweet Caroline.”
"Posted on Saturday, the heartwarming video featured the elderly Diamond sitting by the fireplace with his dog at his side as he strummed an acoustic guitar; his voice still as sweet as the song itself."




"The video went viral, earning over 2.2 million views within hours. People across social media applauded Diamond, not only for his comforting message but also his sense of humor.
“ 'Thank you, Mr. Diamond. During this time, we can’t be physically touching hands, but we can [be] ‘reaching out’ to one another virtually,” tweeted Chief Art Acevedo. “The silver lining in this temporary national and global challenge is it will remind us we are radically dependent on one another. Let’s seize the moment, reset as people, and let’s be kind to one another. Let’s lift each other up with acts of kindness.' ” . . . Hat tip to Jeff Hayden, Texas.

Then there is this:

Another reason to disbelieve the pro-Democrat media

There is truth, and then there is truth. Note this Bloomberg headline:
Nigeria Has Chloroquine Poisonings After Trump Praised Drug

An employee checks the production of chloroquine phosphate in a pharmaceutical company in Nantong city, China. 

"How Fake News is manufactured.

"See the Bloomberg News headline:

" 'Nigeria Has Chloroquine Poisonings After Trump Praised Drug"

"See the expansion in the first paragraph:

"Nigeria reported two cases of chloroquine poisoning after U.S. President Donald Trump praised the anti-malaria drug as a treatment for the novel coronavirus."

"Both designed to disparage Trump.

"But when you get to the second paragraph, which most people will never read:

"Two people were hospitalized in Lagos for chloroquine overdoses"

"Overdoses?

"This has nothing to do with the safety of the drug. It has to do with the stupidity of the people who can't follow simple directions for safe use.

"[But], you know, if it might make Trump look bad, the media will do or say anything."

. . .

FDA Must Approve Hydroxychloroquine Now  . . . "If you get COVID19 in China, the official guidance to doctors says to give you Hydroxychloroquine. 

"The  drug  is  recommended  to  be  included  in  the  next  version  of  the  Guidelines  for  the  Prevention,  Diagnosis,  and  Treatment  of  Pneumonia  Caused  by  COVID-19  issued  by  the  National  Health  Commission  of  the  People's Republic of China for treatment of COVID-19 infection in larger populations in the future."

. . . "Why do you think China has had such a radical improvement in its caseload?  There are a collection of papers online in broken English, written by excited Chinese medical doctors, telling the world they are using Chloroquine and it's very effective." . . .

So Dr. Faici is a Democrat and a Clinton supporter. Be careful of connecting him with wanting to damage Trump by harming the American people.

That is exactly what Democrats want to do to this President. We have utter contempt for MSNBC and CNN, so lets not become them.

CNN Caught in a Hoax about Trump, Google, and Coronavirus; 7 Hoaxes of Highly Effective CNN Reporters

Cernovich  “Google says it’s not publishing a national-scale coronavirus site,” is a headline Jake Tapper of CNN posted to his over 2.3 million Twitter followers. The headline was based on “a knowledgeable source.”

“Google says it’s not publishing a national-scale coronavirus site,” is a headline Jake Tapper of CNN posted to his over 2.3 million Twitter followers. The headline was based on “a knowledgeable source.”

"CNN had to completely change its headline to the exact opposite.
"The headline now reads: “Google will partner with US government to develop a nationwide coronavirus website, company says.” . . .

"CNN was recently forced to settle a lawsuit involving a fake story it published about Nick Sandmann of Covington High School.

"CNN has a long history of blowing stories, big and small.

7 Hoaxes of Highly Effective CNN Reporters