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As Trump fails America, President Barack Obama just said that "Elizabeth Warren provides a cogent summary of how federal policymakers should be thinking about the pandemic in the coming months."
Obama pointed to a new Vox interview where Warren made clear that her plan in January called for (surprise, surprise) stocking up on masks and gowns, buying respirators, and preparing tests for everyone -- the sick and the seemingly healthy. Warren said, "The reason we didn’t have testing early on was plain old politics. Donald Trump didn’t want to see those numbers."
As Congress writes the next relief bill, Warren insists we need a "national response" (not leaving it to the states) on testing and medical supplies, cushioning the economic blow during the health crisis, and economic recovery when people can return to work.
Mitch McConnell just told Democrats to "stand down" and not push more relief. But here are some excerpts of what Warren made clear in the Vox interview:
"Getting money into the hands of tens of millions of people across this country is critically important. Why? Because we want them to buy food. If they buy food, we keep that part of the economy functioning."
"We’re gonna have to hit the pause button here on people making their payments for shelter, and for those owners of those properties making their payments."
"We’ve got to have a strong enough response to support our families, to support our small businesses, to keep the parts of this economy functioning that are absolutely essential for our physical health and ultimately for our economic security."
"I want to see us cancel student loan debt...We can now track that student loan debt has been having a negative effect on our economy. It depresses small business startup. Young people are not buying homes. So there’s an economic stimulative effect from doing this."
"This is a chance to upgrade our energy grid, a chance to harden our infrastructure over time against coming climate change, to make a real investment in public transportation."
Tell Democrats in Congress: Listen to Elizabeth Warren when writing the next bill!
Read the full Vox article here.
Warren also told Pod Save America yesterday, "We knew what was happening in December...if we had started in January...we wouldn't be in quite such dire straits right now." America needs to listen to Elizabeth Warren!
Tell Democrats in Congress: Listen to Elizabeth Warren when writing the next bill!
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-- The PCCC Team
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