The White House hasn’t elaborated on how a newly proposed $5,000 “dividend” would work.
Read more New Mexico leaders ask Apple and Google not to use ‘New America’ on their maps
President Donald Trump recycled a familiar concept Wednesday in pledging to send Americans $5,000 if Republicans win the midterms. Similar payments he promised previously never materialized.
Direct payments also became a controversy in late 2020. Congress passed coronavirus stimulus checks of $600, but Trump called them “a disgrace” and demanded payments of $2,000. Georgia Democrats in separate U.S. Senate runoffs, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, criticized the payments in the Republican-led package for being too low, leaving the GOP incumbents, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, stuck between defending their votes and crossing the president. Trump eventually signed the bill, and the Democrats won the races.
Read more The Commanders need Jayden Daniels back at his best. It’s not a one-man job.
Catch up quickly every weekday morning with a rundown of the 7 most important and interesting stories. Sign up for The 7 newsletter.
Read more Supreme Court again blocks new Missouri congressional map favoring GOP
