President Trump tells 'Fox & Friends' he 'would rather go bigger' than House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's $2.2 trillion proposal for the next round of coronavirus relief.
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A vote on the floor next week,
its going to go well
Brian. Mr President, its been
ninety one days since any type of rescue
package came from Congress that
you have signed, and we know the
american people are hurting
its been so long. The
hospitality industry, which
youre very familiar with
sure
Brian theyve, been devastated.
If youre, a waiter or an actor
youve been destroyed.
Steve Mnuchin, the Treasury of
the Secretary and the speaker
have been speaking for a long
time and something could be
offered as early as today.
What could you tell us
Mitch, Mcconnell isnt, exactly
onboard with those negotiations?
Well hell be on board. If
something comes,
let me just explain
Itits very simple:
I want to do it even bigger or
than the Democrats.
Not every Republican agrees with
me, but they will.
I want to do it even bigger than
the Democrats, because this is
money going to people that did
not deserve what happened to
them coming out of China
to just put it very simply. We
want to do it, but Nancy Pelosi
doesnt want to do it
well see whether or not she
changes her mind.
We want to do it because people
need help and they should get
help,
even though the economy is
strongly coming back
Brian, Mr President, shes at
two dollars and thirty nine cents trillion and you want to
go bigger than that
shes at two point two I would like to
go. I would be willing to go
more because I think that
number one I view it
differently.
We get the money back, the
government,
it gets the money back
ultimately anyway,
and its better than
unemployment and its better
than all of the other cause
associated with the alternative.
So I want to go. I would rather
go bigger than that number, but
well see
but Heres the problem. She
doesnt want to do anything
until after the election, because
she thinks that helps her.
I actually think it helps us
because everyone knows that
shes, the one thats breaking up
the deal
now they are talking,
lets see what happens,
but I would ratherrer go bigger
than her number
Brian Senator Thune says he
doesnt want to go close to
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Brian. Would you pass with
mostly democratic votes
id? Take all the votes you
could get, whether its democrat
or Republican
Brian, okay,
a lot of democrat votes,
youll have republican votes
too
im. Okay, with that
doesnt bother me at all
Ainsley. Why dont they just
vote for that amount,
because Nancy Pelosi doesnt
want to approve anything.
Look shes made it very
difficult. Very, very difficult
were talking about money going
to the american people that got
hurt and they shouldnt have
been hurt.
This was caused by China, they
shouldnt have been hurt and we
shouldnt be punishing them
and were punishing them because
of Nancy Pelosi.
Now, maybe she changes her tune
and I can tell you there is a
little bit of that and thatll.
Transcript generated on 2020-10-20.