“Your pride couldn’t let it happen”

“And suddenly they have negotiating advice for the Speaker of the House and they don’t have a word to say to Mitch McConnell…” pic.twitter.com/hq1O7JCVVl

— Acyn (@Acyn) October 15, 2020

I think Lawrence O’Donnell has a good point there. The COVID relief is not just a matter of splitting the difference between Mnuchin and pelosi and settling on 2 billion. It’s also about what they want to spend the money on. If they want to give 1.5 billion to rich people and insist on eliminating all liability for meat packing plants that knowingly infect their workers, is it really a good deal? And more importantly, when Mitch is sitting there insisting that he will only spend 500 billion what are the chances of getting this through the senate? He’s no longer playing on Trump’s team. He’s on his own team.

And then there’s this bozo:

Asked if he's told Mnuchin to go higher than $1.8T, Trump says, "I've told him. So far he hasn't come home with the bacon." Asked why he doesn't just accept Pelosi's $2.2T offer, he says "she's asking for all sorts of goodies" and also that "your pride couldn't let it happen."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 15, 2020

It’s not just about the numbers.