We can afford big handouts to the donors, but not to the American people? Got it. The donors got theirs. Everyone else can just f*ck off.

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    Please make the title match the original, looks like they blocked you on submission:

    “Senate Republican: ‘We can’t afford’ $2,000 tariff checks”

    Senator in question? That fucker Ron Johnson.

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    “We’ll have at least a $2 trillion deficit this year,” Republican Sen. Ron Johnson (Wis.) warned, comparing the staggering national deficit projected for 2025 to smaller deficits under former President Obama and during Trump’s first term.