Sunday shows – Trump’s COVID-19 relief bill opposition dominates

President Trump’s opposition to a COVID-19 relief bill passed by Congress dominated the Sunday morning political talk shows.

The president is pushing for $2,000 in direct payments for Americans, instead of the $600 payments currently in the legislation.

Read The Hill’s complete coverage below.

 

Republican senator: Trump will be ‘remembered for chaos and misery and erratic behavior’ if he lets COVID relief expire By ZACK BUDRYK    Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) on Sunday urged President Trump to sign the coronavirus aid package that has passed Congress, warning the president’s legacy is at stake. “You don’t get everything you want, even if you’re president of the United States,” Toomey said on “Fox News Sunday.” “I think the COVID relief measures are really, really important.” Read the full story here

Sanders on Trump’s COVID stimulus response: ‘What the president is doing right now is unbelievably cruel’ By JOSEPH CHOI    “Many millions of people are losing their extended unemployment benefits. They’re going to be evicted from their apartments because the eviction moratorium is ending. We are looking at a way to get the vaccine distributed to tens of millions of people. There’s money in that bill,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said. Read the full story here

Hogan: Trump should sign COVID-19 relief bill By JOHN BOWDEN   Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) urged President Trump on Sunday to sign the COVID-19 relief package currently awaiting his signature after it passed both chambers of Congress last week. Read the full story here

Moore calls for tax cuts in latest COVID-19 relief bill By CELINE CASTRONUOVO   Economist Stephen Moore on Sunday called for tax cuts for businesses to be included in the latest COVID-19 relief and government funding bill advanced by Congress this week. Read the full story here

Fauci: Biden is correct that worst of COVID pandemic yet to come By JOHN BOWDEN    The U.S. is headed for the worst of the coronavirus pandemic in the weeks ahead as Americans see the effects of the holiday travel boom, Anthony Fauci said early Sunday. Read the full story here

White House testing czar: More infectious COVID strain is no more dangerous By ZACK BUDRYK   Adm. Brett Giroir, the White House coronavirus testing czar, expressed confidence that a new, more infectious strain of the vaccine detected in the U.K. is no more deadly than the more common strain. Read the full story here

Surgeon general on medical racism: ‘We need to acknowledge these things’ By JOSEPH CHOI   Surgeon General Jerome Adams said on Sunday that the history of medical racism in the U.S. has to be addressed in order to combat the coronavirus pandemic in the Black community. Read the full story here

GOP lawmaker calls Trump’s election fraud allegations a ‘scam’ By JOHN BOWDEN    GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) called on President Trump and his allies to drop their push to overturn the results of 2020 election, referring to the effort as a “scam” during an interview Sunday with CNN’s “State of the Union.” Read the full story here

Nashville mayor: ‘I expect a lot of questions’ about bombing ‘will have answers relatively soon’ By ZACK BUDRYK   Nashville, Tenn. Mayor John Cooper (D) said Sunday that he anticipated answers “relatively soon” relating the Christmas morning bombing in the city. Read the full story here