Larry Kudlow labeled voting rights funding a 'really liberal left' wish list item today, slamming congressional Democrats for their coronavirus relief package demands
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Thursday labeled voting rights funding a "really liberal left" wish list item, slamming congressional Democrats for their coronavirus relief package demands.
The comments from a top administration official came hours after President Donald Trump explicitly tied blocking funding for the U.S. Postal Service to stopping universal mail-in voting during November’s election.During an appearance on CNBC, Kudlow championed Trump’s recent executive orders aimed at easing the economic burden of the pandemic and criticized Democrats for failing to reach a deal on a legislative package.
"They are asking too much money, $3.5 trillion, we have already spent over $3 trillion,” Kudlow said. “So much of the Democratic asks are really liberal left wish lists — voting rights and aid to aliens and so forth.”for states to go toward election management. The measure passed the House but has not gone through the Senate.Voting rights have risen in importance during the 2020 campaign because of the coronavirus pandemic, which will likely lead to a dramatic increase in mail-in ballots.
recently led to mass delivery delays and sparked fears Trump may be trying to sabotage voting by mail.“They want $3.5 billion for the mail-in votes, OK, universal mail-in ballots. They want $25 billion dollars, billion, for the Post Office,” Trump said. “Now they need that money in order to have the Post Office work, so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots.”
“Now in the meantime, they aren't getting there, by the way, those are just two items, but if they don't get those two items that means you can't have universal mail-in voting."and name it after the civil rights icon.
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