ABC Decries Trump Executive Order to Deliver COVID Unemployment Aid

Nicholas Fondacaro | August 9, 2020
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If this was 2012, the liberal media would be worshiping President Obama for using his pen and phone to get around an obstructionist Congress to help hurting Americans during an election year pandemic. But after President Trump signed an executive order to continue weekly unemployment checks and halt evictions Saturday, ABC’s Good Morning America was up in arms. They siding with Democrats, claimed it was a “game” to Trump, and hyped the legal battle that would delay the aid.

President Trump taking matters into his own hands, sidestepping Congress on coronavirus relief, setting up the stage for a potential legal battle,” announced White House correspondent Rachel Scott. And as she began the video portion of her report, Scott huffed about Trump “pushing to bypass Congress with the stroke of his pen” and “placing the blame on Democrats after both parties failed to reach a deal.”

Adding: “The House Democrats passed a $3 trillion stimulus package bay in May and offered to meet Republicans halfway, but the White House called it a nonstarter.” The clear undertone was that Democrats were the ones trying to get aid to Americans while the President and Republicans dithered.

After playing a soundbite of a struggling American who needed the relief, Scott chided the President’s effort. “But with the President's executive action, that crucial aid could be tied up in court for months, Congress, not the president, controls federal spending,” she said.

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