Sen. Josh Hawley wants to exclude 'Biden voters' from $600 Trump tariff rebate checks

[Eugene]

Sen. Josh Hawley wants to exclude ‘Biden voters’ from $600 Trump tariff rebate checks (The Independent)

Senator Josh Hawley says the legislation he proposes will send $600 tariff rebate checks to Americans, but not to “Biden voters,” only to “Trump blue-collar voters.”

“Well, you wouldn’t give it to everybody, you’d give it to the working people,” the Missouri Republican told far-right podcaster and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon on Tuesday. “You’d give it to our people.”

“I mean, you know, the rich people don’t need it … what I mean by that is all those Democrat donors of Wall Street, all these hedge fund guys, who all hate the tariffs, by the way.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/sen-josh-hawley-wants-exclude-152244806.html

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obviously unlawful and impossible to implement, but it's red meat for the MAGA base

[TnDem]

1. Yeah, OK

That'll really fly.

What a dufus.

[brush]

4. Yep, not just a running, J6 coward, but also a moron.

His stupid bill will never past, and even if it did, how would who vote for Biden be found out and denied a check?

Stupid rethugs somehow still get elected.

[D_Master81]

2. So not a serious proposal then???

Come on Mr Hawley. I thought your proposal was serious until you say something like this. How exactly do you determine who voted for who?

[Rebl2]

21. I

Never believe anything he says. He also said he would not vote for a bill that cut Medicaid. He lies like all republicans.

[RazorbackExpat]

33. I guess they could dig through voter registrations

and find out who votes in Democratic primaries

[Raven123]

3. Hawley must really fear he will lose reelection.

[Rebl2]

22. We can

hope and pray he does. Unfortunately that is a long way off. He was unfortunately re-elected last year.

[hatrack]

23. And he's not even up for another 5.5 years - what a pustule.

A little pants-shitting, pandering coward.

[Polybius]

25. Luckily for him, it's not until 2030 n/t

[dem4decades]

5. In a 6-3 decision the Supreme Court allows the granting of rebate checks to MAGA only.

News of the future, that is.

[Dan]

35. But to prove their eligibility

They will need to have been branded or tattooed with the mark of the beast - MAGA - on their foreheads.

[La Coliniere]

6. A pandering piss ant

…what an idiot.

[struggle4progress]

7. Ship of Fools

Though I could not caution all, I still might warn a few:
don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools

[sakabatou]

8. "If you didn't vote for our Dear Leader, get fucked." -Hawley, probably

[Johonny]

9. You mean the people he just gave 3.1 Trillion

In tax cuts? He's not giving them a 600 dollar check. Wow. What an own.

[rsdsharp]

10. How does one determine who voted for whom?

And when? I doubt many voted for Biden in 2024; he wasn’t on the ballot.

I also wonder if Yale Law School skipped the Equal Protection Clause?

[Midnight Writer]

12. Just ask Elon. He has all the data the government has collected about everything.

Elon knows how to work those machines.

[ananda]

13. It looks to like many Yale grads tend to ignore things like...

the Constitution and the rule of law.

[rsdsharp]

18. I know when Marion "Pat" Robertson was running for President,

he announced he would only allow Christians or Jews to serve in his cabinet, so maybe Yale Law School also skipped over that no religious tests to hold office or public trust thingee in Article VI, clause 3.

[Midnight Writer]

11. "the rich people don't need it".

The rich people don't need tax cuts and tax loopholes, either, but Josh and the Republicans will make giving them more a priority.

They just gave trillions in tax breaks to the wealthiest and the corporations while slashing safety nets for working folks, and this asshat is trying to convince us that they are against the Wall Street donors and for working people.

Tell me, Josh. What is the benefit to working people of doing away with OSHA regs, of busting unions, of closing hospitals and nursing homes, of gutting Medicaid, of defunding public schools?

[newdeal2]

14. All bullshit distraction

The biggest hedge fund guy moved to Miami and is a huge RNC donor.

[Mike Nelson]

15. Harris voters are...

... okay, then? Seriously, something is seriously wrong with this man being a US Senator. I'm thinking he should, being a politician, know something about the process.

[Renew Deal]

16. Democrats should donate half the check to the DNC.

[Diraven]

17. So...socialism?

Because that's what Republicans call it when you tax the rich to help the poor.

I guess if you frame it as just taxing rich liberals to help poor conservatives only then it's fine.

[Diamond_Dog]

19. Joe Biden would send rebate checks to *everybody* if checks were to go out.

Unlike Hee Haw who is unAmerican and a partisan manure stack.

[EdmondDantes_]

20. I think he's trying to say it should be by income

Not that it's not stupid since it just adds to the debt and deficit, but I don't think it's fair to say he specifically wants to target Democratic voters.

[Wiz Imp]

34. He explicitly said it would not go to Biden voters.

“So this is not going to the hedge fund managers or all the Biden voters. This is not going to the Wall Street kingpins. So they don’t need any of it,” Hawley continued.

[EdmondDantes_]

39. He also explicitly said rich people

"I mean, you know, the rich people don’t need it"

You know the same thing the last round of covid stimulus did under the Biden administration and many tax breaks which have limits on the income of the person claiming it. Hawley is a clown, but this seems to be intentionally reading into what people want to believe. Dunk on him for his stupidity of voting for Medicaid cuts and then trying for a bill to reverse them and that blatant hypocrisy. Dunk on him for changing his tune on January 6th, on thinking the sexual revolution led to sex trafficking, his desire to impose his religious beliefs on the rest of us.

[dsc]

24. I think he is presuming that income is a proxy for voters

while it certainly isn't. Now if he going to try to tie the rebate to occupation (which is an alternate reading of what was written) that would be clearly illegal.

[SSJVegeta]

26. I think he means lower tax brackets but is saying it in the most ridiculous, stupid partisan way possible

[Liberal In Texas]

27. It's a bribe. Even though there is no way it's going to happen the rubes

will still think a check will be coming their way.

[Catherine Vincent]

28. He's still pissed people laughed at him

LOL.

[B.See]

29. Right. After increasing the

out of pocket costs for goods and services, failing to curtail the price of prescription drugs, undermining healthcare, destroying consumer protections from junk bank fees and higher interest rates, screwing Americans on Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare they want to send out $600 bribes to the people they DUPED.

... wouldn't want their CHUMP change anyway. They can stick it up their arses.

[Norrrm]

30. If your vote is secret, how will he know?

[LisaL]

31. Exactly.

How is that "genius" going to find out who voted for Biden and who didn't?

[milestogo]

32. Because Democrats aren't working people?

What an asshole.

[rickyhall]

36. We're all Americans Hawley even you Nazi motherfuckers.

[BlueSpot]

37. Ah, there it is

I've been wondering about his recent "look-alike" change of heart on some things - Medicaid being a biggie. Thought it was bad polls but he isn't up for a long time. Now I understand. He's just the same asshole he's always been. Everything is just a lie again and we're now back to normal.

[GusBob]

38. Take my check up your ass Josh and you will love it

[Bayard]

40. Cuckoo for Coco Puffs

WTF is trump doing sending everybody $600 checks? He thinks we need his autograph again?

Yes, of course I can use it, but he acts like he didn't just add trillions of dollars to the deficit. And Hawley proves again that he is a complete imbecile.

[Iris]

42. He's a waste of dna