Former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is reminding Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) what is at stake if he refuses to set up a vote on $2,000 stimulus checks.
“The long-term control of the U.S. Senate lies in Georgia. Both Georgia senators have endorsed the $2,000 payment that President Trump has proposed and Mitch ought to bring it up in a clean vote,” Gingrich said during his appearance on “America’s Newsroom” on Wednesday.
He added, “I really am very worried that if he plays a clever parliamentary game, it may look good inside the Senate, but it could cost us two Senate seats and control of the Senate, so, I would beg him to bring up the $2,000 payment as a free-standing, independent vote.”
Gingrich explained Georgia Democratic Senate candidates Warnock and Ossoff “could be in favor of the $2,000 unit and could attack Mitch McConnell for the next six days and I think it is very hard at that point to win the race.”
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Both Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) and Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) voiced their support to increase the stimulus checks to $2,000, as IJR previously reported.
During an appearance on Fox News on Tuesday, Loeffler was asked if she backs President Donald Trump’s push for the raise.
“Look, the president has fought for our country from day one. He continues to fight for every single American,” Loeffler said.
She continued, “I’ve stood by the president 100% of the time. I’m proud to do that. And I’ve said, ‘Absolutely we need to get relief to Americans now.’ And I will support that.”
Perdue said Trump was “right” about the checks on Twitter.
He went on, “I support this push for $2,000 in direct relief for the American people.”