Don’t just bitch or tweet. Take action. Let’s show this corrupt fuck, the people aren’t tolerating this BS any longer! #RemoveRonJohnson #RonJohnsoncansuckmyjohnson #fuckthegop Repost @progressives2020 Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson, who voted for President Donald Trump's deficit-exploding tax cuts for the rich in 2017, blocked fellow Republican Sen. Josh Hawley's attempt Friday to pass legislation that would provide $1,200 direct payments to U.S. adults and $500 to children amid a devastating pandemic and ongoing economic collapse. When Hawley of Missouri requested unanimous consent to pass the direct payments bill—which he introduced last week with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)—Johnson objected, delivering a rambling speech complaining about the rising deficit. "This is not the end of this fight. I'm here right now on this floor. Senator Sanders will be back in a matter of hours to ask again for the same measure." —Sen. Josh Hawley Michael Linden, executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative, noted on Twitter following Johnson's objection that "another round of stimulus checks at $1,200 would be roughly 1/7 of the size of the Trump tax cuts which Senator Johnson happily supported." "Needless to say," Linden added, "$1,200 to everyday people right now is way more economically useful than hundreds of billions to corporations." Ben Wikler, chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, also slammed Johnson for blocking direct relief. "Millions are falling into poverty," said Wikler, "and Ron Johnson—who loves tax cuts for the rich—is blocking help." #stimuluscheck #ronjohnson #republicans (at Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CI9TP4XgC0B/?igshid=15wnh46cs3065
