Democrats Block Coronavirus Rescue to Push Pelosi’s 1,400-Page Pork-Stuffed Bill

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s new stimulus bill would mandate nationwide “ballot harvesting,” allowing party operatives to return other people’s ballots to polling places without “any limit” on the number of ballots.

“Ballot harvesting” was legalized in California in 2016, and first used in the 2018 midterm elections....

The practice is illegal in most other states, largely because it is susceptible to fraud and intimidation....

It is a practice that is known in Third World countries as “ballot stuffing,” and is outlawed in every democracy, no matter how poor — even in countries where the physical and administrative obstacles to voting are far greater than in the world’s most developed economy.

And it is Pelosi’s condition for saving the U.S. economy from coronavirus.

The $1 trillion+ bailout was the sort of bill the Democrats would normally love. So, what was their problem? It didn’t include enough of their pet hobby horses. Dan Crenshaw confirms what has been reported:

    I can confirm this. This is what Democrats torpedoed the rescue package for.

    This will go down as one of the most cynical, disgusting, malevolent actions in history. Millions are losing jobs while they play these games. https://t.co/SUCtYxmXGo

    — Rep. Dan Crenshaw (@RepDanCrenshaw) March 23, 2020

... Now, the economy and the stock market have tanked. It obviously isn’t due to anything he did, but nevertheless, the strongest reason to vote for him in November is now off the table, barring an extraordinary recovery over the next few months–a recovery which the Democrats are determined to prevent.

So, while the Democrats’ conduct is reprehensible, it remains to be seen whether it will be punished.

Hero former Navy SEAL officer Dan Crenshaw blasted Democrats on Monday after the Garbage Party refused to even pass a procedural vote on a desperately needed coronavirus response bill that would, he says, keep America’s economy from tanking.

The real reason House Speaker Nancy Pelosi intervened in the eleventh hour to derail the Senate’s emergency bill, the Texas Republican suggested, was to push her own legislation that contains “a series of non-crisis-related Democratic wishlist items, included some Green New Deal policies and collective bargaining powers for unions,” the Daily Wire reported.

It’s a cheap political stunt he says won’t be soon forgotten.

“Democrats torpedoed a bipartisan emergency bill that: -Provides payroll & rent for small business -Credit to businesses across America to keep them afloat – Cash in American’s pockets – unemployment benefits,” the popular Texas Republican wrote in the first of a series of tweets starting Sunday. “They have no good reasons. Just partisanship. Call your reps NOW.”

“Do Dems want a recession? A depression? How can they justify this?” he asked in a follow-up post. “This bill is critical for the livelihood of millions. Our country will be devastated without immediate help. Dems can lie all they want about ‘helping workers’ but now they are destroying their lives.”

“I am not one to make hyperbolic statements,” Crenshaw continued. “But what Senate Democrats have done is truly awful. This bill was negotiated in good faith. Been monitoring its progress all week. It can save our economy. And they killed it. Out of spite and bitterness. Hold Dems accountable.”...