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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Sep 2020

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Eric Levitz

    This is the best explanation I've seen to the otherwise inexplicable decision of the GOP Senate to block the stimulus that is needed right now.https://twitter.com/EricLevitz/status/1304148863809458176 …

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    Eric Levitz @EricLevitz
    Replying to @drvolts @drvox @DKThomp
    Best hypothesis I've heard is that many GOP Senators: 1) Expect Trump to lose. 2) Expect the right to react to this the same way it did to Bush II (renewed fervor for conservative purity). 3) Fear a big Covid stimulus would be the new TARP/that they will get primary-ed for it.
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      1. Patrick Cunningham‏ @cunninghamp220 10 Sep 2020
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        and there's still a decent chance they hold onto the senate, so they can kneecap Biden's presidency and capitalize in 2022.

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      2. Greg Sargent‏Verified account @ThePlumLineGS 10 Sep 2020
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        @EricLevitz 4) know they can more easily sabotage the recovery under a President Biden if no rescue bill passes now and politically profit from that later

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      3. Denise Lee-democracy resurgent 🌻‏ @dadavies01 10 Sep 2020
        Replying to @ThePlumLineGS @HeerJeet @EricLevitz

        Now this I’ll believe. My only hope is that some of them (enough of them) suffer in Nov elections bcs of their loyalty to Trump, & that scares some of the others to think a little bit about their constituents over their own bank account. I can dream.

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      1. nadezhda‏ @nadezhda04 10 Sep 2020
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        I expect No. 3 is doing a lot of the work for those who aren’t up this year

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      1. Case‏ @lotsa_texas 10 Sep 2020
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        I think you’re ignoring the possibility that they’re responding to their constituents. I think it’s hard for people who don’t interact closely with Trump supporters to fully get how illogical they are. In their mind it is Pelosi’s fault that their UI ran out. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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      1. khoragos‏ @khoragos 10 Sep 2020
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        My guess is that they want to do as little as possible now so the new administration & congress will have to do more... Then they can whine until their tax breaks get added to the bill, vote against it anyway, & campaign against it in the midterms.

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      1. Iris Pangburn‏ @Calamitatis 10 Sep 2020
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        They’re just hoping they can stick Biden with a collapsed economy and street riots.

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      1. Heffomite‏ @Heffomite 10 Sep 2020
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        A lot of them are already pivoting to being "very concerned about the deficits"

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      1. Linda Newman‏ @lindytx21 10 Sep 2020
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        Their dark@money donors are behind this. It’s not about the voters

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      1. Trish Anderton‏ @trishanderton 10 Sep 2020
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        Or 1) They expect to cheat their way to electoral victory and 2) Why spend money on relief now rather than line your pockets with it after November?

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