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TexasTowelie

(111,926 posts)
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 11:58 PM Jul 2021

GOP Senator Blasted for Calling Pandemic a Mere 'Interlude' That Interrupted the Trump Tax Cut

GOP Senator Blasted for Calling Pandemic a Mere ‘Interlude’ That Interrupted the Trump Tax Cut Economy


U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is being blasted for his tweet responding to the huge employment numbers released Friday morning. The economy gained 850,000 jobs, far more than expected.

But to the seven-term Republican from Iowa, this isn’t a recovery from a devastating 18 month pandemic that killed 620,000 Americans. No, the pandemic (which still very much exists) was a mere “interlude” that momentarily interrupted the Trump tax cut economy:




Many immediately expressed outrage, both over his dismissal of the human loss of life and over his usurpation of Biden’s work – especially the Recovery Act, which no Republican voted for.







Read more: https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2021/07/gop-senator-blasted-for-calling-pandemic-a-mere-interlude-that-interrupted-the-trump-tax-cut-economy/
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GOP Senator Blasted for Calling Pandemic a Mere 'Interlude' That Interrupted the Trump Tax Cut (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2021 OP
Why hasn't he expired yet? vercetti2021 Jul 2021 #1
And Take Turtle With Him Please! nt SoCalDavidS Jul 2021 #2
Interlude sounds like a freakin classical music piece. sprinkleeninow Jul 2021 #3
Grassley is an idiot. TexasTowelie Jul 2021 #4

sprinkleeninow

(20,212 posts)
3. Interlude sounds like a freakin classical music piece.
Tue Jul 6, 2021, 12:43 AM
Jul 2021

The horrible disease that came upon us and is still wreaking havoc cannot be described as a freakin interlude, numnuts.

TexasTowelie

(111,926 posts)
4. Grassley is an idiot.
Tue Jul 6, 2021, 12:50 AM
Jul 2021

Interlude can also refer to the pauses between the acts of a play and COVID-10 is no f---ing play.

I'd say send Grassley back to school, but his mind is already wasted with no hope for recovery.

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