Democrats Abandon Opposition To Helping Small Businesses After Using Americans As ‘Leverage,’ McConnell Says

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) applauded Democrats on Tuesday for abandoning their opposition to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) after taking “12 days to agree to a deal that contains essentially nothing that Republicans ever opposed.”

“Democrats, led by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), have been blocking a $250 billion cash infusion into the emptied $350 billion program, resisting Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) efforts to get the emergency funding measure passed by unanimous consent,” The Daily Wire reported earlier on Tuesday. “Pelosi and Schumer want major funding boosts for Democratic special interests, including schools and hospitals (which just received a funding boost in the CARES act), and guarantees that minority and female business owners will receive preferential treatment from banks dispensing the loans.”