{"id":2748,"date":"2020-04-01T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T17:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2748"},"modified":"2020-04-02T05:45:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T12:45:24","slug":"house-minority-leader-kevin-mccarthy-promotes-the-cares-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2748","title":{"rendered":"House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy Promotes the CARES Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by Michael Palomba<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the passage of the $2 trillion spending bill in the House, Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy made some Floor Remarks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his nine minutes of remarks, McCarthy reminds Americans that they aren\u2019t alone. \u201cI want to say to everyone watching us at home right now\u2026we hear your concern \u2026 we feel your anxiety, and we know what we need to do.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen this year began, Americans were enjoying a level of peace and prosperity unheard of in modern times. The economy was at record highs. Unemployment for American workers was at record lows. Take-home pay was rising, and business closures were falling,\u201d he continued. \u201cBut a few weeks ago, we learned about an invisible enemy from a distant land \u2014 an enemy like we had never faced before.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s worth emphasizing that McCarthy makes it clear that the virus is from \u201ca distant land.\u201d When President Trump referred to coronavirus as the \u201cChina Virus,\u201d the liberal media lost its collective mind. This despite the fact that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/chinas-devastating-lies\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China has lied about the virus from the beginning<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and even <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/communist-china-spokesman-claims-u-s-military-might-have-brought-coronavirus-to-china\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tried to blame American soldiers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for bringing the disease. The same liberal media had been referring to the virus as \u201cWuhan Coronavirus\u201d up until the very moment the president uttered the words \u201cChina Virus.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Media Says &#039;Chinese Coronavirus&#039; Term Is Xenophobic- Is That Why They&#039;ve Used It?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5eZtCq1aj2g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One reporter pressed Trump on this issue and he stood firm, asserting that China is responsible for this pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Trump is asked why he keeps calling coronavirus &quot;Chinese virus,&quot; even after documented bias incidents against Chinese-Americans<\/p>\n<p>Trump: &quot;Because it comes from China. It&#39;s not racist at all. It comes from China, that&#39;s why. I want to be accurate&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yMZlZ5gV1w\">https:\/\/t.co\/yMZlZ5gV1w<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kXceP1tzgD\">pic.twitter.com\/kXceP1tzgD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CBS News (@CBSNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSNews\/status\/1240317399326437376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Later in his speech, McCarthy stresses how unity will get us through these hard times. \u201cBut we will fight it together\u2014until we win, together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking of the need to help taxpayers, their families, and small businesses as the \u201cpillars of American life,\u201d McCarthy passionately explained that the CARES Act was just what Americans need at this moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis bill is not only a rescue package, it\u2019s a commitment\u2014a commitment that your government, and the people whom you elected to serve you, will do everything we can to limit the harm and hardship you face, both now and in the foreseeable future.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McCarty finishes by again stressing the need for unity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are going to do this together. And in the end, we are going to be healthier, stronger, and more united than ever before.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because, as Americans, that\u2019s who we are.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can watch Rep. Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s complete remarks below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Leader McCarthy&#039;s Floor Remarks on Coronavirus Phase III\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5m-egR7UdnQ?start=1086&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Michael Palomba Following the passage of the $2 trillion spending bill in the House, Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy made some Floor Remarks. 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