Amazingly enough, the president of the United States is right. 'Nobody here will disagree with Trump more times than I have and yet here is what the leader of the Republican Party says.

'In the house over two-thirds of the members of that body including 44 Republicans, voted to say that at this time of economic desperation, working families deserve help and they deserve a $2,000 check and as Senator Schumer just indicated, we have a very unlikely ally in President Trump. Read more Bernie Sanders Uses Trump Tweet to Bash Senate GOP: 'President Is Right!' I suspect he will vote against it, I respect his opinion, but all that we are asking for is a vote. I see Senator Toomey has been clear about it. 'If you want to vote against $2,000 checks for people in your state, vote against it. 'But all that Senator Schumer and I are asking of the majority leader is a very simple request allow the members of the United States Senate to cast a vote. 'What we have to do here on the floor, whether it's Senator Schumer or Senator McConnell or me, we have got to talk in legalese, that's the language of the United States Senate and the stuff sounds pretty complicated to the average person. But this discussion frankly is not just about the economic struggling of working families in this country, it's not just the massive levels of income and wealth inequality, it's about basic democracy. 'This last poll that I saw, it had 78 percent of the American people saying that they wanted and needed that type of help. And I have the strong feeling that the people of Kentucky will respond no differently than the people of Vermont or New York. 'So many of my colleagues, the majority leader might want to get on the phone and start talking to working families in Kentucky and find out how they feel about the need for immediate help in terms of a $2,000 check for adults. 'Let me just make it clear for the Majority Leader that 10 out of the poorest 25 counties in the United States of America are located in Kentucky.' /8oect0bpJA- Erick Fernandez December 31, 2020

Watch Bernie Sanders' speech on the Senate floor earlier today advocating for there to be a vote on the $2,000 relief check.

The Speech by Bernie Sanders