Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) thought it would be advisable to joke about desperate Americans losing their jobs and needing financial help.
Cruz was responding to a tweet made by Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) when he joked about struggling Americans.
Markey tweeted that he supports a universal basic income for the remainder of the pandemic, with each family getting $2,000 a month.
Give every person in our country $2000/month for the duration of the pandemic, $2000/month for 3 months after that, and $2000/month retroactive to March.
— Ed Markey (@EdMarkey) August 10, 2020
Cruz mocked Markey’s tweet by saying: “Why be so cheap? Give everyone $1 million a day, every day, forever. And three soy lattes a day. And a foot massage. We have a magic money tree — we should use it!”
Markey didn’t find Cruz’s remarks funny and decided to slam the Republican Senator.
“It’s not a goddamn joke Ted. Millions of families are facing hunger, the threat of eviction, and the loss of their health care during a pandemic that is worsening every day. Get real,” he tweeted.
It's not a goddamn joke Ted. Millions of families are facing hunger, the threat of eviction, and the loss of their health care during a pandemic that is worsening every day. Get real. https://t.co/z6ygY8lSxc
— Ed Markey (@EdMarkey) August 10, 2020
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