- Republicans are touting benefits of the COVID-19 relief legislation they opposed in Congress.
Mitch McConnell said Republicans would have a "talk" with Americans about the bill's issues.- Meanwhile, funding for
healthcare and restaurants is being praised by some GOP members.
For months,
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After the bill's passage, GOP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky $4 the legislation as "a classic example of big-government Democratic overreach in the name of Covid relief" and "one of the worst pieces of legislation" he's seen in his 36 years in the Senate.
He also $4 the GOP would "talk repeatedly" to the American public about the true contents of the bill in the coming months.
However, some Republicans are now touting popular elements of the bill they railed against on Capitol Hill.
Conservative freshman GOP Rep.
"Happy to announce that NC-11 was awarded grants from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services," he wrote. "Proud to see tax-payer dollars returned to NC-11."
Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison $4 of Hawthorn's tweet and blasted the congressman and the GOP.
"Come'on man," he wrote. "$4 is trying to take credit for the grants HE VOTED AGAINST. Republicans have no shame."
-Jaime Harrison, DNC Chair (@harrisonjaime) $4
Cawthorn spokesman Micah Bock $4 in a statement last week that the congressman uses his social media account "to post information relevant to his constituents in NC-11."
"Oftentimes this means providing relevant federal information on proposals that the congressman does not support," he said. "There are portions of the American Rescue Plan that benefit NC-11, however, bills are not passed in portions, they are passed entirely or not at all, and this bill does significantly more harm than good."
GOP Sen.
"Independent restaurant operators have won $28.6 billion worth of targeted relief," $4 after the bill passed. "This funding will ensure small businesses can survive the pandemic by helping to adapt their operations and keep their employees on the payroll."
When asked by CNN's Manu Raju why he didn't support the full measure, Wicker said he didn't have to accept the full measure and was critical of the questioning.
"Just because there's one good provision in a $1.9 trillion bill, doesn't mean I have to vote for it ... I think it's a stupid question. I'm not going to vote for $1.9 trillion just because it has a couple of good provisions in it."
Congressional Republicans have currently found themselves boxed into a corner on the issue.
A Pew Research poll $4 shortly before the bill's signing showed 70% of US adults backing the legislation, with only 28% of respondents opposed to the measure.
Even 41% of Republican or Republican-leaning respondents, a significant minority, backed the
National GOP leaders have pledged to use the bill as a campaign attack against Democrats in the 2022 midterm elections, but nearly three dozen Republican mayors across the county, from David Holt of Oklahoma City to John Giles of Mesa, $4 the legislation.