Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett told ABC News this week that she would oppose any efforts for DOGE to give money back to Americans; “We’re not in the business of giving out money,” the congresswoman said.
However, Crockett was in favor of “giving out money” in the form of student loan handouts and stimulation checks under Joe Biden.
“We’re thinking about giving 20% back to the American citizens and 20% back to pay down debt,” President Trump said on Wednesday at the FII Priority summit in Miami.
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Trump Announces his Administration is Exploring giving 20% of the DOGE Savings to American Taxpayers
“It’s beelions… hundreds of beelions… we’re thinking about giving 20% back to American citizens.”https://t.co/naPl52Zwy4 pic.twitter.com/1NNyz042vr
— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) February 19, 2025
Crockett shared her thoughts on Trump’s dividend checks with ABC News.
“He’s not the one who had anything to do with the $1200 refunds that people had during the midst of COVID. That was done by a Democratic House and Democratic Senate,” she claimed to ABC News, referring to the COVID stimulus checks of the CARES Act that Trump indeed signed into law. “Right now, what they’re going to do is say, ‘Hey, we want to give you a refund but Congress won’t let us.’ Because they already know that there’s just no money for that.”
“So, no,” she stated. “We are not in the business of giving out money, and honestly, I don’t know what $5,000 will do for you.” (Most Americans don’t have a few hundred dollars saved for personal emergencies.)
ABC News: "President Trump says he likes the idea of giving some of the savings from DOGE back to Americans as kind of a dividend. Would you support that?"
Jasmine Crockett: "No. We are not in the business of giving out money, and honestly, I don't know what $5,000 will do for… pic.twitter.com/16y41bsNtd
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) February 20, 2025
Yet speaking on “The Shade Room” last fall and acknowledging she still had outstanding student loans, Crockett said, “God, if you’re listening, we’re still waiting on our student loans forgiveness.” She added later of the stimulus checks sent by Democrats as part of the American Rescue Plan: “You’d better thank the Democrats for them doggone stimmy checks. That is my message.” Speaking of child tax credits, “It was about kind of taking care of people, which is what Democrats do. In addition, you got other stimmy checks that came from — Joe (Biden) signed the other ones, y’all … Joe did sign more stimmy into law.”
[h/t The Daily Wire]
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