Toomey, during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” with host Jake Tapper, called the former “Daily Show” host a “fake celebrity” and accused Democratic supporters of the bill of “the oldest trick in Washington ». “People take a sympathetic group of Americans — and they may be children with a disease, they may be victims of crime, they may be veterans who have been exposed to toxic chemicals — they write a bill to address their problems, and then they sneak in. something completely unrelated that they know could never pass on its own and they’re daring Republicans to do anything about it,” Toomey said. Supporters of the legislation, Toomey said, would “unleash their allies in the media and maybe a pseudo-celebrity to invent false accusations to try to get us to swallow what shouldn’t be there.” Toomey insisted he and his fellow Republicans don’t oppose the bill itself, but are concerned that Democrats are using it to obtain funds for unrelated issues and turn discretionary funding into mandatory. Stewart hit out at the GOP for stalling the bill’s progress and for misinterpreting the proposal. “Their voters are dying,” Stewart told DC last week. On Sunday, Stewart blasted Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) for voting “no” and called allegations about the spending language in the bill and the potential for misuse involving funds “factually wrong.” All Democrats and eight Republicans voted for the bill when it was first introduced last week, but the tally fell five votes short of the amount needed to override the filibuster. Manchin defends climate and tax deal with Schumer in multiple shows as Democrats cheer for Biden after big week Toomey on Sunday emphasized Republican pressure for an amendment vote on the bill. “That’s why they do this, Jake, because they get too deep in the weeds and confuse people too quickly… We’re spending too much money to use it – to hide behind a veterans’ account the opportunity to continue an unrelated 400 billion spending spree dollars is wrong. And we shouldn’t allow that to happen,” the Pennsylvania senator said.
