Bill Cassidy
Role at the time: United States senator for Louisiana
Condemned
Statement summary
Cassidy called Trump’s proposed election-conditioned $5,000 payment inflationary and argued that government borrowing could raise costs for mortgages, auto loans, and credit cards. He said controlling the national debt would better help household affordability.
“It’s absolutely inflationary. If Joe Biden had proposed that, conservatives would have been all against it.”
Open the original interview (opens in a new tab)Bill Cassidy calls Trump’s conditional $5,000 proposal “absolutely inflationary”Transcript: question beginning “President Trump said he’s going to pay out $5,000...” and Cassidy’s response beginning “It’s absolutely inflationary.”
CBS News’ Face the Nation transcript records Senator Bill Cassidy responding to a question about President Trump’s proposal to pay $5,000 to Americans if Republicans win the midterm elections.
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Cassidy expressly rejected the proposal as inflationary and contrasted it with the response he said conservatives would have had to a similar Biden proposal.