Less than 48 hours after President Donald Trump claimed that "the Senate will start the process for a vote that increases checks to $2,000, repeals Section 230, and starts an investigation into voter fraud," the actual boss of the Senate had his say.
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Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley on Monday, December 28, sparked off a controversy by saying “socialism went mainstream” in the US in the year 2020 and slammed the Democratic Party saying the “dangerous ideology” is set to become the blue party’s “default economic policy”. She said the “terrifying trend” poses a threat to the future of every person who lives in the US.
Haley, who is considered as a top GOP leader who could run for the White House in 2024, came up with a bombastic tweet saying: “The dangerous ideology, which has failed everywhere it has been tried and ruined countless lives, is on its way to becoming the default economic policy of the Democratic Party. This terrifying trend threatens the future of every American.”
Wall Street ended the session in positive territory and the dollar dipped to its lowest in more than two years on Wednesday, the penultimate trading day in a remarkable year of pandemic, recession and recovery.
US stocks on Tuesday pulled back from record highs as hopes for $2,000 direct stimulus payments faded. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday blocked