I agree 100% with both of these statements. My take on it is that McConnell is fighting with every bit of power that he has to make sure it fails, and Perdue and Loeffler are flat out lying in order to keep from losing too many votes in Georgia over this.
The fact that they are lying and saying that they support the stimulus means to me that their internal polling shows that Georgia voters, including republicans, are HUGELY in favor of the $2k stimulus. Everything that I have seen is telling me that this is exactly the kind of bill that democrats should absolutely do everything they can to make it pass, and if they fail, to get as much attention showered upon this as they possibly can.
And they are. Congressional democrats are doing a GREAT job. And the press, even the ones that are trying to defend McConnell, are helping out quite a bit.
If I understand correctly, the stimulus package that was passed was about $150 billion in aid to everyday Americans, and $750 billion in aid to the business community. Since we were able to afford $750 billion for businesses, on top of the March stimulus that was heavily weighted toward the business community, we can afford a total of around $600 billion for everyday Americans.