DNC on Trump Executive Order Cutting Unemployment Benefits
August 8, 2020
DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement after Donald Trump issued an executive order cutting weekly unemployment benefits by $200:
“Donald Trump’s incompetence crashed the American economy and left millions without work. Now Trump is punishing the very people he put out of a job by cutting unemployment benefits during a pandemic. ‘Cruel’ doesn’t even begin to describe this behavior. The American people deserve a president who will lift them up when they’re down, not pour salt on their wounds. Joe Biden will be that president.”