Bernie Sanders fires blistering attack on Covid negotiations, saying it’s ‘crap’ that ‘we don’t have enough money’

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Following up on his demands on Monday that Congress must approve stimulus checks to Americans before it breaks for Christmas, Senator Bernie Sanders again slammed the Covid-19 relief negotiations in a TV appearance on Tuesday. Speaking to MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle about the need for payments to help families and individuals pay their bills and afford food, the independent senator expressed his frustration at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell turning his back on the suffering of Americans. “If there is anything that I hope this terrible, terrible pandemic is showing the American people, it is how far behind we are other countries around the world in taking care of our children, taking care of the unemployed, taking care of the elderly, taking care of the sick.” He called the current proposals from Republicans “grossly unsatisfactory” and advised Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to stand tall and fight for what Americans need as negotiations continue. Later on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that the Senate will stay “as long as it takes” to conclude the relief bill.