Remember “Mr. Ed” the talking horse? Pennsylvania has Mr. Pat the smooth talking snake senator.

 “Sen. Pat Toomey said Tuesday that it’s ‘completely unacceptable’ for President Donald Trump to pressure state lawmakers to overturn Pennsylvania’s election result, a rare rebuke from a Republican elected official as Trump continues his effort to subvert the will of the voters…

His comments came a day after it emerged that Trump called the Republican state House Speaker to seek help in undoing the outcome.

Toomey, one of fewer than 30 congressional Republicans to openly acknowledge the election results, said he spoke with President-elect Joe Biden by phone late last week, congratulated him on his victory, and discussed some of the few areas where they might be able to cooperate, such as on international trade.

‘We had a very pleasant conversation,’ Toomey said.”

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Republican Sen. Pat Toomey calls Trump’s campaign to overturn Pennsylvania election ‘completely unacceptable’

By Jonathan Tamari

Tribune News Service |

Dec 08, 2020

From the Washington Post:

“Toomey, a conservative lawmaker on the Senate’s banking committee, has demanded provisions be included in the covid relief package that would curb the ability of the Fed to restart emergency lending programs for localities and small businesses.”

Seems like near treason is now a requirement for Republican Party officials.

Pat Toomey our smooth talking snake senator is willing to destroy the economy of the United States by insuring that Joe Biden & Democrats cannot boost the economy. 

Do Republicans meet secretly in the sewers of Washington DC & take a candlelight pledge to burn the USA to the ground to hurt Democrats?

More from the Washington Post:

“Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told Senate Republicans on a private call Saturday afternoon that the party should stick by Toomey’s plan, according to two people who requested anonymity to share details of the call.

But senior Democrats have balked at agreeing to what they see as a nakedly political attempt to limit the economic tools available to the Biden administration. Throughout Friday and Saturday, a chorus of Senate Democrats emerged urging party leadership not to budge on the issue. Democrats have already agreed to drop aid to state and local governments from the relief package, and some lawmakers have hoped the central bank could serve as a backstop for assisting ailing municipalities.

The Toomey proposal would amount to one of the most significant intrusions into the central bank’s autonomy in years. Former Federal Reserve Chair Ben S. Bernanke weighed in on the dispute in an unusual public statement on Saturday, saying that the central bank’s emergency lending authorities should be at a minimum as robust as they were before passage of the Cares Act in March. Bernanke said that it was “vital” that the central bank’s ability to “respond promptly to damaging disruptions in credit markets not be circumscribed.”

“It’s no surprise that Republicans are drawing a line in the sand over their ability to sabotage the economy, and tie the Biden administration’s hands,’ Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, the ranking Democrat on the finance committee, said in a statement.”

Read much more on the secret negations leaked on occasion to the press so that we're preconditioned to the screw over and don't choke on our coffee when the news we were screwed again comes out. 

It's all journalistic best guesses. The only sure thing is we will be fucked again:

From The Washington Post

Lawmakers reach compromise over GOP proposal to rein in Fed’s powers, clearing path for a stimulus package deal

Sen. Patrick J. Toomey (R-Pa.) had proposed curbing the central bank’s ability to offer emergency loans. With the issue now resolved, a deal on the nearly $1 trillion legislation could be near.

Rachel Siegel