The Coronavirus Stimulus Package

The Bret Baier Podcast

FOX News Podcasts

News, Politics, News Commentary

3.6 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

This week, Bret sits down with Jonah Goldberg, Editor-in-chief of The Dispatch and AEI fellow, Mollie Hemingway, Senior Editor at The Federalist, and Chris Stirewalt, FOX News Politics Editor to discuss the coronavirus stimulus package recently passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump. They discuss the goals of the historic stimulus bill, why it was important to pass the stimulus bill amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and how to strike a balance between keeping citizens healthy and maintaining the American economy. Follow Bret on Twitter: @BretBaier Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.3	From Fox News, it's the campaign with Brett Baer.
0:42.8	Lawmakers in the House approved the COVID-19 aid package early on Friday. The Senate had approved it earlier. The president signed it into law later that day.
0:49.2	Our socially distant panel is anxiously awaiting to discuss all of this. But first,
0:55.2	Fox News correspondent Peter Deucey has been following the candidates or candidate on the digital campaign trail and gives us an
1:00.6	update. Don't expect to see Joe Biden on the campaign trail anytime soon. He talked about why on his new
1:06.1	self-published podcast. It's just not worth it to go out there and take a chance of getting sick
1:11.8	or further spreading the virus. Biden's crowd sizes on the campaign trail had been growing in
1:16.9	tandem with his delegate lead over Senator Bernie Sanders, but even though elected officials are
1:22.4	still hosting in-person press briefings about COVID-19, presidential candidates aren't.
1:28.7	We can't hold rallies anymore, but we're not gathering in large public spaces. We're living
1:33.2	into new normal. The 77-year-old former vice president is well known for sharing emotional
1:38.4	moments with supporters at campaign events. But until further notice, his human contact has been almost completely cut off.
1:46.5	When I have anyone in the house, whether it be blunt about it, whether it's a secret service,
1:52.1	has to come in and or staff to set up the mechanisms to do this, they're all wearing gloves and
1:58.7	masks. And so that we, and we are all staying six feet apart.
2:03.5	There's not many to come in, but that's how we do it when there has to be folks in the house.
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