{"id":1291364,"date":"2022-02-11T12:07:45","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T17:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1291364"},"modified":"2022-02-11T12:07:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T17:07:50","slug":"midterms-vulnerable-democrats-beg-biden-for-more-relief-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/midterms-vulnerable-democrats-beg-biden-for-more-relief-cash\/","title":{"rendered":"Midterms: Vulnerable Democrats Beg Biden for More Relief Cash"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmidterms-vulnerable-democrats-beg-biden-for-more-relief-cash%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1291364&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Joe-Biden-stepping-off-Marine-One-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Eleven vulnerable House Democrats on Thursday begged President Biden for&nbsp;more pandemic relief funds to galvanize midterm constituents.<\/p>\n<p>With Republicans clearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2022\/02\/10\/midterms-republicans-take-clear-lead-over-dems-in-poll-averages\/\">leading<\/a> Democrats in nationwide midterm polling, threatened Democrats have requested the Biden administration to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sherrill.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/rep-sherrill-calls-president-biden-support-targeted-small-business-relief\">deliver<\/a> more cash to businesses within their districts. It is unknown if these businesses have politically allied themselves with lawmakers, who are likely desperate to scrounge reelection campaign funds.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFor restaurants, live event venues, travel companies, gyms, and other small businesses centered on in-person gatherings, the massive increase in COVID-19 cases over the past two months has led to a large decline in consumer demand,\u201d the lawmakers wrote to Biden about the sluggish economy in their Democrat-controlled districts due to the coronavirus pandemic that Biden was unable to shut down.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAs Members with strongly bipartisan districts,\u201d the plea continued, \u201cwe made commitments to our constituents to provide the relief that our communities needed and we intend to keep those promises.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter did not include any reference to Democrat policies that have impacted their local economies, such as vaccine and mask mandates, school closures, or massive spending that fueled 40-year-high inflation.<\/p>\n<p>Among those who signed the letter to Biden were&nbsp;Reps.&nbsp;Mikie Sherrill&nbsp;(D-NJ),&nbsp;Cindy Axne&nbsp;(D-IA),&nbsp;Angie Craig&nbsp;(D-MN),&nbsp;Sharice Davids&nbsp;(D-KA),&nbsp;Steven Horsford&nbsp;(D-NV),&nbsp;Andy Kim&nbsp;(D-NJ),&nbsp;Susie Lee&nbsp;(D-NV),&nbsp;Tom O\u2019Halleran&nbsp;(D-AZ),&nbsp;Abigail Spanberger&nbsp;(D-VA),&nbsp;Dina Titus&nbsp;(D-NV), and&nbsp;Susan Wild&nbsp;(D-PA).<\/p>\n<p>Though Democrats have begged Biden for additional campaign relief funds, many Democrats have&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/31\/tim-ryan-campaigns-hillary-clinton-democrats-distance-themselves-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">avoided being seen<\/a>&nbsp;with Biden. Breitbart News reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>When Biden visited Georgia in January to speak about federalizing elections, gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams did not attend his event due to a scheduling conflict. Gubernatorial candidate Beto O\u2019Rourke&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/24\/beto-orourke-joe-biden-stay-away-me\/\">stated<\/a>&nbsp;last week he is \u201cnot interested\u201d in help from Biden during his Texas campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania Democrats John Fetterman and Josh Shapiro on Thursday cited&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/28\/2022-pennsylvania-democrats-skip-joe-biden-event-in-pittsburgh\/\">conflicts<\/a>&nbsp;in their schedules for their absence during Biden\u2019s visit to Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Democrat candidates in Iowa and North Carolina have even&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.axios.com%2Fdems-stiff-biden-polls-598a1ecd-886d-487c-9578-7ec8199608d9.html&amp;data=04%7C01%7CNMorales%40gop.com%7Ca66d4be90c884538962e08d9e4d4c42e%7C4a082c81950a410d9618462a9c74d6ae%7C1%7C1%7C637792424748894856%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=p%2BFXYgz7j8HVrovnoKVc4aDEl4h5k9f3HCqEbSVfoZw%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">stopped<\/a>&nbsp;talking or tweeting about Biden. Moreover, Democrat Governors Association chair and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) completely avoided the&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpolitico.com%2Fnews%2F2022%2F01%2F31%2Froy-cooper-democratic-governors-association-interview-00003514&amp;data=04%7C01%7CNMorales%40gop.com%7Ca66d4be90c884538962e08d9e4d4c42e%7C4a082c81950a410d9618462a9c74d6ae%7C1%7C1%7C637792424748894856%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=ZdE0UX8BLhttBbS7uCCP5PtPTH%2BNFUmiCzKsaj5JWJc%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">question<\/a>&nbsp;when asked about Biden\u2019s role in the governors\u2019 campaigns.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden\u2019s polling numbers are likely negatively impacting the Democrat Party. Biden\u2019s nationwide approval average is 39 percent. Reflected in Biden\u2019s polling is generic congressional polling, which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2022\/02\/10\/midterms-republicans-take-clear-lead-over-dems-in-poll-averages\/\">revealed<\/a>&nbsp;on Thursday that Democrats are constantly trailing Republicans.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19835962\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em>and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/gettr.com\/user\/wendellhusebo\">Gettr<\/a>&nbsp;@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eleven vulnerable House Democrats on Thursday begged President Biden for\u00a0more pandemic relief funds to galvanize midterm constituents. With Republicans clearly leading Democrats in nationwide midterm polling, threatened Democrats have requested &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1291364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1291364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1291364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1291364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1291364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}