As Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, you have to read the bill to know what’s in it, and a lot of people decided to flip through her 1,400-page economic stimulus package to help “working families” to find out what was in it. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. was set to enjoy $35 million to help weather the coronavirus crisis, while $50 million was earmarked for the National Endowment for the Arts and $150 million for infrastructure repairs at the Smithsonian.
We understand that museums employ people, but those people would be covered under a recovery plan that puts money in every American’s pocket (under a certain income level). Rep. Jerry Nadler is concerned about keeping New York City’s nonprofit museums alive through the COVID-19 pandemic and asked for a tidy $4 billion.
NYC isn't NYC without our non-profit museums. But if we want our museums to survive COVID-19, we need to protect them NOW. That's why I led the NYC Congressional delegation with @RepMaloney in calling for $4 billion in emergency funds to equip museums to outlast this pandemic. pic.twitter.com/cRfMpTgEWR
— (((Rep. Nadler))) (@RepJerryNadler) March 23, 2020
Really…?
Four billion dollars.
For museums?
In the middle of a pandemic in which millions are now out of work?
Really?
Museums.
Four billion dollars. https://t.co/SdhwBusjyl
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) March 24, 2020
FOUR BILLION DOLLARS, for museums at a time when we are suffering through a pandemic, our economy is collapsing, people are losing jobs and there are concerns about supply chain.
That's what these two morons are thinking about.
— BonkPolitics (@BonkPolitics) March 24, 2020
Let's be real. It's a slush fund.
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) March 24, 2020
That… is not going to be for museums…
— Jess Turner ?? (@JessTurnr) March 24, 2020
THAT is election seat security
— Jess Turner ?? (@JessTurnr) March 24, 2020
Surely all that old stuff that managed to survive history can survive this too.
— Definitely Not Dan (@Def_Not_Dan) March 24, 2020
Just a little pork, that’s all. pic.twitter.com/T5GMDUVP15
— Jeffrey Richman ☃️ (@jcrichman) March 24, 2020
Is this serious or like a right wing babylon bee satire story because he cant be serious
— mike slattery (@2ndsonofapete) March 24, 2020
Well least I know where I'll be staying once I get evicted.
— Captain Obvious (@Captain_pbvious) March 24, 2020
You close a museum it becomes a storage facility for artifacts. You open the doors again and presto you have a museum again.
Why does that process need 4 billion dollars?
— T.J. (@HollidgeJ) March 24, 2020
Is the stuff going anywhere?
— ᴏɴᴇʟᴀᴘᴅᴏᴡɴ (@patriots5_5) March 24, 2020
No offense to the museums, but all of that stuff is still gonna be sitting there collecting dust after all of this is over.
Take care of the American people first!!!— misgiven (@misgiven_may) March 24, 2020
Museums that generate $5.4 BILLION in revenue per year; have donors that give approximately $100,000 million annually and pay ZERO taxes on all that money. Those museums?
— Shelby Smith (@shelbytsmyth) March 24, 2020
I dare any Democrat to respond and defend this. Please tell me why this is necessary when we are in the middle of a global pandemic and citizens are waiting on emergency aid so they can pay their bills and buy food to survive.
I’ll wait.#COVID #CoronavirusPandemic #WuhanVirus
— Zach Ryan (@poli_text) March 24, 2020
That has nothing to do with fighting the virus.
Resign.
— A Bear (@Bearocalypse) March 24, 2020
This isn’t something to be proud of doing, Nadler.
— NH (@TwoQuoque) March 24, 2020
As someone who is normally a hardcore supporter of museums, even I think this is insane. ?
— ? TP-Trish ? (@wtffiles) March 24, 2020
Yes it is important to keep the doors open for a community that is locked in their homes.
— Chris ??? (@HeliJoc) March 24, 2020
Ask Bloomberg for the money.
— Dan "the Man" McGoogle (@NorthForkOeno) March 24, 2020
My God. He's actually serious.
— The Secret Sun Speaks (@SecretSunBlog) March 24, 2020
Shameful conduct by Dems. Blocking a rescue package for this BS. A new low in modern politics.
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) March 24, 2020
Are you out of your mind?
— Ron Coleman (@RonColeman) March 24, 2020
Four BILLION dollars???????
FOUR BILLION??
— Ron Coleman (@RonColeman) March 24, 2020
Museums? How wildly out of touch can you actually be?
— Rosie memos (@almostjingo) March 24, 2020
Can you please elaborate on what exactly the money is going to?
This makes no sense
— sandzabar (@sandzabar) March 23, 2020
This needs to be in the "Out of Touch" exhibit in the Smithsonian.
— Red Dot in a Blue Dot in a Red State (@reddotinaustin) March 24, 2020
I'm self identifying as a museum. When can I expect my check? #DemocratsHateAmerica
— American Holly ??? (@Sgtbswife) March 24, 2020
Turn off the museum lights, leave the air conditioning on, and lock the door. The cool thing about old stuff is it will be there when we get back.
Museums celebrate the past, Airlines fuel the economic engine. That is the difference between needing subsidies, or not.
— Tom Royce (@TomRoyce) March 25, 2020
While Jerry “Lunch Box” Nadler was piddling away with his prize impeachment fantasy, this Chinese Virus was worming its way into the US and has now detrimentally affected everyone. The sheer gall of the NY #Losers to grovel for museum funding is incredible. #NO #NO #NO #NO
— Imbecile Nation (@ImbecileNation) March 24, 2020
Four billion dollars? With a “B”?
Related:
Nancy Pelosi tells CNN that ‘everything we are suggesting just relates to COVID-19’ and not policy https://t.co/TffgZwvLjW
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 24, 2020
