In response to reports that the Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity is launching an ad campaign against passage of President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan, Protect Our Care’s Coronavirus War Room Director Zac Petkanas released the following statement:
“This Koch-funded ad campaign’s only purpose is to continue the deadly practice of playing politics with people’s lives. Putting the bottom lines of corporate interests and wealthy donors before the health and safety of Americans defined the Trump era, and it’s a massive part of the reason our initial pandemic response was such a catastrophe.
“President Biden’s American Rescue Plan is overwhelmingly popular – getting widespread support from Democratic, Independent, and Republican voters and elected officials across the country. This package offers direct stimulus, expanded unemployment insurance, housing assistance, expanded health care coverage, and, most importantly, the funds for a nation-wide testing and vaccine distribution program that will finally help end this pandemic.
“We’re in a crisis. The American people want this stimulus package to pass and to pass quickly. The Kochs and their allies are trying to stand in the way, which means they’ll have to answer for why they wanted to drag this crisis on for longer than necessary.”