Anti-MAGA Republican Pours Cold Water on Trump’s Proposed $2,000 Tariff Payouts: ‘Just Doesn’t Work’

Anti-MAGA Republican strategist Susan Del Percio warned Americans to not get too excited about the $2,000 checks President Donald Trump said he was sending out on Sunday morning, because she said it is “doubtful” Congress will go along with it.

Del Percio, during an appearance on MSNBC’s Alex Witt Reports, said this was “not the first time” such a move has been discussed; she also pointed to the stimulus checks Trump sent out in 2020 as an obvious comparison — but this time, she said, those checks will most likely never get cut.

“It’s doubtful, however, it will be implemented. I don’t see Republicans, especially in the House, going along with this. It just doesn’t work for the financial controls that the House wants to have on big spending.”

She continued:

“It’s just a way of him talking. Again, it’s something for him to throw out there, because he knows that the issue of the expiring subsidies for the Affordable Care Act is coming and very soon and it’s having a negative effect on Republicans.”

Del Percio is a self-identified Republican who has been critical of Trump for years. She was previously a senior advisor to The Lincoln Project, the anti-Trump political action committee.

Her skepticism came just a few hours after Trump announced he would be sending $2,000 checks to most Americans — funds that would be stemming from his tariffs.

“People that are against Tariffs are FOOLS!” Trump posted on Truth Social. “We are now the Richest, Most Respected Country In the World, With Almost No Inflation, and A Record Stock Market Price. 401k’s are Highest EVER. We are taking in Trillions of Dollars and will soon begin paying down our ENORMOUS DEBT, $37 Trillion. Record Investment in the USA, plants and factories going up all over the place. A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone.”

Watch above, via MSNBC.