Journalists and Twitter Falsely Accuse GOP Congresswoman of Voting Against COVID Small Business Relief Bill She Introduced This Month
Freshman Florida Republican Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar celebrated a win for small businesses this week with a press release announcing the Biden administration had made policy a bipartisan COVID relief law she introduced this month extending for another year loan protections on repayments of loans due to the ongoing pandemic. Salazar’s bill was not an amendment to the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan passed this month without her support, but was a stand alone bill. The bill, H.R. 1533, had not progressed to a vote in the House when it was made policy by the Small Business Administration.
Journalists Soledad O’Brien and Chris Cuomo attacked Salazar on Twitter, falsely accusing her of voting against her own bill.
