"I see it as a really disappointing development. We obviously are now ultimately sending money to less people than the Trump administration and the Senate majority Republicans," Omar admitted."This is not the promise that we made, this is not what we are given the opportunity to be in the majority in the Senate and to have the White House," Omar continued. "And so ultimately it is a failure when we compromise ourselves out of delivering on behalf of the American people and keeping our promises."
Somebody kept some promises in $1.9 billion.
Omar went on to explain the income thresholds in the forthcoming Biden-led stimulus bill mean that fewer Americans will receive direct aid.
"The last checks that we were able to send had given 17 million more people than what we will ultimately do with the caps now, and that is going to be something that we're going to have to explain," Omar explained.
"I don't know if many of us have a logical explanation on why we are delivering less than what the Republicans were willing to compromise us on delivering on the American people," she added.