White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Thursday labeled voting rights funding a “really liberal left” wish list item, slamming congressional Democrats for their coronavirus relief package demands.
The comments from a top administration official came hours after President Donald Trump explicitly tied blocking funding for the U.S. Postal Service to stopping universal mail-in voting during November’s election.
During an appearance on CNBC, Kudlow championed Trump’s recent executive orders aimed at easing the economic burden of the pandemic and criticized Democrats for failing to reach a deal on a legislative package.
“They are asking too much money, $3.5 trillion, we have already spent over $3 trillion,” Kudlow said. “So much of the Democratic asks are really liberal left wish lists — voting rights and aid to aliens and so forth.”