Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade alleged that Democrats are happy about the economic downturn that has occurred as a result of the coronavirus.
The United States has lost more than 30 million jobs since mid-March when the country shut down to prevent the spread of the virus.
In a conversation on the morning show Wednesday, the hosts discussed how many liberal ideas are gaining support during the pandemic as scores of people have lost their jobs and are relying on the government for assistance.
“There is not one Democrat that’s happy that 72,000 people died and tens of thousands have tested positive. I get that. But economically, they got to be thrilled. Oil and gas industry is destroyed. They want to have automatic income. People are getting paid not to work. Healthcare is free,” Kilmeade explained.
“No one is being charged for the test, you know, and we know that the bailout of the states when they got themselves in red ink because they committed way too much with these pension plans, they are lobbying hard to get alleviated from all that debt,” he added. “So, economically, Democrats are in heaven. They are not with the medical side of it.”
As of Wednesday morning, more than 1.1 million people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with the virus, which has led to more than 68,000 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
