Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell again blocked a quick action on $2,000 coronavirus stimulus checks on the Senate floor Thursday as he traded harsh words with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

McConnell, R-Ky., in floor remarks lambasted the House-passed bill for $2,000 stimulus checks as "socialism for rich people," in his most direct comments to date on his opposition to President Trump's request that stimulus checks be boosted from $600 in the recently passed stimulus.

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"The data show that many upper-middle class Americans have kept their job, work remotely and remain totally financially comfortable," McConnell said. "On the other hand, some of our fellow citizens have had their entire existence is turned upside down and continue to suffer terribly. We do not need to let the speaker of the House do socialism for rich people in order to help those who need help."

McConnell also emphasized that just this week the president signed a $900 billion stimulus package that included "targeted" stimulus efforts. 

"The liberal New York Times reported this morning that a majority of the households that get non-targeted checks do not end up spending them on urgent needs," McConnell said, before detailing the provisions in the recent stimulus bill. "There are billions for targeted food assistance, billions for targeted rental assistance, and many billions of dollars vaccine distribution so we can finally beat this virus and re-open the economy in full. These are the kinds of targeted emergency programs that directly help the most vulnerable. And we just poured almost another trillion dollars into them less than five days ago." Read more at FOX News