特朗普承诺中期选举后向公民发放5000美元

E "NEWSHOUR." REPUBLICANS ARE BACK IN DALLAS TONIGHT AS THEY WRAP UP THEIR UNPRECEDENTED MIDTERM CONVENTION. NIGHT ONE BROUGHT A CLAIM FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP OF $5,000 PAYMENTS IF REPUBLICANS KEEP CONTROL OF CONGRESS, WHILE DEMOCRATIC SENATOR JOHN FETTERMAN MADE A SURPRISE APPEARANCE BY VIDEO. OUR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT LIZ LANDERS HAS MORE.

♪ THERE IS PRIDE ♪ LIZ: DURING THE NEARLY TWO HOUR SPEECH AT THE CONVENTION, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP MADE A PLEDGE TO EVERY AMERICAN. PRES. TRUMP: AND HERE IS MY PROMISE, IF THE REPUBLICANS WHEN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE UNITED STATES SENATE, BOTH OF THEM, BECAUSE OF OUR ECONOMIC -- TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC SUCCESS -- IN HISTORY WE'VE NEVER HAD ANYTHING LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING -- I WILL ISSUE A DIVIDEND TO EVERY ADULT CITIZEN IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR $5,000.

LIZ: IT IS A PROMISE THAT COULD COST MORE THAN $1 TRILLION AND HAD SOME REPUBLICANS QUESTIONING THE PRICE TAG. TEXAS, CHRISMAN CHIP ROY SINGH DEPENDENCY IS EVIL AND SOUL SUCKING IN ALL ITS FORMS.

HE DOESN'T HAVE THE POWER TO DO THIS ON ITS OWN. LIZ: THE POTENTIAL PAYOUT RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO BUY VOTES. BUT THE ELECTION LAW EXPERT RICK HASSAN SAYS IT IS LIKELY LEGAL.

I THINK IF A STATE TRY TO PROSECUTE TRUMP, WHICH SEEMS UNLIKELY, THE COURTS WOULD SAY HIS ACTIVITY IS PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT BECAUSE IT'S A CAMPAIGN PROMISE, IT'S NOT THAT MUCH DIFFERENT FROM SAYING IF YOU VOTE FOR ME I WILL PASS MEDICARE FOR ALL OR I WILL CUT YOUR TAXES BY 20%. POLITICIANS MAKE THESE THINGS ALL THE TIME. AS LONG AS THEY ARE PUBLIC AND GIVEN TO EVERY VOTER, IT IS JUST PART OF CAMPAIGN RHETORIC.

LIZ: THE PRESIDENT DEFENDED HIS PLAN IN AN INTERVIEW ON FOX NEWS TODAY.

IF YOU HAVE THE MONEY, WHY NOT GIVE IT NOW? PRES. TRUMP: THE DEMOCRATS CANNOT DO IT BECAUSE IT IS NEGATIVE GROWTH. WITH US IT IS SO POSITIVE. WE ARE TAKING IN 21 TRILLION DOLLARS. NO COUNTRY HAS EVER TAKEN IN ANYWHERE NEAR THAT. IT IS 4, 5 TIMES HIGHER, ALL BECAUSE OF THE BEAUTIFUL WORD THAT YOU AND I LOVE MORE THAN MOST OTHERS, TARIFFS. LIZ: ASKED FOR THE DETAILS ON THE DIVIDEND PAYMENT AND COST, A WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN SAID PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS CONSISTENTLY PROVEN HIS DOUBTERS WRONG, DRAWING A CLEAR CONTRAST WITH DEMOCRATS RECORD OF UNFETTERED ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, SKYROCKETING CRIME AND WEAKNESS ON THE WORLD STAGE.

IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THE PRESIDENT HAS PLEDGED AMERICANS MONEY. IN 2020 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SENT STIMULUS CHECKS EMBLAZONED WITH TRUMP'S NAMES TO CERTAIN AMERICANS TO OFFSET THE COVID ECONOMIC CRASH. HE HAS FLOATED THE IDEA OF STIMULUS CHECKS AND TARIFF REBATES FOR CONSUMERS, NEITHER OF WHICH MATERIALIZED. THE PRESIDENT REVISITED SIMILAR THEMES AND HOW TO WHAT HE SEES AS THE REPUBLICAN'S BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS SO FAR, PASSING A SWEEPING TAX CUTS BILL AND SECURING THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

HE ALSO REPEATED THIS FALSEHOOD. PRES. TRUMP: WE WON THE PRESIDENCY THREE TIMES.

TRUMP LOST THE 2020 ELECTION BY MORE THAN 7 MILLION VOT