Biden sends out IRS letter heralding stimulus checks, prompting critics to say he’s acting like Trump

Biden Sends Out IRS Letter Announcing $1,400 Stimulus Checks

The White House has decided to use the power of the office to remind Americans, by direct mail, that it shares responsibility for giving them money.

According to the details, tens of millions of Americans who received the third round of stimulus checks thanks to the Democrats’ American Rescue Plan will be reminded of that fact in a letter from President Joe Biden.

The recipients of the letter sent via the IRS may be relieved to find not a request for back taxes but self-praise of promises made and promises kept.

“A key part of the American Rescue Plan is direct payments of $1,400 per person for most American households,” Biden wrote in the letter, which was obtained by Insider. “This fulfills a promise I made to you, and will help get Americans through the crisis.”

The IRS continues to distribute the third round of stimulus checks to Americans as part of President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan, the latest relief package to help with the coronavirus pandemic.

Biden is expected to lay out details of the American Family Plan, a $1.8 trillion piece of legislation that is expected to address education, child care, and paid family leave. That legislation is also likely to include an extension of the child tax credit, through 2025.

The letter is identical in formatting to one sent by former President Donald Trump along with the first round of stimulus checks in April 2020.