Ex Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs defends guaranteed income after Trump criticism

FORMER STOCKTON MAYOR MICHAEL TUBBS is firing back at the Trump administration’s criticism of his organization’s push for a guaranteed income program to aid Americans in need.

“This is the same President that signed 166 million stimulus checks (and) pushed Congress for $2,000 in direct payments” to Americans, Tubbs said in a statement to Stocktonia after Trump officials characterized basic income programs as “handouts.”