Democratic leaders are panning Mitch McConnell's offer to marry new liability protections with aid to state and city governments, signaling a tough fight is ahead for Congress's next round of coronavirus aid.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said in an interview on Monday afternoon that he is "going to insist" that providing liability protections to businesses and employees be part of the next bill that will provide billions to local governments. But Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) may not go along.

On MSNBC on Tuesday morning, Schumer said McConnell's proposal is "subterfuge" and "wrong" by making it more tricky to get the aid for local governments. though he did not entirely rule it out of a potential deal. Still, Schumer and Pelosi made clear Tuesday that Democrats are cool to what McConnell is talking about.

"I don’t think at this time, with the coronavirus, that there’s any interest in having any less protection with our workers," Pelosi said on Tuesday afternoon of McConnell's argument. "We don’t need any prescription from anybody about mythology or just excuses not to do the job. It’s really sad, it’s disgraceful, because there is such tremendous need.

And at the top of my list is liability protections for the brave people who have been manning the front lines during this and the brave people who will be opening their businesses fearful that they will be sued