The president’s money pledge also sparked accusations of “bribery” ahead of the elections.

.@POTUS announces the TRUMP DIVIDEND: If Republicans win both the House and the Senate, because of our tremendous economic success, I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States for $5,000 pic.twitter.com/s4orJJGx9d

The claim that federal budget is so overrun with surplus cash that Washington can afford to spend $1.3 trillion on "rebates" is so detached from reality that I refuse to waste my time walking through the math. If that makes sense to you, you are beyond help. https://t.co/IiOxtZLUiS

You have to be a special kind of stupid to believe that Trump will give every American a $5,000 dividend if Republicans win the midterms.

lol. trump openly bribing people to vote for republicans. $5k per person if republicans hold the house and the senate?

There are something like 269 million American adults. Sending all of them a check for $5000, as the President just proposed, would cost the US government $1.35 trillion dollars... I've asked the White House where they think that money would come from.

My daddy used to call this “vote buying”. https://t.co/sDShPwpBr6

Trump attempts to bribe people to vote for Republicans in the midterms pic.twitter.com/gSPTDBWyqu

Like the DOGE cheques? Or the Tariff cheques? Will Americans ever wise up to this conman? https://t.co/YV4bAzaWKl

If you believe this, you’re a fucking idiot. https://t.co/5dlieRFC9N

Yes, let's just bribe the Electorate with no pretense of dignity... https://t.co/7LdNtquZcB

Right after you get your DOGE dividend and your tariff rebate checks and your gold from Fort Knox https://t.co/moPYsRof3C

This article originally appeared on HuffPost.