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2023 Republican Government Shutdown: Same Shit, Same Story


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52 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

 

for the same reasons the border patrol has given trump and the gop a list of things they need and a wall isn't in the top 10. what trump tries to pass as truth, and a crisis, is a lie.

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The most fucked up thing about this is there's probably nothing the democrats could do.  Trump would just keep moving the goal posts.  He benefits from the shutdown and EXHIBIT A is getting prime-time TV coverage on EVERY network to blame the democrats.  

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13 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

The most fucked up thing about this is there's probably nothing the democrats could do.  Trump would just keep moving the goal posts.  He benefits from the shutdown and EXHIBIT A is getting prime-time TV coverage on EVERY network to blame the democrats.  

He's not benefitting from this at all. He's getting weaker politically.

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Posted
Just now, David Dennison said:

He's not benefitting from this at all. He's getting weaker politically.

He doesn’t care about that.  He is running for his life.  No amount of political damage he’s inflicting on himself will get him to change course when the alternative is certain political and legal doom.

Here’s what he cares about:

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Posted
2 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

The less bad news is Trump might inflict enough political damage on himself to give the GOP an opportunity to throw him overboard.  

I'm sure it's already being discussed in the Majority Leader's office.

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1 minute ago, David Dennison said:

I'm sure it's already being discussed in the Majority Leader's office.

The democrats are fucking up by not screaming from the rooftops to get McConnell to take a vote.

 They should be running all over the media saying, “Why doesn’t Mitch take the vote?  Who does the Senate work for, Trump or the American people?  Why won’t Mitch let our democracy work like it’s supposed to?”

Democrats suck at political warfare 

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Posted
10 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

I'm sure it's already being discussed in the Majority Leader's office.

I think the past year convinced me he would never lose support from the R senators, but if people keep blaming him for the shutdown this could become very interesting.

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9 minutes ago, GSU&UT said:

I think the past year convinced me he would never lose support from the R senators, but if people keep blaming him for the shutdown this could become very interesting.

I think we get a new look at it, because a new group of senators is next on the reelection list.  The 2018 group never left him, but the 2020 group might.

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11 minutes ago, GSU&UT said:

I think the past year convinced me he would never lose support from the R senators, but if people keep blaming him for the shutdown this could become very interesting.

R senators have a lot more leverage over Trump than they did last year because Trump no longer has the protection of the house. 

A coalition of 20 R Senators could get Trump to do just about anything.   However, fat chance that happens. 

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Posted
3 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

 

i actually said something like this on the trump thread. 

what the actual fuck, john cornyn? represent our goddamned state, you buffoon. grow some texas balls, because we know ted cruz ain't got any.

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Posted
1 minute ago, hayden_horn said:

i actually said something like this on the trump thread. 

what the actual fuck, john cornyn? represent our goddamned state, you buffoon. grow some texas balls, because we know ted cruz ain't got any.

He's tweeting pro-wall stuff.  But I bet he senses the gig is about up and doesn't want actual photography showing him on Trump's side on this right before Trump is about to take an L.

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1 hour ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

The most fucked up thing about this is there's probably nothing the democrats could do.  Trump would just keep moving the goal posts.  He benefits from the shutdown and EXHIBIT A is getting prime-time TV coverage on EVERY network to blame the democrats.  

Exhibit B

 

Posted
1 hour ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

The democrats are fucking up by not screaming from the rooftops to get McConnell to take a vote.

 They should be running all over the media saying, “Why doesn’t Mitch take the vote?  Who does the Senate work for, Trump or the American people?  Why won’t Mitch let our democracy work like it’s supposed to?”

Democrats suck at political warfare 

Klobuchar gets it but come on Dems, now is the time to go on offense. 

 

Posted
5 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

 

He should just tell his landlord he’ll start paying him when trump says it’s ok to do so. Although it might be a couple years. That should work. 

Posted
4 minutes ago, hayden_horn said:

oh, look, they are adjusting! HE WAS RIGHT

Trump knows a thing or two about financial sacrifice...I have it on good authority that he once had to fly in a G3...top that TSA boy!

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I love that there'll be less personnel at the border visit by Trump tomorrow outside McAllen because of the shutdown.  

You just need one reporter to point out the fucking idiotic irony of that fact to him.  It won't change his mind, but his facial expression and he realizes the futility of it all will probably cost us billions but would at least provide 30 seconds of entertainment for those of us that wonder if some of his sons owe their extra chromosome to his extra one.  

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What the fuck is a steel barrier?  Is this a fucking Who concert  

Posted
Just now, Hugo Stiglitz said:

This is all by design.  Trump embraces the shutdown.

Just like flying Pence across the country to listen to the natl anthem and walk out. GOP/Trump == pure evil

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Posted

Look here, he never wanted to shutdown the government even though he said he would be proud to shutdown the government just barely under a month ago.

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now kevin mccarthy out here calling schumer a liar. 

this is terrible theater. 

this is like me mediating between my sons over whether they play board games together, video games together, or go outside. they will actually start fighting over stupid shit like that.

this shit is not hard. all these people are ridiculous.

pass the fucking resolution YOU ALREADY PASSED 100-0, you fucks.

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Its bullshit and transparent that they are trying to trick the optics as a wall is border security and border security is a wall. I doubt the Dems would say no to funding for border security. 

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The president slammed the table, asked Speaker Pelosi if she would support his wall and when she said no, he walked out and said "we have nothing to talk about".

Ok I'm a little hard.

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Just now, David Dennison said:

The Republicans have lost.

They are going to open the government with no funding.

yeah, they mad.

by the way, these guys are angry liars. 

there's a $1.6B funding in the current resolution passed by the house. scalise is out here saying pelosi said $1. 

this anger is very unbecoming. chuck and nancy win again.

but republicans are the party of angry.

now, bereft of soul nielsen out here talking crisis, crisis, crisis. "walls work."

these people are terrible human beings.

 

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