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Chuck Schumer calls for chaos (threatens to shut down govt.)
NY Post ^ | 3/19/2017 | Editiorial Board

Posted on 03/20/2017 3:44:05 PM PDT by Signalman

It’s right out of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”: The ghost of Chuck Schumer past issuing a dire warning to today’s Senate minority leader.

Back in 2013, recall, a GOP effort to defund ObamaCare in a federal spending bill led to a 16-day shutdown of the federal government. Democrats were irate (as they always are when Republicans advance their policies), and none more so than Schumer, who explained how his party was above the fray.

“You know,” he said on ABC’s “This Week,” “we could do the same thing on immigration reform. We believe strongly in immigration reform. We could say, ‘We’re shutting down the government, we’re not gonna raise the debt ceiling, until you pass immigration reform.’ ”

But, he added ominously, “it would be government chaos.”

Well, guess what: It’s 2017, and Chuck Schumer is now threatening to shut down the federal government over, among other issues, immigration reform.

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1 posted on 03/20/2017 3:44:05 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: Signalman

He can do what he wants but he has neither house nor senate. Take a month or two off why don’t you


2 posted on 03/20/2017 3:47:00 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Signalman

That’s because he knows if the Demoncrats shut down the government the lamestream media will claim the Republicans caused it.


3 posted on 03/20/2017 3:48:03 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: Signalman
I wish someone would come out and tell the truth about this lie of shutting down the government. In reality, not essential services are ever shut down and the administrative lackies that get time off get paid for it when they return. So, what they get is an unexpected little paid vacation.

The crap they spew about a 6 day shut down costing umpteen billion dollars is nothing more than media bullshit (to coin a CNN talking head comment).

4 posted on 03/20/2017 3:48:53 PM PDT by Baynative ( Someone's going to have to pay for these carbon emissions, so it might as well be you.)
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To: Signalman

The left seems to be going more and more berserk.

Today, they’ve turned it up to 11. I suppose tomorrow they’ll increase it to 12.


5 posted on 03/20/2017 3:49:14 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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This is exactly what is recognized as a terrorist tactic. Schumer the Terrorist.


6 posted on 03/20/2017 3:50:29 PM PDT by Clutch Martin (Hot sauce aside, every culture has its pancake, just as every culture has its noodle.)
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To: Signalman

Do it right this time - shut it all down, not just the 13% that encompass things that make doleful media headlines, like National Parks.


7 posted on 03/20/2017 3:51:12 PM PDT by PGR88 (The)
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To: Signalman
Screw you, Chucky! Tell it to your boyfriend...
8 posted on 03/20/2017 3:51:42 PM PDT by heterosupremacist (Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
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To: Signalman

9 posted on 03/20/2017 3:54:32 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Baynative

Trump should signal that any government shutdowns in the future will cause government workers to be put off work without pay and without recompense/back payment when the shut down is over. Unexpected “time off” with pay for non-essential personnel would immediately become a thing of the past.


10 posted on 03/20/2017 3:56:40 PM PDT by Clutch Martin (Hot sauce aside, every culture has its pancake, just as every culture has its noodle.)
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To: Clutch Martin
I like that idea.

Couple that with no one in congress goes anywhere until a balanced budget is passed and we've got a good start.

11 posted on 03/20/2017 3:58:02 PM PDT by Baynative ( Someone's going to have to pay for these carbon emissions, so it might as well be you.)
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To: Doogle

We are having chaos near Kansas city, Ks as an 8 alarm fire is not under control and has burned an apartment complex and at least 12 private homes.
Chuck’s dream come true.


12 posted on 03/20/2017 3:58:33 PM PDT by cotton (one way, one truth, the life.)
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To: heterosupremacist

13 posted on 03/20/2017 3:59:32 PM PDT by Baynative ( Someone's going to have to pay for these carbon emissions, so it might as well be you.)
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To: Signalman

Let’s rumble.


14 posted on 03/20/2017 4:05:39 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: Signalman

I volunteer to help with the shutdown.


15 posted on 03/20/2017 4:20:24 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Clutch Martin
Trump should signal that any government shutdowns in the future will cause government workers to be put off work without pay and without recompense/back payment when the shut down is over.

Ohhh! That's so good.

Start with the EPA. Last shutdown we learned that we learned some 90% plus of their employees were non-essential.

Live in the D.C. area. The people I know who work for Feds love shutdowns...extra paid vaca. And you and I have to pay for it.

16 posted on 03/20/2017 4:42:49 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: Signalman

Oh please Mr Chuck, shut it down. Ninety days minimum. Lets just watch the sky fall /s. The debt ceiling goes up no further. A first reality check. Win lose or draw it needs to happen, and the wins need to continue. Who cares who gets the blame as long as we get headed in the right direction.


17 posted on 03/20/2017 5:02:27 PM PDT by wita (Always and forever, under oath in defense of Life, Liberty and. the pursuit of Happiness.)
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To: wita

Please shut down all government in WDC. However, don’t back the slackers when they return...like these idiot pols ALWAYS do. I’m tired of paying the fed losers for more vacay.


18 posted on 03/20/2017 6:30:55 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: Signalman

Toss this sack of infection into jail, preferably in the same cell with some badasses.
Libtards like him keep feeding and breeding welfare cases for multiple generations, throwing our money down an endless and useless drain. He is an out and out traitor, working against the security of America’s citizens.


19 posted on 03/20/2017 7:42:09 PM PDT by EinNYC
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