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Schumer: There will be shutdown if Trump sticks to his $5 billion demand for the Wall
CNN ^ | 12/11/2018 | Jeremy Diamond

Posted on 12/11/2018 10:24:54 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: McGruff

The body language speaks volumes.


21 posted on 12/11/2018 10:33:36 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: SeekAndFind

“The bottom line is very, very simple. That is, we want border security.”

That is, they want just enough appearance of security but not too much that their future votes can’t get in.


22 posted on 12/11/2018 10:34:19 AM PST by Rennes Templar (Trump: America First. Obama: Quran First. Clintons: Money First)
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To: DannyTN

All the money we spend and we can’t come up with 5 billion. Pathetic. Of course these treasonous losers are only slightly worse than the Ryan Rinos who were there the last two years and didn’t do crap either.


23 posted on 12/11/2018 10:34:37 AM PST by PSUGOP
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To: gr8eman

I’d love to see the look on Chuckles face when he saw the press in there recording the entire meeting !


24 posted on 12/11/2018 10:35:18 AM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: irishjuggler

“I don’t see a downside to a shutdown at this point.”

It would be a very limited shutdown. While there are several federal agencies whose funding may expire after 7 December 2018 and who may be subject to furlough, the DoD is not among them.


25 posted on 12/11/2018 10:35:35 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: SeekAndFind

He needs to stand up and say for him the American people come first. He does not want to hear about Americans dying from fentinal smuggled across an open border. He doesn’t want to look into the faces of American families who have lost loved ones to someone who shouldn’t be here so, yes, he is willing to do what is necessary to protect the American people.


26 posted on 12/11/2018 10:36:24 AM PST by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Rebelbase
The body language speaks volumes.

It's all theater.

The dems did not go in there to negotiate - they went there for the cameras and the headlines.

27 posted on 12/11/2018 10:37:22 AM PST by grobdriver (BUILD KATE'S WALL!)
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To: SeekAndFind

So Schumer wants border security but not a wall. Confusing for an uneducated white deplorable like me


28 posted on 12/11/2018 10:37:23 AM PST by shelterguy
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To: McGruff

"You will not win!"


29 posted on 12/11/2018 10:38:57 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Marxism: Trendy theory, wrong species)
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To: SeekAndFind

Media already pulling out their cookbook of stories that will explain how the government shut down is a disaster. Children and minorities hardest hit.


30 posted on 12/11/2018 10:40:24 AM PST by z3n
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Mark Levin on Government Shutdowns:

So what if the government shuts down for a day or two or a week or a month? How many times have I said, ‘Do you enjoy the weekend? Well the governments shut down over the weekend. Do you enjoy your long holidays, your federal holidays? The government’s shut down on the federal holidays. You like Christmas? Government’s closed. You like Thanksgiving? Government’s closed. Labor day? Government’s closed. Martin Luther King’s birthday? Government’s closed. Presidents’ Day? Government’s closed. Over and over and over again. Meanwhile, essential employees are always on the job. So what’s the problem? Social Security checks go out, Medicare checks go out, Medicaid checks go out, the military’s funded—what’s the problem?”


31 posted on 12/11/2018 10:40:39 AM PST by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: SeekAndFind

Take all the doors/locks off of Schumer’s house. This will make it more secure.


32 posted on 12/11/2018 10:41:14 AM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: DannyTN

LOL


33 posted on 12/11/2018 10:41:44 AM PST by babble-on
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To: SeekAndFind

Good. Shut it down!


34 posted on 12/11/2018 10:43:07 AM PST by EdnaMode
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To: SeekAndFind

Hoping that shutdown threat is a Promise!!!


35 posted on 12/11/2018 10:43:53 AM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE) Is)
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To: SeekAndFind

Then shut it down Mr. President.


36 posted on 12/11/2018 10:44:04 AM PST by tennmountainman ("Trust Sessions" Yeah Right")
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To: SeekAndFind

That’s EXACTLY what happens. Essential govt continues.

Fed employees get a holiday...they GeT ALL THEIR MONEY AFTER SHUT DOWN.

EPA essential employees....3 PERCENT. HA


37 posted on 12/11/2018 10:44:04 AM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (WINNING! !!)
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To: SeekAndFind

chuck scummer is over-matched and out-smarted in comparison to 45.

Trump will beat scummer like a redheaded stepchild and scummer will have no ability to stop it.


38 posted on 12/11/2018 10:44:59 AM PST by Augie
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To: SeekAndFind

I wish every rep in congress said to public, how the dems do not care about you..they care about power, and act accordingly. They want illegals for votes..their power source.


39 posted on 12/11/2018 10:45:11 AM PST by frnewsjunkie
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To: PSUGOP
All the money we spend and we can’t come up with 5 billion.

The money argument is by far the weakest one they have. We (and by "we", I mean the self-serving scum in Washington) spend $363 BILLION per year just on interest payments on the national debt.

$5 billion represents 0.115% (PERCENT) of the Federal Budget ($4.4 Trillon). And the U.S. spends an estimated $135 BILLION PER YEAR on illegal aliens.

It is an utterly disingenuous argument to suggest that the wall is "too expensive," even if it cost $50 billion.

40 posted on 12/11/2018 10:45:38 AM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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