Posted on 05/02/2017 6:25:41 AM PDT by Helicondelta
President Trump on Tuesday called for a "good shutdown" in September to fix the "mess” in government.
"The reason for the plan negotiated between the Republicans and Democrats is that we need 60 votes in the Senate which are not there! We … either elect more Republican Senators in 2018 or change the rules now to 51%. Our country needs a good "shutdown" in September to fix mess!" he wrote in a series of tweets.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
And it is closer to the midterms. Let the Dems defend why they are against the border wall and will shutdown the government to stop it.
Yes, there is no reason to wait. We only get weaker by caving to the Rats. Veto this CR.
When you can achieve some agenda victories and not make noise on temporary spending taking all of THREE MONTHS!
Trade off by destroying progress on the biggest two agenda items now: repealing/replacing Obamacare and tax reform for a war over a three month temporary spending bridge.
Yeah, I think common sense prevails here. Hold your fire FTW, not for the undoing of the entire agenda. SMH.
Why should I trust the NYTimes?
“the ability of the minority to obstruct is dependent on the willingness of the majority to “
They like it better being in the minority (republicans) as they have excuses to not do the will of the people but simply make $$$ off of us at our expense.
If we elect 70 GOP Senators, Mitch McConnell will still have some excuse for why they don’t get things done.
Mark my words, that is what will happen. No wall funding, continued Planned Parenthood funding, promises not kept. And for Trump, his Ryan RINOs, and the Democrats, it is all our fault, not theirs.
I suggest an alternative. Stand and fight. Shut the government down now if that is what it takes. Use the bully pulpit that Trump has and demand Republicans help deliver on the promises Trump made that got him and others elected. Weed out those that cave, mark them for primarying and replacement now. Trump speaks a great game, now he needs to follow through and deliver. So far, he's rolled on every point. He is Ryan's puppet. Sorry, that is not what I voted for.
Newbie, cutting off federal funding to PP will not stop them from aborting babies.
This is brilliant on Trump’s part.
I wonder how much he was lied to about this budget.
Veto whatever is on his desk NOW. Why wait 4 months for a showdown?
who’s to say that we win in a shutdown?
In Obama’s days, the shit down was blamed on Congress not cooperating.
Trump better remind them of that
Strategy? Is that what you call giving the democrats everything they want when we control the House, Senate and Executive?
September = BOHICA
Where did Trump threaten a shutdown over this current CR?
I would like to see that.
* In Obama’s days, the shut down was blamed on Congress not cooperating.
Trump better remind them of that
a more certain bet would be to nix the filibuster
Things are not as they seem.....
Wait and see....
A Reuters article of all things points to the GDP going from 1% to 4% in the second quarter.
From Reuters of all places, that is amazing. So the truth is getting out that the direction is moving and quickly with change pending.
That’s part of the big picture moving from a society aligned to Main St. not Wall St.
The conflict is daily and the change is here.
I could go on all day but won’t. There’s been plenty of change to date. A new SC justice is on the bench and that just happened for another. Short term memories... SMH.
That’s it.
He either stops this crap in its tracks - “we can’t win even when we’re the majority” - or he’s Trump the Chump, Schumer’s little bitch.
All or nothing was Obama’s strategy and everyone admired him for his “Presidentiality”, getting urgent things done.
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