Posted on 04/21/2017 7:39:04 AM PDT by ColdOne
The White House said Thursday that it wants to see money for President Trump’s border wall included in the spending bill Congress must pass next week — a demand Democrats said sours negotiations and makes a government shutdown more likely.
The demands mark a reversal for the administration, which had been saying it found enough money to build prototypes this year and wouldn’t need a major infusion of cash until next year.
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The Art of the Deal meets Drain The Swamp.
There will be no budget bill, just a continuing resolution for the remaining few months of the fiscal year.
Good. Shut ‘er down. Stop funding 0-care, EPA, Education, ATF, CIA etc, etc.
A government shutdown is a plus.
Yep
The draining of the swamp of Congress is up to us, the voters.
WE have to stop voting for weasels and Cantorize the swamp creatures.
He should not be deterred from this very important campaign promise.
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He also promised to end DACA.
He should follow through and reassign the people approving work permits for illegal aliens to processing deportations.
When the situation was reversed and the Dems held the WH and the Senate, the Reps did not confront the Dems for fear of being blamed for shutting down the government. You would think the GOP would have the learned by now that there is a double standard and that they should ignore this crap and do what is right. The GOP acts like they are in the minority even when the control the levers of government.
Agreed. I think he should also plug the funds cut from NATO, the UN and the various foreign aid packages reduced into the wall. Moreover, the idiots who oppose him from the GOPe should be targeted for primary replacement by Trump loyalists.
What demands are Dems making that Reps are giving into?
It may happen but what has come up so far?
>>He also promised to end DACA.<<
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If you think that, YOU WERE NOT LISTENING. He might have made one comment early on that could be construed that way; but, the rest of the time he NEVER LET HIMSELF BE DEFINED as deporting millions of children. Always pivoted to criminals and gang members.
I know this because, like many of us here, I watched dozens of his speeches, most of his interviews, and of course all the debates.
Except that the actual campaign promise was that Mexico, NOT US taxpayers, would pay for the wall.
The wall and cutting off funding for Planned Parenthood for starters.
Republicans know this was his most repeated, central promise of his entire campaign.
McConnell should do us all the favor of nuking the filibuster on this, too.
Brilliant. They don’t shut down, we win and get border funds.
They do shut down, we win and get the freakin’ government shut down.
WIN/WIN
True enough, but Congress must provide the seed money to get the wall started so as not to delay construction. There are many ways to get Mexico to pay for the wall, e.g., a surcharge on visas; a tax on the annual $27 billion sent to Mexico as remittances; a tariff on Mexican imports; etc.
They know that. He can use drug money sitting in Treasury vaults.
The pivot on DACA did not take place until after the election.
He repeatedly said he would undo ALL of Obama’s executive actions on immigration.
Now we’re talking!
Money was committed for this freaking wall years ago, and these p(r)icks pissed it away. WTF! Wake up the TRUMP team....
Wrong. He said he would immediately end DACA.
WE WERE LISTENING.
During his August Phoenix immigration speech, Trump unambiguously stated that his new administration “will immediately terminate President Obama’s two illegal immigrant amnesties, in which he defied federal law and the Constitution….”
You admit as much: “He might have made one comment early on that could be construed that way”. Then you say that he didn’t: “he NEVER LET HIMSELF BE DEFINED as deporting millions of children.” You can’t have it both ways.
In any event, this thread is about the wall and many of us agree with prioritizing removals by targeting felons first.
But don’t piss on our legs, FRiend, by yelling and tell us it’s raining.
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