Posted on 05/02/2017 12:59:28 PM PDT by Red Steel
White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney took the podium at Tuesday's press briefing to blast Democrats for pushing back on President Trump's "tremendous" budget proposal. "They wanted a shutdown," Mulvaney said of Democrats. "We know that. They were desperate to make this administration look like we couldn't function, like we couldn't govern."
Despite Democrats' bad behavior, Mulvaney claimed Trump "out-negotiated" them anyway. Mulvaney insisted the bill that Congress agreed on late Sunday to fund the government through September contains no "new money" for Puerto Rico, no renewable energy subsidies, and no "ObamaCare bailout money," all of which Democrats wanted. Unlike the Democrats, Mulvaney said Trump "delivered on his promises and got his priorities funded," including more money for defense, border security, and school choice. The bill does not include funding for a new border wall, among other priorities Trump had promised.
When pushed by reporters on why — if Democrats were the ones who wanted the shutdown — Trump tweeted earlier Tuesday that the country "needs a good 'shutdown' in September," Mulvaney dismissed the tweet as venting. Mulvaney suggested that Trump is "frustrated" with Democrats who "went out there to spike the football and make him look bad."
Mulvaney warned that if Democrats "aren't going to behave any better" come September, when the funding bill expires, then a shutdown just might be "inevitable." Catch a snippet of Mulvaney's impassioned remarks below.
Video clip of Mulvaney's briefing is at the link.
It will only get worse. Buy more ammo.
“They wanted a shutdown...so we had to give them everything they wanted.”
Paraphrasing, of course.
Except Duh Dems didn’t get everything they wanted. Mulvaney said they lied to their base on this.
It’s pretty clear who the grown ups are, and who are the whining little babies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8pCR2LdAY0
White House briefing today with Mulvaney and Kelly....
Some of you people need to listen and understand that President Trump is for America and Her People...
IF bami would have had a budget, which he never did since he was in office since 2008, none of this wall money or military money would have even been available for President Trump to push through...
QUIT listening to the media, talking heads and radio show hosts and listen to your President and his cabinet and what they are doing...they are working for US!!!
They did. And you should have given it to them.
Oh wait, you’ll all do better next time. Next time you’ll need the House, the Senate, the White House, the Jedi Council, the Ephors, the Heads of the Five Families, the UN Security Council, the EU and then you’ll be able to get something done in DC, that will actually benefit middle America. And not the Left and the Corporate class.
They made their careers out of lying.
‘They wanted a shutdown’
I’ll be damned. For the first time in my life I’m in agreement with the demonrats.
It's likely so. 4 months is not long. Overcome the lying Dem Media in the blame game.
“...4 months is not long....”
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Well, technically, October 1 is closer to five months. Anyhow, come October 1st we had better see either signed legislation with substantial border WALL funding or a government shutdown. Anything other than that will be us being served another shit sandwich along with a lot of excuses.
Mulvaney did a great job.
It’s been said that a day is an eternity in politics.
An Eternity in Politics
After listening to Mulvaney and other executive branch bigwigs today, I’m still inclined to think that patriots who aren’t familiar with the twists and turns that are probably involved in making a good deal are wrongly perceiving chaos in the executive branch.
You idiot, conservatives know a shutdown is right.
It doesn’t shutdown.
Who knew the democrats controlled all three branches of government?
“Mulvaney did a great job.”
I agree. He was very well prepared.
Reminds me of GM in the mid-sixties bragging that they outfoxed the UAW by giving workers the equivalent of a dollar an hour in new benefits instead of the fifteen cents an hour in cash in their paycheck the UAW had asked for.
JMHo
Democrats fake a shut down during non election season.
Republican Trump is shifting shut down threat during election season.
Chess.
Yes he did. I don't know if the press at the White House are as stupid as they think and act. Probably.
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