Posted on 01/17/2018 7:31:32 PM PST by Kaslin
Another day has passed and we’re getting closer to a government shutdown. The money runs out midnight on Friday unless a deal is struck on immigration. Let’s not forget that Senate Democrats once thought tying immigration reform to matters of the budgets was insane. Sen. Chuck Schumer, now Senate Minority Leader, said it would breed “governmental chaos” five years ago.
The negotiations have hit a snag after it was leaked that President Trump asked why are we letting in people from “s**thole countries.” The liberal media blew a gasket. While Sen. Dick Durbin has confirmed the president said this DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) couldn’t recall. Trump made these remarks while speaking with Senate Democrats and Republicans.
Durbin stopped by The View to discuss the immigration deal and the president’s remarks. There was a lot of background noise due to a demonstration held by rabbis and other Jewish leaders in the rotunda calling for DREAMER protections and a clean DACA bill.
Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, and company all lobbed questions critical of Republicans. Of course, she served up a question that allowed Durbin to call Cotton and Perdue liars. Alicia Menendez, daughter of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) who recently skirted federal corruption charges, asked for a response to Cotton’s charge about Durbin waiting so long to comment on this remark. Durbin gave Republican Lindsey Graham (R-SC) credit for pushing back on the president’s comments, though Joy Behar said Graham is not credible since he walks a waffled line with the Trump White House.
It’s funny we talk about this because Dick Durbin made up a story about a private White House meeting in 2013. It was during the negotiations over the debt ceiling, where Durbin said that one GOP House leader told then-President Obama, “‘I cannot even stand to look at you.” There was only one problem: it never happened. The Obama White House even denied such an exchange never took place.
Co-host Meghan McCain brought this up when she questioned the senator.
Meghan McCain: “You have a history of misrepresenting statements from private White House meetings, and some say that you’ve actually done more harm than good to the DACA deal by revealing what Trump said in his private meeting. Do you think that’s true?”Sen. Dick Durbin, Illinois: Well, I can tell you what you hear behind me are the voices of democracy; demonstrators who are on Capitol Hill willing to be arrested in a non-violent way for the Dream Act. I believe the strength behind this, the energy behind this movement to help these DREAMERS, DACA protected, is stronger than ever.
McCain added that energy and consensus is all on the Democratic side, which does nothing to win over Republican votes. Hence, the reason why Democrats wanted to speak with Trump, who is more open to DACA protections than most on the Hill—and why Durbin’s actions over this kerfuffle over some vulgar remarks could derail negotiations. Durbin seemed hopeful that more GOP votes would come forward. Then, came the question about the looming shutdown
Meghan McCain: Senator, are Democrats willing to shut down the government on Friday over this DACA deal?Durbin: I didn’t run for the Senate to shut down the government.
The Illinois Democrat added that the DACA/DREAMER bill has to be done this week, and that he was off to another bipartisan meeting to try and hash out an agreement.
Yeah, that’s all good and all, but let the record show once again that Durbin has done exactly what he accused his Republican colleagues of doing regarding WH meetings: lie about them. And a Democrat, the leader of his own party at the time, called him out. As much as I would like to keep hammering Durbin on the fact that he did straight up lie about a WH meeting to make Republicans look bad, we need to move on and look to what this bill is going to look like. Frankly, it’s seems pretty likely that shutdown theater is coming soon.
Dick Durbin has confirmed that Dick Durbin said he said it, even though no one else heard him say it.
Let the Democrats shut down the government of the US citizens so they can protect illegal aliens from OUR LAWS!
Meghan has been a lights-out conservative in the past month... in contrast to daddy’s constant treason. Is this her new hubby’s influence?
Yep. Durbin confirms what Durbin reported.
Kinda like the old Alice Cooper song, “Caught In A Dream”:
I tell that to myself
And I agree
Has John McCain been seen in public since early December?
All I know is that he published a screed in the Washington Post. The man simply can’t resist pushing Leftist ideology in the nation’s leading Leftist tabloid.
I haven’t been a Meghan McCain fan but in this case she called Dick Durban out as the liar and prevaricator that he is.
I bet that he is seething at her over her statement about his past history of lying.
Notice that he didn’t give a direst answer to her direct question.
Not since before Christmas
Socialist scum.
Durbin helped kill DACA!
Way to go Dick!
His staff is busy putting out press releases, but nobody thinks that that is really John McCain. We have seen nothing of McCain since early December when he reportedly returned to Arizona in very poor condition. The pro-McCain press has avoided asking questions.
Someone published something with his name on it.
We don’t really know if he wrote it or when or even if he is in any condition to write anything.
Meghan was fairly conservative when she was on Fox. She is smart and quite analytical....I found myself agreeing with her more than not.
I don't believe in visiting the sins of the father upon the child, as the Good Book says.
However, I do believe she ought to see a new hair stylist...she looks like some plain-jane feminist nothingburger in this photo.
Leni
When she was on Outnumbered on Fox, she was exttemely conservative and very outspopken.
Give her credit.....she called him out real good.
“Dick the DACA Slayer!”
I think Durbin is at a loss to remember anything from these meetings he attends, and just makes up stuff later. Eventually, folks will record the meetings and when Durbin does his little ‘trick’...they will play the recording and dump Durbin by the side of the road. At that point, everyone will realize he’s a nutcase.
Not so much while she attempted the America Now evening show. Total airhead, progressive views with a Valley-girl delivery,
BTW, Buck Sexton is so outstanding in this slot, the show is now the Buck Sexton Show.
Shields High!
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