Posted on 12/11/2018 10:24:54 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warned Tuesday in front of the White House that there will be a government shutdown if President Donald Trump refuses to budge from his demand for $5 billion of wall funding. He spoke after the tense meeting with President Trump.
The bottom line is simple. The President made clear that he wants a shutdown. His position, if he sticks to his position for a $5 billion wall, he will get no wall and he will get a shutdown. The bottom line is very, very simple. That is, we want border security. We offered him border security. But Americans know that the wall, not paid for by Mexico anymore, is not the way to border security.
Schumer insisted that Democrats "have offered" border security funding and warned of what he and Pelosi have termed a "Trump shutdown."
"This Trump shutdown, this temper tantrum that he seems to throw, will not get him his wall and will hurt a lot of people," Schumer said.
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The body language speaks volumes.
“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.
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.
Id love to see the look on Chuckles face when he saw the press in there recording the entire meeting !
“I dont 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.
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 doesnt want to look into the faces of American families who have lost loved ones to someone who shouldnt be here so, yes, he is willing to do what is necessary to protect the American people.
It's all theater.
The dems did not go in there to negotiate - they went there for the cameras and the headlines.
So Schumer wants border security but not a wall. Confusing for an uneducated white deplorable like me
Media already pulling out their cookbook of stories that will explain how the government shut down is a disaster. Children and minorities hardest hit.
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 governments shut down on the federal holidays. You like Christmas? Governments closed. You like Thanksgiving? Governments closed. Labor day? Governments closed. Martin Luther Kings birthday? Governments closed. Presidents Day? Governments closed. Over and over and over again. Meanwhile, essential employees are always on the job. So whats the problem? Social Security checks go out, Medicare checks go out, Medicaid checks go out, the militarys fundedwhats the problem?
Take all the doors/locks off of Schumer’s house. This will make it more secure.
LOL
Good. Shut it down!
Hoping that shutdown threat is a Promise!!!
Then shut it down Mr. President.
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
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.
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.
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.
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