Posted on 12/13/2018 6:50:33 PM PST by Olog-hai
A looming, partial government shutdown would be “stupid” but might be unavoidable if Democrats refuse to support President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall with Mexico, the second-ranking House Republican said on Thursday.
Even if Republicans assemble enough votes to approve the wall in the House, the plan probably will fail in the Senate, said Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California. The House majority leader noted that Senate Democrats have pledged to block the bill from receiving the necessary 60 votes.
McCarthy said on the House floor that he thinks “going into a shutdown is stupid,” but he offered no immediate plan before the Dec. 21 deadline. The House adjourned for six days soon after his remarks.
McCarthy’s comments put him at odds with Trump, who said this week that he would be “proud to shut down the government” in the name of border security. […]
Texas Sen. John Cornyn, the Senate’s No 2 Republican, said he does not understand Trump’s strategy. “Maybe he’s figured it out and he’ll tell us in due course, but I don’t understand it,” Cornyn told The Washington Post. …
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The man obviously does not have the intelligence to see ahead as to how his words develop meaning or how they will be twisted.
Is he saying that Trump’s threat is stupid? Is he saying that he concept of shutting down the government is stupid? Is he saying that the democrats refusal to cooperate is stupid?
It would be better if these politicians did not feel the need to comment before the cameras on every conceivable topic, as Cassidy did yesterday.
Cassidy was led to say he was concerned about Trump violating the law. A complete idiot.
Then his words were twisted.
“Republicans haven’t learned a damn thing from all this yet, have they.
Effing surrender artists.”
The Republicans make the French look like the Spartans at Thermopylae.
I would agree with your analysis but you could be wrong. Remember Perot dropped out and basically endorsed Clinton. The Rats are far less likely to vote for anyone but another Rat so l think a 3rd party run whether it be Trump or Kasich pretty much gaurentees a Rat win.
The GOP is doing exactly what they are paid to do, block the citizens from stopping the illegal alien inundation.
They are not stupid, they are complicit.
I think Perot’s main motivation was to screw Bush Sr. ,because it certainly played out that way!
And agree 3rd party run guarantees a Rat win.
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