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Democrats dismiss Trump Shutdown Offer (Before he even makes his speech [4pm ET] )
Axios ^ | 1-19-19 | Caitlin Owens, Jonathan Swan

Posted on 01/19/2019 11:56:56 AM PST by springwater13

Even before President Trump's shutdown remarks on Saturday, Democratic aides on the Hill were dismissing his planned shutdown compromise offer as inadequate.

As first reported by Axios, Trump was expected to make two offers to Democrats in exchange for $5.7 billion in funds for a border wall: Extend DACA protections for Dreamers, who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children, and extend the legal status of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders. But hours before the speech, Democratic Whip Dick Durbin said in a statement: "I cannot support the proposed offer as reported and do not believe it can pass the Senate." "First, President Trump and Senate Majority Leader McConnell must open the government today. Second, I cannot support the proposed offer as reported and do not believe it can pass the Senate. Third, I am ready to sit down at any time after the government is opened and work to resolve all outstanding issues." — Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Il.)

A Democratic aide told Axios: "Dems were not consulted on this and have rejected similar overtures previously."And a House Democratic aide said: "Similar inadequate offers from the Administration were already rejected by Democrats."

"The BRIDGE Act does not fully protect Dreamers and is not a permanent solution." "This is not a compromise as it includes the same wasteful, ineffective $5.7 billion wall demand that shut down the government in the first place." "This cannot pass the House or Senate." "The President must agree to re-open government and join Democrats to negotiate on border security measures that work and not an expensive and ineffective wall that the President promised Mexico would pay for."

(Excerpt) Read more at axios.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: border; democrats; shutdown
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1 posted on 01/19/2019 11:56:56 AM PST by springwater13
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To: springwater13

People getting excited about the Trump shutdown DACA for Wall trade need to chill.

It is all for PR purposes. Democrats will accept nothing for the wall and this is just optics to show them as completely unreasonable and unwilling to compromise before he declares the National Emergency, probably at the State of the Union Speech In Exile at the Senate or Southern Border.


2 posted on 01/19/2019 11:58:24 AM PST by springwater13
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To: springwater13

Told U all that Trump is a GENIUS..”Dreamers” will be pissed..they will say “Wait I thought Dems care about us” Dems will NEVER agree to a wall, open borders is their ticket to permanent power..all those millions of new illegal alien voters, they will NEVER give that up


3 posted on 01/19/2019 11:58:39 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: springwater13

Predictable and anticipated. DJT will look to have gone an extra mile before declining an emergency.


4 posted on 01/19/2019 11:58:59 AM PST by JonPreston
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To: springwater13

They so want that government open so they can stick the knife right in his back again. Don’t fall for it Donald


5 posted on 01/19/2019 11:59:09 AM PST by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man.)
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To: springwater13

He should demand $7k now.


6 posted on 01/19/2019 11:59:14 AM PST by Mercat
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To: springwater13

Hey Dick Turbin. My vote is to keep the government shutdown until the wall is built.

Then we will talk.

5.56mm


7 posted on 01/19/2019 11:59:39 AM PST by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
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To: springwater13

Well, guess we need to go to Plan B: deport DemocRats and sanity will be restored.


8 posted on 01/19/2019 12:01:19 PM PST by bluejean (I'm becoming a cranky old person. It really annoys me.)
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To: Mercat
He should demand $7k now.

He should go back to the original $20B-$25B he was asking for to build the double wall with a road in between.

9 posted on 01/19/2019 12:01:38 PM PST by gubamyster
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To: M Kehoe

Agree with 5.56mm


10 posted on 01/19/2019 12:02:22 PM PST by mplc51
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To: springwater13

Surrender and we’ll negotiate.


11 posted on 01/19/2019 12:02:31 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: springwater13
A Democratic aide told Axios: "Dems were not consulted on this...

Waaaaahhhh. Boo hoo.

12 posted on 01/19/2019 12:03:14 PM PST by Fresh Wind (Fox News: "We distort, you deride")
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To: springwater13

Dems dismiss Trump offer in plan before they hear it or know what it says…..


Some Woody Allen movie had a line like “I reject myself before even talking to a woman. Since she was going to reject me anyway, it is more efficient and saves time and energy to reject myself beforehand.”


13 posted on 01/19/2019 12:03:19 PM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud,noncitizens & illegals voting & leftist media news censorship or we're finished.)
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To: springwater13

IF they dismiss his offer without hearing it first then it can no longer be called “Trumps Shutdown”. He should make that distinction clear.


14 posted on 01/19/2019 12:03:55 PM PST by BipolarBob (Occasional-Cortex " Just because I don't know what Armageddon means, it's not the end of the world".)
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To: Eleutheria5

Complete evety inch and then we will negotiate... anything else is amnesty ala 1986.. it destroyed our democracy.


15 posted on 01/19/2019 12:04:23 PM PST by momincombatboots (No wall? We withdraw our money from banks.)
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To: springwater13

Tells us all we need to know about the the DemonicRats.


16 posted on 01/19/2019 12:04:25 PM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: springwater13

“Inadequate”

They seem to think all their vote rigged wins in 2018 make them invincible.


17 posted on 01/19/2019 12:04:36 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

YUP - if that’s the offer on the table then a lotta DACAs will be rethinking who is their friend. If Hispanics starting voting GOP then suddenly the rats will want a wall.


18 posted on 01/19/2019 12:04:37 PM PST by Aria
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To: springwater13

Trump should say DACA for the entire border wall.


19 posted on 01/19/2019 12:05:24 PM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: springwater13

Wasteful is Pelosi taking all her grandkids on a taxpayer funded boondoggle.


20 posted on 01/19/2019 12:06:39 PM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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