Posted on 02/14/2025 12:15:33 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said on Friday in “MSNBC Reports” that President Donald Trump is already shutting down the government, so Democrats should not vote to fund it.
Swalwell said, “What we have to do in Congress, you know, is the branch that funds government and that funds the Department of Justice is to put in place, you know, guardrails and protections against this and that funding is coming up, by the way, in just a couple of weeks.”
Host Ali Vitali asked, “I’m glad that you asked about that funding, because there has been a lot of conversations about Democrats being able to leverage their standing here. Usually Republicans need Democrats to help them continue to keep the government open, help continue funding. What’s the leverage point that you’re comfortable with Democrats using? Would you be comfortable shutting down the government? And to what end? What do you need to extract from these negotiations?”
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Win win
What, you gonna detonate a nuke on us again, Smallowell?
As long as there is a quorum in the Congress that allows Republicans to vote, I’m good with the Democrats never voting again.
wear it with Pride RATS
These guys just keep wanting to Make My Day.
Please don’t throw me in that briar patch.
Well, schiff-for-brains, if we shut down government, we don’t need your “funding.”
Excellent!!! Fang, Fang would be so proud of her little Adam.
His spoken syntax is as broken up as peanut brittle.
I have to re-piece together what his actual message must be.
I think Eric is begrudgingly accepting the fact of this president’s authority to shut out select areas of government where there appears to be waste or redundancy.
This clown has only one choice left if he wants to be a true leftist hero:
Set himself on fire in front of the White House.
All that really matters is the last sentence of yesterday’s House Budget resolution.
All sorts of talk of spending cuts (spaced over 10 years, with maybe 0 in year 1), talk of making permanent Trump tax cuts (with an imposed cap on impact they would be allowed to have on the current deficit). Unspecified additional 200B spending cuts.
And the last sentence —
In increase in the debt ceiling by $4T.
ok
And this is bad how?
OK.
and CNN and AP should boycott the WH.
The two remaining marbles came up with something. I am impressed.
Oh, please don’t shut the government down and take the blame! Not that!
Shut down the government? How dare he!
This right here caused me to break out laughing.
https://x.com/washingtonpost/status/1884627901741498658
I was thinking, “yeah, a bunch of airheads”.
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