Posted on 12/11/2018 9:52:33 AM PST by Sub-Driver
BREAKING NEWS: Trump in public Oval Office shouting match with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer as he threatens to shut down the government to get his wall built - and they call him a 'Pinocchio' and tell him: 'Elections have consequences'
Congress and the president must agree on a federal funding proposal by Dec. 21
Trump wants $5 billion to fund his border wall and had Washington worried he would engineer a partial shut down of the government if he doesn't get it
Democrats are offering him $1.6 billion that can be used on fencing not concrete
He indicated Tuesday that he had a new strategy: have the military build the wall
Democratic senators warned just yesterday that the military does not have the authority to use defense funds to build border barriers on a bombing range in AZ
Trump fired off tweets that cast immigrants as disease-carrying lawbreakers hours before Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer were due at the White House
Democratic leaders will meet Trump at 11:30 am to hash out a spending deal
By Francesca Chambers, White House Correspondent For Dailymail.com
Published: 08:00 EST, 11 December 2018 | Updated: 12:43 EST, 11 December 2018
Donald Trump's negotiating session with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer spiraled wildly out of control on Tuesday, with the politicians viciously tearing into the president in plain view of reporters.
Pelosi informed him that his border wall wouldn't pass in the House of Representatives, where Republicans hold a majority of seats, if it came for a vote.
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Bitch slapped Nan. LOL!
Best. Meeting. Ever.
At least, ever since the last time Trump pulled this exact same move against these exact same Democrats.
schumer looks like a sofa troll.
Republicans always act like they’re at a country club or attending some type of genteel social event where they are afraid of saying anything that might offend their “friends”. Instead they should be fighting for us on the political battlefield. Alas, they are a hopeless and useless lot.
Trump and Reagan tried to show the Republicans how to win but they are resistant to the concept.
I’m in for $100 today, donating more as more people chip in.
Exactly right. The more transparency in government the better.
Schumer: “elections have consequences, Mr. President”
Trump: “ “and that’s why the country is doing so well.”
My thoughts: It is unclear what the country really wants with regards to the Wall. If they really thought it was necessary, why did they hand back Congressional power to the Democrats?
Trump is in a position to cram this down their throats if they resist.
Here’s hoping they resist.
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I sat there in 2011 in a Pentagon agency...wasting a dozen hours planning our short-man operations plan. They were entirely serious that we’d be on the no-work situation unless deemed ‘essential’. In the end...about half of the civilians were on non-essential list and were preparing for trips to visit relatives or vacations. They all knew they’d be paid for the off-days. I had a ten-day trip planned and they screwed that up by making me essential.
Her Indian name: “crazy eyes”.
The shutdown threat is a bluff.
It’s about time the uniparty was called on it.
Are you learning Mr. Pence for this how you fight evil.
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