Posted on 10/05/2025 2:15:30 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Senator Chuck Schumer and Speaker Mike Johnson each accused the other of not being “serious” about talks to end the shutdown as the government was closed for a fifth day.
President Trump remained focused on blaming Democrats and repeating his threats to carry out mass firings of federal workers on Sunday, the fifth day of the government shutdown.
Mr. Trump, speaking at the White House before attending an event in Virginia for the 250th anniversary of the Navy, insisted that Democrats would be to blame if he moved forward with job reductions that could be in the thousands. “Anybody laid off, that’s because of the Democrats,” he said.
Both sides appeared entrenched: Speaker Mike Johnson, on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” and Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, appearing on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” accused each other of not being “serious” about ending the shutdown.
Representative Hakeem Jeffries,the House minority leader, complained that Republicans and Mr. Trump had “gone radio silent” for at least a week.
“What we’ve seen is negotiation through deepfake videos, the House canceling votes and, of course, President Trump spending yesterday on the golf course,” Mr. Jeffries said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “That’s not responsible behavior.”
Republicans have insisted that Democrats again agree to a stopgap plan, like they did earlier this year, to maintain funding and reopen the government. Democrats are refusing to advance the plan unless Republicans agree to roll back Medicaid cuts and extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, which make health insurance less expensive for nearly all who buy their own coverage.
The program, commonly known as Obamacare, “is a disaster,” Mr. Trump said on Sunday. He told reporters that he wanted to improve the program — a refrain he has repeated for years, without introducing a comprehensive plan to do so.
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The best thing that could happen to America (next to hearts turning away from trusting in man and toward trusting in the Lord) would be the massive dismantling of the 80%+ unconstitutional portion of the federal gov’t.
As in 1776 when the odds were against us and the invisible Hand of Divine Providence miraculously birthed our nation, so now that same Hand is at work.
I’m going to start this stadium chant while waving my pompoms. “DO-IT! DO_IT!DO-IT! DO_IT!DO-IT! DO_IT!” (Come on. Join in.) “DO-IT! DO_IT!”
Sombrero Shutdown
My advice is this: Don’t make threats you aren’t planning to back up.
I feel if the administration was serious about this, the firings would have occurred last week. I hope I’m proved wrong.
Mr. Trump...you have had a week.
You need to start the dismissals, just as you said you would.
Stop pussyfooting around.
Stop playing with the Dhimmicrats.
Start firing people.
The shutdown is laid right at the feet of the democrats.
Mr. President, you don’t make threats unless you are prepared to follow through on them. So follow through already!!
“… negotiation through deepfake videos, the House canceling votes and, of course, President Trump spending yesterday on the golf course,”
It wasn’t a deepfake video, unless Jeffries actually wears a cartoon sombrero. The House doesn’t vote on this CR. Yesterday was Saturday, and the weather was perfect for golf.
Jeffries is typically stupid.
Don’t just threaten,,,DO IT!
Quit the Threats and Start the Layoffs.
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