The White House campaign to secure votes from wavering House GOP members includes promising conservatives that Trump can impound funds after Congress approves them.
Then there is no reason for the Democrats to vote for a budget that the President has already committed to ignoring. A shut down is the only option available to them.
Democrats are loath to cause a government shutdown.
Too fucking bad.
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We call them Vichy Democrats
“Quisling” works too and it has a nice sound to it.
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“Here’s why Democrats are especially reluctant to let that happen.”
Because established Dem leadership are all feckless, spineless, ball-less, weak-as-water pansies with no political will for this or any other fight.
They will sit back and witness the complete demise of US democracy rather than upset their precious rules of decorum.
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I take issue with your statement. Water is not weak. Water shapes the mountains, can cut steel, and gave rise to life as we know it. Dem leadership has none of those qualities. They are more like old warm pudding on a sidewalk.
I take your point…
While assuming you recognize the phrase “weak-as-water” is taken to mean as opposed to alcoholic beverages, yes?
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Great post! Republicans have full control of Congress, the White House and the courts. This is what they wanted, now they should be able to run it with no help of VOTES from the Democrats.
I was so pissed when 10 Democrats actually voted for Greene’s censure. Every one of those Dems should be harshly punished by the Dem leadership. When Greene was tossed out, the rest of those Dems should have started acting up again as soon as HitlerPig started speaking again. They should have done it again and again and again until there wasn’t a Dem left in the chamber. The next day, NOBODY would have been talking about HitlerPig’s speech, they would have been talking about the massive Democratic protest. It would have energized the Dem base. Instead, they cowered, and then voted to punish the only guy who stood up for America.
It’s almost like they’d vote to make opposition parties illegal in an effort to avoid being called obstructionists. They’ll get theirs. They always do.
I think causing a shut down would be good for democratic morale. Trump and his sycophants are going to cut all the funding anyways, may as well use it as a rallying cry.
Short answer - Yes.
Republicans account for 13 government shutdowns, 8 all in Reagan’s terms. 1 under H.W Bush. 2 under Bill Clinton (when Republicans had both Senate/House with a Democratic president). 1 with Obama (with a bipartisan House/Senate split). 3 under Commander Dipshit and a looming one like this one.
So, a large majority of these shutdowns are of course caused by Republicans.
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