With a potential government shutdown just days away, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (NY) dug in on Sunday, telling Meet The Press that President Trump is "not going to get the wall in any form."
Last Tuesday Trump, Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) clashed over Trump's $5 billion demand for border wall funding in an awkwardly televised argument in the Oval Office, prompting Schumer to later declare on the Senate Floor: "I want to be crystal clear. There will be no additional appropriations to pay for the border wall. It’s done." >"I don’t know why we just don’t proceed to keep government open so that people can be home for the holidays." Chuck reiterated
Meanwhile, the odds of a shutdown spiked to 58% on PredictIt. Rep. Paul Mitchell (R-MI) thinks the odds are even higher. "The odds are 65/35 we're shutting down. >"Trump will get the blame, but he won’t care," added an unnamed GOP lawmaker quoted by The Hill. "And the base will love him for it."
The last time the government shut down in January, the GOP-controlled House was able to pass a short-term spending solution until February 16 - only to be blocked by Schumer and Democratic Senators because it did not have provisions for immigrants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
it's a good show, but a government "shutdown" barely shuts down anything. I still applaud Trump for doing it, if he actually does it. He should play scorched Earth brinkmanship and veto all spending bills until he gets funding. If holding the government hostage is the only way to get the traitors in Congress to secure our border, so be it.
Kayden Hernandez
What are the odds that the government shutdown just lasts indefinitely? A man can only dream of such a perfect happening.
Of course, if the government shuts down for a really extended time period, the economy suffer. I am willing to suffer losses for this issue, however.
James Carter
One the one hand after the last spending bill President Trump said he wouldn't do it again. I have very little faith he won't cuck though I pray I am wrong
Wyatt Martin
>protecting the border is wrong
Andrew Jenkins
oy vey
Anthony Ortiz
Let the economy suffer. It will scare away all the shitskins from coming into this country and will ignite peoples will to actually take care of the country they live in, instead of assuming our current government is useful in any way.
The consequence is shutting down the government. Bootlickers get the bullet.
Xavier Moore
Trump doesn't give a fuck, he will shut that shit down indefinitely. Shit, probably even until the next election.
Luke Williams
And apparently you niggers dont have the votes to not shut down the government.
Ian Walker
Drain the swamp
Joseph Parker
what a creepy reptilian-hybrid Jew
Jayden Fisher
I REALLY hope Trump doesn't cuck. I have no doubt there are people whispering in his ear to not shut down the government.
Trump needs to sign an executive order that during a shut down congress, no congress members get paid. They'll fund the wall real fucking quick after that.
Brandon Myers
>Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (NY) dug in on Sunday, telling Meet The Press that President Trump is "not going to get the wall in any form." Understand the holohoax psyop and what jews did to the West post-WW2
We all know the only ones bitching will be the poor people that rely on handouts both niggers and rednecks
Parker Hughes
Can you read? It is of no consequence to me if the government gets shut down because I hate the federal government. The left needs to avoid a shutdown much more so than the right. Ha ha ha
>"I don’t know why we just don’t proceed to keep government open so that people can be home for the holidays." Chuck reiterated Why does a jew want to go home for Christmas? Also, here is a link you can have some fun with youtu.be/i0X4AFjMipY?t=45
They are fucked. Trump clearly intends to have military build the wall. The rest is just theater.
Robert Anderson
If the government closes then they can have an extended holiday. It's not like they won't get backpay when it opens again. Oh wait, he's referring to himself and his colleagues. Fuck them.
Colton Wilson
>>"Trump will get the blame, but he won’t care,"
The hero we need, but not the one we deserve.
Connor Robinson
pretty much this. I'm surprised though that the Dems calling the wall racist wins over lefties. I mean why would high influence and powerful Dem's not want a wall, unless they are involved or make lots of money off drug smuggling and human trafficking?
Josiah Taylor
I think the troops would throw a trumpist coup if kept without pay for long.
"Starve the troops to open the border" won't win any political points that matter.
Adrian Lewis
Because they care about, and only about, the brown people vote.
They gave up on trying to appeal to undecided voters, and are just going whole hog on winning by demographics.
There's even an article writing scared that the demographic shift isn't gonna be fast enough to beat trump in 2020.