Somerset Ravens
Pro Bowler
Both parties are showing their ass during the government shutdown. I do think border security is a important issue but Trump wanting money for a wall is ridiculous when there are far better ways to spend money for border security.because it's about exerting power not really about the wall at all - the wall is the symbol of his campaign and his presidency - but its about the rise of authoritarian-type philosophies of leadership
part of me thinks he wants to crush the democrats by holding out because he has no empathy or sympathy for the government workers etc. who can no longer feed themselves or everything shutting down - he's hoping that the dems cant hold out that long because they cant let people suffer
and mcconnell is aiding him the whole way by not even letting bipartisan bills to reopen government even get on the floor
the problem for them from a public standpoint is that Nancy Pelosi has cleverly got ahead of the potential media battle and clearly positioned the democrats and the house of representatives as being willing and ready to open the government
i understand the tactic he's employing and i think it's crucial to democracy that it doesn't work
Pelosi and the Democrats are coming across as phony about there caring about the federal employees. All they want is a victory over Trump on their terms. If they truly cared they would work on negotiating a settlement.
The real blame for the shutdown falls on Congress. If they had passed the final three appropriations bills the government would not be going through this shutdown. If Congress would have passed comprehensive immigration reform we would not be talking about the wall. As is so often the case, Congress failing to act is hurting America.
Both parties need to stop playing games and
compromise so we can put an end to this shutdown.
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