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pdsimdars

(6,007 posts) Wed Jan 23, 2019, 05:30 PM Jan 2019

Very Important point -- The Shutdown Is Not a Result of Partisan Bickering

The Shutdown Is Not a Result of Partisan Bickering

Trump doesn’t want to fold because it would bruise his ego; Democrats can’t fold without undermining the separation of powers for the remainder of Trump’s presidency.

https://www.thenation.com/article/donald-trump-nancy-pelosi-government-shutdown/

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Very Important point -- The Shutdown Is Not a Result of Partisan Bickering (Original Post) pdsimdars Jan 2019 OP

Exactly! leftieNanner Jan 2019 #1

the shutdown started with Ryan and the Republican House Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #2

Precisely Sherman A1 Jan 2019 #3

+1 Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2019 #4

leftieNanner

(15,179 posts)

1. Exactly!

Reply to pdsimdars (Original post)

Wed Jan 23, 2019, 05:31 PM

Jan 2019

The Senate voted unanimously to fund the government in December and the House was about to do the same before Limbaugh, Coulter, and Hannity got to Trumpy. It was not partisan bickering at all. It was the Orange Bully being bullied himself by toxic "news" pundits.