Discussion: Durbin: If Trump Vetoes Hypothetical Funding Bill, 'We're In The Soup Again'

Not here in the fashionable hills of NW Connecticut!

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Trump has many reasons to veto what ever comes along -

mainly because it is like doing a sloppy job of disassembling & reassembling a piece of complicated machinery - do it several times and at some point it completely ceases to work - and Trump truly believes that would be good for him
He has two reasons - a. his high moron factor base inherently believes that the Federal government should be stripped down to about 40 employees and things would be great. ā€¦ and b. for Trump - the more chaos & disarray - the more he can loot and appropriate for himself.

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nothin like their hey-day though ā€¦

[ I can remember getting a real A&W rootbeer ] ā€¦ :wink:

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The King of Root Beers.

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Itā€™s a recent affliction. During the Obama administration the GOP Congress was well aware of its power to hamstring the Executive Branch.

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Theyā€™re predisposed to inaction.

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Are there no Republicans who want to open the government to get to the 60 veto-proof level?

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then watch out for that man of the people Paul Ryan as he ladles you a nice steaming bowl of independence chowder

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not so fast

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not a root beer fan - until itā€™s poured into a mug with vanilla ice cream - then - oh boy

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Theyā€™re all afraid of making Trump voters mad

I get the party loyalty thing ā€¦ to a point. However, these seem to be extraordinary circumstances and at a certain point you would think, considering the economic damage that has already been done, it becomes country first. It isnā€™t just about Trump. It is the whole republican party that the blame falls on.

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If there were a way that Trump could literally blow up the entire country with the press of a button he would use that as leverage to get what he wants. And if he didnā€™t get what he wants heā€™d blow us all up. He doesnā€™t care about us or the country. This is about getting what he wants.

McCarthy now says it doesnā€™t have to be a wall, it can be a ā€œbarrierā€. So, just give Trump $ 100 and send him to Home Depot to pick up some chicken wire

Iā€™d put it a little more explicitly than Durbin but ANOTHER shutdown would be a mess. And it would be insane of Trump to try to invoke emergency powers to overcome a legislative dispute.

Is anyone making the point that if this is a national emergency, how can it just calmly wait for a few more weeks/months until something is done about it? Of course we all know itā€™s NOT an emergency, but using Drumpfā€™s own panic against him, ask him and the GOP how it is that this emergency can wait.

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Or here in rural Shelton Washington.