Discussion: McConnell Says He's Not Going To 'End Up' Shutting Down Gov't Over Border Wall

It kinda, sorta feels like Mitch knows he f’ed up when he said out loud what he thinks about social security and medicare cuts.

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Duh. Exactly one man in Washington gives a shit about the stupid fucking wall.

Well, maybe also Steve ‘Cantaloupe’ King.

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GOP: Home of the Whopper!

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Remember: we were told that the spending cuts would spur growth and not lead to catastrophic deficits, that there was no need for comprehensive analysis of the economic impact of the GOP tax changes (as tax reform always gets), and that giving cuts and loopholes to the rich would help everyone.

Failure on their part should not lead to service reduction on my part. And if they want to cut SSI, I’ll take the money I put in plus market returns. Assholes.

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Of course he’s going to, he doesn’t WANT that wall because a lot of GOP donors actually want immigration reform due to cheaper labor.

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“The speaker and I are going to try to help the President get funding for a wall for a year,” he said, according to CNN. “Shutting down the government is something that’s widely disliked by virtually every American and I don’t think we’re going to do it.

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Picture of the second most corrupt, immoral, unethical man in Congress. Of course there are so many others to include Pence, Cornyn, Barraso, Thune oh heck not enough room to include them all.

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Oh, sure, let’s just fund it for a year, then defund it if it’s no longer required. Never heard of the sunk cost fallacy, have we?

but has lamented to reporters that he decided to sign