Whatever the outcome, the hostage taking of shutdowns and debt ceiling games must end.
Lame duck…Quack, quack…
They are getting tired of the wall tantrum, no matter what ms Lindsay says.
I hope you’re right.
Okay. So McConnell’s had it. Or he’s had it for now. He may slither back toward Trump when it becomes expedient again. But it’s delightful to see him floundering and defeated now. He’s lost his mojo.
I think you’re pretty much guaranteed that that shit is over
Thank You Ms Pelosi for staying strong
They know there ain’t going to be no fucking wall
I translate as, “We’ll do our job, the President will do his.”
“Obviously it would be great if the president decided to sign the bill,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told reporters Tuesday afternoon…"
“But,” McConnell continued, “he’s busy sucking Binky with a full diaper load, and won’t even notice till Teletubbies ends anyway.”
(“His favorite one is Cocky Shiitake.”)
Pelosi should offer to pay for the paint needed to spiff up the existing sections, nothing more.
Democrats hold all the cards here.
If they hold firm or offer an amount for border security only (not a wall), and Trump shuts the government -again- Republicans get jammed. If Trump declares a national emergency, that jams McConnell and will, in any case, ultimately lead nowhere. I just don’t see a wall in Trump’s future.
Mitch McConnell has every bit as much interest in paying for Donald’s fucking wall as does Vincente Fox.
I mean, seriously, Republican Senators are more than willing to work with Tim Scott to get what they want, if that’s what it takes. They’re results-oriented people. What does dicking around with (realistically) ten or fifteen years worth of wall construction get them? Half of them will be dead by then.
In contrast, you could snap your fingers and give the dotard his big, beautiful wall, very tall folks, from sea to shining sea, 45’ high, no, now it’s 10’ higher tomorrow and he still wouldn’t know what to do with it or how to be happy about it. It’s about the grievance, not the product. Nothing will ever make Trump satisfied in his own skin.
It’s like the Senate GOP has finally realized, after 2+ years…you lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas.
Has Mitch ever blinked in advance like this? Can’t remember a time. I think people are discounting the chances of Trump doing a second shutdown by vetoing the border security legislation.
Have y’all been seeing how busy the Special Counsel and SDNY are these days? Do you think Trump needs a distraction? Yeah, he does.
Of course, Trump will sign the bill. He’s got nothing… well, except for international organized crime, but , Mitch…
Mitch, Mitch, why are you letting this quasi-liberal, New York grifter roll you? He caves. Trump always caves.
Republicans, y’all need to catch up with Putin.
I think more like you go into the pack knowing you’re going to pick up some fleas, but it’ll be worth it, but when putative alpha barks back and says “OH WOW, FOLKS, NOW THESE TICKS, THESE NECROTIZING AUSTRALIAN PARALYTIC TICKS HERE, THEY’RE JUST TREMENDOUS, VERY POWERFUL, THE VERY BEST PARASITES YOU EVER SAW, MANY DOGS SAY”, they kinda hold back a few paces.
If McConnell breaks with Trump on THIS, the spell may be broken for good, because Trump will never forgive McConnell, and McConnell ain’t going anywhere - at least before 2021.
The rift inside the GOP base will be titanic, however. This a rift the Democrats should exploit to the hilt. If they can, they should use this to bury as many of these MFer’s for good as politically possible !
Fuck you, Mitch. You own him, he’s chained around your neck like a Cat-5 storm anchor, and we are going to throw you over the motherfucking side and laugh while you drown. You fucking deserve it.
McConnell is contemptuous, and I don’t feel the least bit sorry for him in his current predicament.
But it’s time for all the sane and uncompromised Republicans Senators and Representatives to cut Trump loose. He’s not worth it. He’s not worth it for you. He’s not worth it for your families. He’s not worth it for your constituents (whether they know it or not). Cut the insane and vile man loose.
This is the best fleasplaining I’ve read here. Well done.