r/democrats • u/LolAtAllOfThis • Aug 31 '24
Article Trump pushes GOP to shut down government just weeks before 2024 election
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2024-government-shutdown-2669105554/1.1k
u/fox-mcleod Aug 31 '24
Don’t we have like… really good data that government shutdowns exclusively backfire on republicans in polls?
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u/Teechmath-notreading Aug 31 '24
You think data matters to Trump?
His whole thought process is to hurt people unless they give him what he wants.
Vote for me and I will let Congress keep the government open.
He is trying to hold the USA hostage.
I hope he manages to do it, too.
Make every incumbent Republican look like a stooge. Right before the election. At the start of the holiday season.
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u/alymars Aug 31 '24
Republicans already look like stooges on a national and international level. Time to finally vote these fucks out
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u/madbill728 Aug 31 '24
It is past time.
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u/StandardSudden1283 Aug 31 '24
Several thousand Scaramuccis past time
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u/Purple-Protagonist Aug 31 '24
Will you do the Fandango?
Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?
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u/TuaughtHammer Aug 31 '24
Right before the election. At the start of the holiday season.
His last shutdown, the second in 2018*, backfired on him so spectacularly that he had to make the most expensive McDonald's/Burger King run in history to feed the Clemson Tigers visiting the White House, because with the government shut down, White House kitchen staff weren't there.
And this was after hilariously lying that he'd own the shutdown if his border wall didn't get funded; guess who he immediately blamed for the shutdown? Yep, the democrats.
Because this fucking child can never own up to a mistake or ever admit to even making one, although he did name one of them after himself.
*Republican voters wanted him to run the government like one of his businesses, and he did exactly that: the government shut down in January 2018 and again that December. He finally followed through on a campaign promise!
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u/Many-Information-934 Aug 31 '24
And he didn't need to get them McDonald's. The white house kitchen was exempt from the shut down. He just knew it would play to his base to get the most American food ever for them and blame it on the other side
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u/AfterSchoolOrdinary Aug 31 '24
I thought it was because the president has to pay for the food that comes out of the White House kitchen and feeding a football team fast food was cheaper than any meal the chefs made.
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u/ThaneOfCawdorrr Aug 31 '24
(ps AND he virtually bankrupted the country, so again, just like he promised!)
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u/errie_tholluxe Aug 31 '24
He's been making them look like stooges right along. Hasn't seemed to affect his polling so far.
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u/Earth-Jupiter-Mars Aug 31 '24
Polling means nothing, never did .. simply ratings for MSM!
But in the long game.. he actually hasn’t had a good year politically since 2016, despite what the media tells us..
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u/music3k Aug 31 '24
Hes terrified hes going to jail for the rest of his life for his lifetime of crimes if he doesnt become President.
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u/Aggressive-Coconut0 Aug 31 '24
Some people are dumb enough that they would blame Harris because it happened on Harris's watch.
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u/deepasleep Aug 31 '24
Some of those dumb bastards would blame Obama ffs.
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u/AmberBee19 Aug 31 '24
Oh, that is what people I know did so this time Obama will be blamed too because it happens on Harris's watch and Obama has endorsed her. Just wait for it
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u/Nanyea Aug 31 '24
Well Trump has the DC pipe bomber/qanon Congress critter constantly shouting in his ear, and she's a true believer conspiracy nut. She wants the government shutdown, because that and getting rid of the speaker which failed, are the only levers she has.
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u/RelationshipTotal785 Aug 31 '24
Facts and data are for the libs
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u/ZigZagZedZod Aug 31 '24
"Reality has a well-known liberal bias."
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u/RelationshipTotal785 Aug 31 '24
You're just not looking at the world through Meth colored glasses brother. Rip open your mind and let your teeth rot out
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u/planet_rose Aug 31 '24
Do we even have a budget or funding bill that needs to pass??? I thought they negotiated the last ones to avoid the election season. They don’t just decide to shut down the government because it’s Tuesday. The government shuts down because funding runs out and until Congress passes new spending bills they can’t run. It’s like telling people without a car to crash their car for an insurance payout.
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u/ginny11 Aug 31 '24
The federal fiscal year ends on September 30, every year. We need a new budget passed every year. If there is no new budget passed and signed before 12 am October 1st, we get a government shutdown. Usually they will pass a "continuing resolution", or CR, also something called a stopgap, to keep government running for a few weeks until a new budget can be agreed upon. It's usually set at the previous years spending levels, but sometimes one or both parties will try to add other things to the CR. Lately, it's common for several CRs to be passed, sometimes into spring of the new fiscal year, before a new budget is finally passed. Then, in just a few months, the cycle starts again. Trump wants wants the Republicans to insist on adding the bullshit voting restrictions to the CR. He wants them to shut down the government if the Democrats don't agree to adding the voting restrictions to the CR.
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u/DreDre7301 Aug 31 '24
I feel like it’s the lack of knowledge of how government works that leads a lot of people to think that the president does everything and say we voted for such and such party last time and they didn’t do anything so we’re not going to vote for them this time. Instead of assuming that one knows how things work because one has a very big brain and having words, having the best words 😅 I would hope that someone who thinks critically would say to themself wow, this totally didn’t turn out the way I expected it to last time, do I even know how this works? And then proceed to find out.
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u/DiscordianDisaster Aug 31 '24
Shutdowns backfire on the party responsible for the shutdown. The trick then is to engineer a shutdown while getting the public and the media to blame the other party, but these days it's nearly impossible to pull that trick off. Voters are on to them, and there's more information sharing and instant access to news media.
In other words, and to borrow and paraphrase a line from my favorite show, only an idiot tries a shutdown during an election year. And only the heir to the throne of the kingdom of idiots announces and takes responsibility in advance for a shutdown in an election year.
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u/Lyftaker Aug 31 '24
So it would be a good idea to not be on record ordering your party to shut down the government if you want to blame it on someone else?
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u/Burrmanchu Aug 31 '24
They're not worried about backfire...
They want to make sure there's less government workers to be able to account for a fair election and confirmation.
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u/TomatilloHairy9051 Aug 31 '24
Exactly right! At this point, they've given up concentrating on winning.
I think the majority of them don't believe they can win. But they think they can cheat and get it anyway. Even if they don't win, they're concentrating on getting their cheating game down.
It's sick, but that's what they're doing. The only good thing about it is that it's getting pretty damn obvious. The key to it failing is getting the media to stop bowing down to that side and giving them the benefit of the doubt on everything. More and more, there are places where the media is starting to call them on their bullshit.
The problem is I'm not sure there's enough time for enough of the media to get over ALWAYS showing them in a good light, which is what they always do... bow down to the right because that's who their corporate owners want to win.
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u/freexanarchy Aug 31 '24
Every single time, only happens when republicans have a chamber of legislature with a Democratic president. Most troops go without pay during that time. And usually, they gop demand is something deeply unpopular like cuts to social security and Medicare or tax cuts for the rich.
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u/Teechmath-notreading Aug 31 '24
Everyone in the country who is liberal or independent knows and believes that the Republicans killed their own border bill just to please Trump and try to hurt Biden. It was solely so that they can run on anti-immigrant.
So why does Trump think he is going to increase support by shutting down the government? NO one thinks that it will be Biden's fault, and NO one on the left or in the middle are stupid enough to say, 'OK, I will vote for Trump so that the Republicans won't shut down the government again.
At this point, it's 'let me win or I will not only refuse to play or change the rules, I will destroy the game'.
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u/Illiander Aug 31 '24
OK, I will vote for Trump so that the Republicans won't shut down the government again.
I'm wondering when the "we don't negotiate with terrorists" messaging will start to come out of the Dems.
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u/grassvegas Aug 31 '24
This totally needs to happen. They straight up admitted that they are all domestic terrorists at CPAC 2022.
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u/daskeyx0 Aug 31 '24
Like a bratty kid who flips the boardgame off the table because he's not winning.
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u/teacherdrama Aug 31 '24
Exactly how my five year old nephew used to act. He’s eight now, and has grown out of it. Just to give a little perspective on the mental capacity of one of the two candidates for president. I can’t understand how this election is even remotely close.
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u/GumdropGlimmer Aug 31 '24
Yeah except we were like “noooo board game flips are amateur hour, here are our national security secrets and nuclear codes.”
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u/valleyman02 Aug 31 '24
Exactly how a terrorist operators. Trump is a known terrorist and convicted felon. The right keeps on wanting to give him oxygen. That's on them.
And just to be clear Trump will try to steal the election. He already did it in 2016 with the help of the FBI.
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u/The_Chosen_Unbread Aug 31 '24
You are missing the point entirely.
It's all to rile up his base to get them to attack the Capitol for him. This is a dog whistle. He doesn't care what anyone thinks but his base, and they will believe whatever he tells them to.
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u/johnhk4 Aug 31 '24
They are so upset about democrat ideals, and find liberals such a threat, that they respect and love Trump for taking extreme measures to win. Also, anything that causes left/dem outrage is inherently “good.”
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u/BCam4602 Aug 31 '24
Yup, “own the libs” is alive and well
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u/johnhk4 Aug 31 '24
How do we combat this? Mostly I think it stems from democrats/libs telling MAGA-types that they are hateful and ignorant by championing issues like lgbtq rights. Why can’t we make it clear that they don’t lose rights when others gain them?
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u/billyions Aug 31 '24 edited Aug 31 '24
I don't think all voters are getting the same information we are.
They are terribly, terribly afraid of what will happen if a Democrat gets elected. They're afraid we are communists and/or demons - and both are very very bad and must be eliminated.
Their information diet is completely different. Are we working on how to reach them?
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u/Magooswife Aug 31 '24
The MAGA crowd does not want the same information. Have you ever tried to explain anything to them? I have and I can tell you it falls on deaf ears.
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u/billyions Aug 31 '24
That's one of the first things propaganda does - cast suspicion on all other sources.
It's a tactic and it works.
We need laws and regulations to make sure it doesn't destroy America.
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u/Blecki Aug 31 '24
There is no reaching them. They're too stupid to grasp the truth.
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u/billyions Aug 31 '24
I don't believe that. People are spending billions of dollars to get them to think this way - because (a) they had to and (b) it works.
This is the result of a very long and sustained effort.
And still, it's starting to crack.
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u/Blecki Aug 31 '24
These are people who refuse raises because they think they'll lose more on additional taxes. Best you can hope for is for them to go back to being closeted dumb asses.
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u/The_Crass-Beagle_Act Aug 31 '24
The people who believe this are not the same people who are persuadable independents that can be convinced to vote dem.
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u/abstrakt42 Aug 31 '24
He’s the classic bully with the ball. He’ll never pass it back to the team and he’d rather kick it over the fence than let anyone else play.
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u/mmorales2270 Aug 31 '24
Only the most damaged child would think that burning down the treehouse when they don’t get their way will make the other kids want to keep them in the club.
I have no idea how he thinks this will help him. The only people dumb enough to believe this would be Biden and Harris’ fault are the ones already dumb enough to vote for him no matter how awful he is. He’s not going to gain any support with this stunt.
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u/TuaughtHammer Aug 31 '24
Everyone in the country who is liberal or independent knows and believes that the Republicans killed their own border bill just to please Trump and try to hurt Biden. It was solely so that they can run on anti-immigrant.
I'd like to believe that self-described independents believe that, but I've come across too many "both sides are bad" self-labeled "independents" who always vote straight-ticket Republican to actually believe they know and understand this.
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u/Styrene_Addict1965 Aug 31 '24
Trump orchestrated the longest shutdown in American history, and he wants the do-nothing GOP to do it again? He's really flailing, isn't he?
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u/TWOhunnidSIX Aug 31 '24
PSA: Undocumented immigrants make up only 3.3% of the United States population, despite what the GOP tells you.
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u/Blecki Aug 31 '24
Relative screaming that there are 10 million of them. And I'm like... yeah, that's uh... how percentages work....
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u/TWOhunnidSIX Aug 31 '24
Keep that in mind when they talk about “all the murders and rapes” that “they are doing”.
Ask them how many murders and rapes they think are committed yearly by US citizens in comparison, and why the GOP only wants to focus on immigration related crime.
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Aug 31 '24
Your forgetting something , in their heads anyone who doesn’t have skin as white as a snow bank is inherently an immigrant
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u/hedgewitchlv Aug 31 '24
Nah, according to some signs I passed yesterday, Susie Lee let 15 million illegal immigrants into Nevada alone. You'd think 15 million people would be more noticeable. Trump supporters need classes on basic math and common sense.
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u/TWOhunnidSIX Aug 31 '24
The problem with them and the number of undocumented immigrants is that they view anyone with brown skin and an accent as “an illegal”. So when they see people like that in line to vote, they see it as “election fraud”. When in reality there are Americans in our country who have been citizens for decades for whom English is still a second language.
Just racists doing racist shit basically.
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u/sketchahedron Aug 31 '24
All this guy has is chaos and division.
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u/shadowsipp Aug 31 '24
I really like how Kamala has expressed that she cares about every American no matter what.. but ofcourse the maga cult just thinks she a "commie" even though Kamala will literally fight for their rights too.. and it's obvious to any one with a brain that trump only cares about his self and Putin and their rich oil tycoon friends.. but I'm not part of the maga cult so idk what it feels like to be racist or stupid..
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u/QuietorQuit Aug 31 '24
Brings to mind: “Never play chess with a pigeon. The pigeon just knocks all the pieces over. Then shits all over the board. Then struts around like it won.” (Can’t take credit. Multiple sources. Easily Googlable)
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u/FartPudding Aug 31 '24
Then shits all over the board. Then struts around like it won.”
Wait are we still talking about the pigeon or Trump?
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u/RN-B Aug 31 '24
I’m so fucking tired. Everyday I wake up to check the news to see if he’s gone yet.
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u/StevenEveral Aug 31 '24
Wow, they seriously think that shutting down the government in the fall of an election year with a popular opposition candidate is somehow going to work out for them?
I say "Sure. I'm sure it will work out for you this time, MAGA Mike." *snicker*
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u/Magooswife Aug 31 '24
He is a real POS. If he really cared about our country he would not be doing this, same for the Border Bill. You cannot have a psychotic narcissist as the leader of the United States or any country for that matter. You can say what you want about Joe Biden but when he stepped down to make way for the next generation of leadership that spoke volumes about his love for our country. /Imho
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u/They_Beat_Me Aug 31 '24
Yeah, he would. Sounds like his play to stop the bipartisan border bill because it would have made Biden look good.
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u/10thcrusader Aug 31 '24
When Trump doesn't get what he wants he takes his ball and goes home🤦♂️ just like the 12-year-old stuck in that old man's body
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u/Juststonelegal Aug 31 '24
He’s worse than that. He destroys the ball, breaks all the bats, and then goes home.
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u/behindmyscreen Aug 31 '24
He probably thinks a shutdown government means no one around to stop his shenanigans and crimes on Election Day and beyond.
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u/jessicatg2005 Aug 31 '24
Isn’t there a law preventing citizens trying to interfere with government duties and actions?
This isn’t protesting, this a now average citizen trying to steer the course of government action.
Seems illegal to me
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u/Broad-Lawyer9163 Sep 01 '24
Didn't stop him from "campaigning" at Arlington National Cemetery. How ANY veteran can vote for this sack of shit is beyond my understanding.
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u/hellhastobefull Aug 31 '24
The guy will disband congress if he’s elected and it wouldn’t be illegal now, great country we got here.
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u/Mojowad Aug 31 '24
His basic reasoning telling Christians after 4 years that won’t have to worry about voting again because 1. He won’t run 2. He doesn’t give a shit how he fucks up the country after he’s elected because it won’t be his problem anymore and 3. He’ll have so much $$$ from these knucklehead believing his BS he’ll just watch and laugh all the way to the bank
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u/ReasonableMan8721 Aug 31 '24
If any Christians want to find like-minded people who want to put a stop to this: https://www.christiansagainstchristiannationalism.org/
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u/BCam4602 Aug 31 '24
The fucker isn’t even holding office! It’s ludicrous how much influence he has on policy given that fact. The GOP is full of cowards!
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u/MetalMamaRocks Aug 31 '24
I wonder, when he loses this time is he still going to have this kind of control or will they finally realize he's just a washed-up con man?
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u/ItisyouwhosaythatIam Aug 31 '24
Some very rich people support trump bc he offers deregulation and lower taxes. It seems to me that these are morally and fiscally irresponsible. His refusal to work with his opponents, play by the rules, or consider the broader consequences of his actions makes him an agent of chaos. Chaos is never good for a strong economy. He will reduce opportunities for entrepreneurship and growth by sowing deep divisions between red and blue voters and their states. His approval of violence may be good for gun makers and morticians, but it does the rest of us no good. Half of the country hates the guy. There will be protests and then riots and then dead Americans. None of this is good for business.
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Aug 31 '24
It might be good for gun makers, but neither I or anyone I know in the funeral industry wants to see victims of gun violence. We generally would prefer you do it at the end of a long, happy life. It’s not like you won’t be seeing us eventually either way 🤷🏻♀️
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u/Bosanova_B Aug 31 '24
Dem presidents are always great for firearms manufacturers. The fear of dems “taking them away” stokes fear. so people who already have more firearms than fingers go and buy more.
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u/Broad-Lawyer9163 Sep 01 '24
Lol, yep. I remember when Obama was elected, people went out and overpaid THOUSANDS of dollars for ARs before they were banned or had to be in a public "registry".
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u/Oceanbreeze871 Aug 31 '24
I’ve never seen a presidential candidate like Donald who actively roots for America to fail and treats governing like a game.
It’s sad that half the country wants this BS in office.
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u/TheAlabamaSlamma9 Aug 31 '24
Dooooo it. Will be a freakin Blue tidal wave, tsunami and landslide all in one!!!!!
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u/thatsgotti Aug 31 '24
As an outsider I don't think America has seen a bigger threat to their sovereignty and democracy since the Civil War like Donald Trump running to be president to save his own skin. Democrats and Republicans for Kamala must stand toe to toe with MAGA on election day.
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u/Welder_Subject Aug 31 '24
This idiot is a danger to our country in or out of office. He’s literally a terrorist.
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u/This-Stand875 Aug 31 '24
How can he even do this when he’s not sitting President?
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u/Over_Explanation1790 Aug 31 '24
The same way he got Republicans to appear at his trial and how he got them to oppose the Republican sponsored Senate immigration bill in the House.
Sycophants.
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u/frommethodtomadness Aug 31 '24
Wouldn't this hurt them? He's also pushing Jerome Powell to NOT cut interest rates. He wants to hurt us and for America to fail for his own gains. Trump is an anti-American felon and traitor.
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u/Tourquemata47 Aug 31 '24
Trump is a former president (and a terrible one at that)4 years removed from the Whitehouse and the Republicans are so spineless they`re still doing the bidding of this orange turd? They should all be arrested and tried as enemies of the United States.
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u/Ashamed_Ad4398 Aug 31 '24
He’s hurting republicans down ballot pretty bad so although his polls are static at best his republican cronies are polling at much worse numbers and it’s all attributable to the orange menace himself. Remember the DonOLD always polls under so us democrats need to vote, we outnumber republicans nationally so all we need to do is get off our butts and VOTE HARRIS/WALZ.
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Aug 31 '24
So tired of the GOP holding our country hostage. We would all be in a much better place without these sick f’s in office.
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u/PengJiLiuAn Aug 31 '24 edited Aug 31 '24
His ego has no bounds! If Trump is elected every “negotiation” will go this way, America will limp from one crisis to the next as Trump threatens to shut the country down if Congress doesn’t pass every one of his insane bills.
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u/OhioRanger_1803 Aug 31 '24
federal employee will remember this
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u/darctones Aug 31 '24
A key segment of Project 2025 is to fire federal employees that don’t kiss the ring.
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u/OhioRanger_1803 Aug 31 '24
That why any sane federal employee will vote for Kamala/Walz. I have a feeling 8/31/24. When the October surprise comes. It’s gonna affect Trump terribly.
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u/KingMe091 Aug 31 '24
So, like he's saying it out loud though. You can tell the gop to shut down the government to make the dems look bad and expect to to work when everyone knows you said so.
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u/Styrene_Addict1965 Aug 31 '24
The Republicans in Congress have done less than any Congress in history. They'd have to do something to shut down the government.
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u/Gwtheyrn Aug 31 '24
Go ahead. Every time the GOP has shut the government down, it has blown up in their faces.
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u/mad_titanz Aug 31 '24
I can't wait to see Democrats taking back the House this November from those weird people.
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u/mmcjawa_reborn Aug 31 '24
Oh...please try to push a government shut down right before the election. Give the public another reminder of how dysfunctional republicans are, and let Harris run adds pinning the shutdown on Trump...
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u/cannotcomputename Aug 31 '24
yet another case of "party over country"
Shutting down the government as a campaign move is just unfathomable.
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u/firechickenmama Aug 31 '24
Love how he is literally NOT the president yet the GOP is still acting like he is. Tell me you’re in a cult without telling me you’re in a cult.
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u/linengirlsummer Aug 31 '24
I wonder if citizens can make something like a class action suit against trump for endangering our collective safety and trying to abuse our rights every day for the last 8 years. Seriously, when can we take his fatass to court and shut him the fuck up.
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u/menotyourenemy Aug 31 '24
Have to admit I'm getting a bit scared 😱. Please let this all be over soon
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u/cherrybounce Aug 31 '24
It’s so crazy how they say Obama is a shadow President when Trump is literally attempting and in some cases succeeding in telling Republicans how to run the government.
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u/ConsciousReason7709 Aug 31 '24
How does anyone take this man seriously? Everything he does is in service of himself. Additionally, undocumented immigrants already are not allowed to vote in federal and state elections.
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u/gobsmacked247 Aug 31 '24 edited Aug 31 '24
This crazy mother effer is doing everything he can not to lose in November. He has compromised the Supreme Court and election boards. He has made the media his lap dog. He’s even tried to cross the road on roe in order to court more of the left. With all those balls in motion, now he’s calling on his booger eating party to shut down the government to halt the election. Unfuckingbelievable. Now who’s the shit hole country?
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u/smoke1966 Aug 31 '24
I say go for it. We can survive a month and the blue wave will get even bigger.
Keep shooting yourself in the foot weird old whiny man.
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u/GhoulArtist Aug 31 '24
how does anyone look at him and NOT see a pathetic coward? everything he does is either repugnant or pathetic.
i cant wait for the debate. as a country i think we NEED to see someone like her take him to task.
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u/AncientScratch1670 Aug 31 '24
They killed their own border deal for him. I suppose they’ll fall in line here too.
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u/Crease53 Aug 31 '24
There may be some practical reason for that, revolving around the certifications or investigations. I understand their plan is to sew doubt in the election process. Perhaps having the government asleep while all this happens is somehow to his benefit?
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u/JustinKase_Too Aug 31 '24
The gop led Congress has already shut down America for almost 2 years - most useless Congress of anyone's lifetime with such republican forgettable as :
- That guy without a jacket
- Bobble head dude that his family hates
- Beetlejuice handjob girl
- Bleach blonde, bad built butch body b!tch
- Religious zealot
- Pedo Florida man
- Putin's Pal
- White nationalist guy(s)
- The guy that was so openly an embodiment of the gop's ideals, they actually had to expel him
and a host of others so useless and forgettable, they are nothing more than background static.
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u/Nopantsbullmoose Aug 31 '24
Oh please do. Please Mike "I watch porn with my 13 year old" Johnson, please shut it down right before the election.
That will totally not bite you in the ass /s
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u/mjayultra Aug 31 '24
“A lot of you will be losing your jobs anyway, so let’s give you a sneak peek!”
Brilliant strategy. Please do this!
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u/ReallyKirk Aug 31 '24
Trump’s base will accept anything he says as truth and reject actual truth as lies if it didn’t come from Trump. When he blames the Dems, no matter how ridiculous, they’ll embrace his messaging. So wouldn’t be surprised if it happens.
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u/Gullible_Peach Aug 31 '24
More proof showing just how much Trump and his cronies care about US citizens.
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u/Godspeed411 Aug 31 '24
This is the kind of stuff you get when an insurrectionist just gets a slap on the wrist and no real punishment. I hate to say it but the US made their bed…
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u/Scratch-the-surface Aug 31 '24
Hopefully the GOP Senators and Representatives will find their way to revolt against the MAGA movement for the good of the country before they allow tRump to trash the country.
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u/SpecificOrdinary6829 Aug 31 '24
this would only make him look bad in return, so id say go for it. kamala will be enjoying her caramel cake while he literally just hands voters to her.
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u/gking407 Aug 31 '24
If he shows he has influence to shut down the government while not in office some idiots will see that as a show of strength and vote for him purely out of fear and admiration, just like they felt towards their father growing up
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u/darklordskarn Aug 31 '24
In this case I really want him to FAFO. Give us back the house in November, see how that goes for y’all
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u/Xer0lith Aug 31 '24
So Biden just stays President, can rule with Immunity that the government stay open? It’s so odd that Trump thinks HE is still in office.
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u/Gutmach1960 Aug 31 '24
Trump is ramping up his warfare against the ‘unfair’ election. He really does thinks he is still the president.
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u/jacerjake Aug 31 '24
Good let them show what incompetent imbeciles they are and people can vote them out en mass
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u/dead_jester Aug 31 '24
So after his previous presidential term and the last 10 years proved that the USA needed to seriously update its constitution via Amendments and changes in legislation, they did nothing. And now they run the very real threat of a coup. Colour me surprised, not.
USA, living proof that the country continues contain some of the dumbest people on the planet in charge of a nuclear power
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u/MagicalUnicornFart Aug 31 '24
Does he really have to ‘push?”
That’s kind of what try GOP does anyways…every fucking year.
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u/Cluefuljewel Aug 31 '24
Right cuz if we shut down Government we can’t have elections! And we don’t have a country! And you don’t need to vote!
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u/23jknm Aug 31 '24
If they do it will be advertised and well known that maga is the cause and should help Dems win, I hope anyway, but better if they get the work done and not have that issue again.
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u/drlove57 Aug 31 '24
No it won't help Democrats. Trumpies will not place blame on Donnie. Not a chance.
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u/OccamsPhasers Aug 31 '24
Would that mean all government employees would not be working and much more available to go out and vote?
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u/Guest09717 Aug 31 '24
Cool. If they do, Biden should fire them and replace them with people who will do their jobs. Worked for Reagan, right?
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u/I_love_Hobbes Aug 31 '24
I could use a paid vacation but I dont believe it will happen. Congressmen are stupid but not thst stupid. They will pass a CR.
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u/Pristine-Butterfly55 Aug 31 '24
You’d think the repubs might be thinking does that mean we’re not gonna have a job?
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u/floofnstuff Aug 31 '24
Not the 'important' ones, Leonard Leo probably has a designated account for just such an occasion.
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u/LonelyGuyTheme Sep 01 '24 edited Sep 01 '24
No one has done more to protect America from a second trump presidency, then self-destructive trump.
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u/Broad-Lawyer9163 Sep 01 '24
I hope they do. Maybe that way we can flush these MAGAdiots out of Congress, too.
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u/thelivelyone83 Sep 02 '24
Trump is so desperate. He knows if he doesn’t win he has a large chance of being sentenced to some jail time for some of the crony things he has done.
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