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RockRaven

(15,093 posts)
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 02:16 PM Jan 2019

Trump likes the shutdown... he will do it again, if given the chance.

Speaker Pelosi and Minority Leader Schumer need to get as much of the government fully funded through the end of the year as possible. A temporary re-opening of everything via short-term CR is no good.

Trump and the Senate GOP are starting to crack. Don't put the country in a position where they can hurt us all again in a few weeks just because you want to end this pain immediately. The cumulative suffering will be less if we avoid a second round, even if it takes longer to end this first round.

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Trump likes the shutdown... he will do it again, if given the chance. (Original Post) RockRaven Jan 2019 OP
Wrong. It's essential to get the government re-opened ASAP The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #1
This is NOT a defeat Downtown Hound Jan 2019 #2

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,996 posts)
1. Wrong. It's essential to get the government re-opened ASAP
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 02:19 PM
Jan 2019

so people can eat and before there's a plane crash.

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
2. This is NOT a defeat
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 02:21 PM
Jan 2019

It's a way to get those poor people paid so they can have food, medicine, gas, and a roof over their heads. It's not capitulation. Yes, we will likely be back here again in a few weeks. And we'll carry on the fight then. In the meantime, get those people paid.

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