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Source: Associated Press
Mulvaney Says Trump Is Prepared For Another Shutdown
Deb Riechmann
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump is prepared to shut down the government again or declare a national emergency if Congress wont give him the border wall money he wants, the White House said Sunday.
The presidents standoff with Democrats on Capitol Hill is far from over and the clock is ticking the spending bill Trump signed on Friday funds the government agencies that had been shut down only until Feb. 15.
White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney told CBS Face the Nation that Trumps goal is to work with Congress.
What he wants to do is fix this the way that things are supposed to get fixed with our government which is through legislation, Mulvaney said.
Mulvaney said the president didnt want another shutdown, but he would do it if necessary.
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Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/aide-says-trump-ok-with-second-shutdown-over-border-spat_us_5c4e4e5ee4b0287e5b8be3d0
RockRaven
(15,096 posts)AND for them to ACT, or this next shutdown is TOTALLY. ON. THEM.
You know where Trump stands.
You know where McConnell stands.
You've got plenty of time if you start working on it tomorrow.
Ball is in your court, Senate GOPers. Prove all of us who call you feckless traitors to be wrong.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)As soon as the government shutdown, call in sick until they have to return. The country will grind to a halt within one week, and that weasel will beg Speaker Pelosi to send over any reopen government bill for him to sign.
roamer65
(36,748 posts)Cha
(298,074 posts)EndGOPPropaganda
(1,117 posts)He's not going to shutdown the government again.
And if he does, it may be the end of his presidency.
He lost hugely this time. He was beaten. Damaged. Deflated. Destroyed.
His approval rating fell dramatically. And that's all he cares about: approval amongst his base, because the GOP base supporting him keeps the GOP congress supporting him. And the GOP congress is the only thing standing between him and removal and the rest of his life in prison.
ooky
(8,934 posts)Doing that again would just mean he would have to capitulate to Nancy again.
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,563 posts)comradebillyboy
(10,191 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Why hasn't he done anything that way for two years? Did someone finally get it through to him how the government works? I'm guessing the answer is no. Why is Mulvaney out there peddling such obvious nonsense?
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)what they want. Oh and, yes, he's also an idiot.
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)Completely agree....
And this is what also makes him so dangerous....
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Does he really think this isn't going to backfire on him and the party?
Midnight Writer
(21,856 posts)These Republicans can't clear their throats without "Shut Down!" spewing out.