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“Trump, he’s had it with these people, because he knows they’re playing politics,” said the second person. “Nobody thought it was going to last this long.”

Trump and his top aides thought that unpaid federal workers, closed and limited federal facilities and threats of ever-more job cuts from Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, would be too much for Democrats to handle

“I don’t know what’s wrong with them,” he said of Democrats Friday. “They’ve never done a thing like this. They’ve become crazed lunatics. All they have to do is say, ‘Let’s go. Let’s open up our country.’ And everything snaps back into shape. So there’s something wrong with them... It’s their fault. Everything is their fault. It’s so easily solved.”

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[-] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

"They've become crazed lunatics."

Does anyone remember when McConnel broke the Congress and drove it into as much of a dead standstill as possible, during basically all of Obama"s first term?

The Dems grow an iota of a backbone at the actual last possible fucking moment, to attempt to run the clock on an actual fascist takeover, by a convicted felon con artist rapist pedophile treasonous demented fat fuck...

And now the Republicans call this 'lunacy.'

Its maybe 5% of what the Reps did during Obama's first term, in terms of actual political obstructionism.

These racist idiot fucks truly cannot fathom anything other than lying, and naked force and oppression, and they appear to be actually baffled by even the idea that anyone could use a very, very mild version of their own tactics against them.

They truly have no conception of nor capacity to actually negotiate anything.

Their idea of negotiation is dictation from a position of overwhelming superiority, and then every underhanded lie, dirty trick and obfuscation possible to ensure they have that overwhelming superiority.

Beat the shit out of your bullies, kids, otherwise they grow up to be Republican politicians.

Aim for the jaw, pretty hard to be a public speaking figure if they physically can't speak.

[-] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

"I don't know what's wrong with them. All they have to do is agree to let us cut funding so that millions of poor Americans won't be able to afford health insurance. All they have to do is say, 'Let's go! Let's fuck over poor Americans to fund tax breaks for billionaires!'"

[-] snooggums@piefed.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

They caved the last 30 times, must have gone crazy!

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I mean, that part already happened...

Now that everyone is seeing the price increases, it's going to be harder for Republicans to say it's not important.

They should have pushed for a long term CR before those insurance increases hit.

Art of the Deal and all, trump was focused on his ballroom.

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe, if you can't get the votes for your bill, the problem is your bill?

Up here in Canada we might be facing an election in the near future if the liberal minority government can't get enough votes for it's budget.

[-] klemptor@startrek.website 3 points 2 weeks ago

Honestly I'm baffled the Dems are attempting to have a backbone too. Here's hoping they've finally graduated from whiffle ball to tee-ball.

[-] ef9357@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Trump is baffled by many things.

[-] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

The Dems have required that any resolution include the requirement that all allocated funds be used as allocated. Which means Trump wouldn't be able to steal them like he has been with illegal impoundment or moving fund to other purposes. That's what the GoP won't negotiate on, and it's really the only reason any Dem would agree to anything getting passed.

[-] zd9@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

They won't negotiate on anything, ever, period. That's their whole platform: don't argue in good faith to solve a problem, it's their way or no way. They are absolutely domestic terrorists (they literally said that themselves in CPAC).

[-] lemmylommy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Blackmailer: „why are they not bowing before my insane demands? They must be mad“

[-] FaceDeer@fedia.io 2 points 2 weeks ago

Ooh, one of those rare but oh-so-satisfying situations where a leopard ate his own face?

[-] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

Trump, he’s had it with these people, because he knows they’re playing politics

Politicians are playing politics?! 😱

Yeah, "playing" at it. Trying to do stupid things like "helping people" rather than existing solely to stuffing their own pockets while their donors rob everybody blind. Y'know, the "real work"

[-] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

It's all a distraction and a show for the republican voter base.

The only people still in the GOP now have accepted they are the nazi, pedophile, country destroying, family destroying, inflation causing party. They accept it full on, or they simply don't care about humans enough to really do any research onto what is going on.

For many people, ignoring the issues in front of your face is all they know.

[-] DNBabez@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago
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