We’ve entered the #TrumpShutdown because of the President’s infantile demand for a wall that has been panned as an ineffective, wasteful, and unnecessary by nearly every border security expert you can find. Mexico was never going to pay for it, and taxpayers shouldn’t either.
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Border patrol agents — the people doing the real work of securing the border Trump has feigns concern for — will be forced to work without pay. The same thing goes for air traffic controllers and TSA agents, correctional officers, and firefighters with the U.S. Forest Service.
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All told, 420,000 people will work without pay, and another 380,000 will be furloughed because of Trump’s tantrum.
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The American people don’t support this wall, or the tactics Trump’s using to get it. Republicans and Democrats in Congress already passed a compromise, and I hope Trump will consider putting on his big boy pants and joining us so that we can re-open the government.
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The Senate DID pass a funding bill that even included around a billion for border security. Trump & the House rejected it. The House then sent over an alternate bill they said up front they knew wouldn't pass. Even some Senate Republicans were against it. This is a
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Spitting fire Bonnie! Keep reppin
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I would be remiss not to call out how ludicrous this entire situation is. Republicans control both houses of Congress and the White House — Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan are in charge of the agenda and therefore responsible for the mess they’ve made. Via
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Exactly! America Wake Up! We must Vote these people out of Office! The GOP is shameful!
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