blows my mind that people who have risen to the levels of power Shumur or Pelosi have straight up don't understand how to deal with someone acting in manifestly bad faith
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Actually, they do. They are not giving in to his extortion tactics. They know that if they do once, he will keep doing it.
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Pelosi gets it for sure. Schumer may be conciliatory down to his bones, and so unsuited to lead in this situation.
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Which is exactly why the House Dems' permanent position needs to be "we passed the exact funding bill (with zero for the wall) that passed 100-0 in the Senate, which is more than enough to override a veto, and we won't pass anything else." Bring. Trump. To. Heel.
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Four year olds don’t understand much outside of what they can see and touch. They definitely can not see even a little picture, let alone the big picture. Describes our president pretty well, doesn’t it.
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Yeah, McConnell doesn't make deals. He takes the most extreme position and tries to run out the clock.
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But he's no Tom Brady..... Mitchy will be gone come 2020
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I wish I could see Pelosi offer zero dollars for Wall but $100 million dollars to Trump hotels and see what Trump does.
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To convert his Trump Tower apartment to a federal prison for any Trumps convicted.
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well yes given an endless list of my 'druthers, I'd list a lot of such things
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I wonder if this ends with a general strike after months without federal services.
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I am so excited to fly several times in the next 8 days. Normally 'cheerful' TSA workers will be so much more charming after weeks w/o pay.
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Glad you have kept your sense of humor during this bedlam
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Yeah, ask me again in a week if I still can laugh!
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The US doesn’t negotiate with terrorists.
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