Will the GOP blame Hillary or Obama for the shutdown?

Let’s get our government shutdown timeline straight:

▪️GOP has WH, Senate and House
▪️Trump promised DACA deal
▪️GOP let CHIP expire
▪️GOP tried to use CHIP as blackmail
▪️GOP IGNORED bipartisan bill to protect DACA
▪️GOP now trying time blame DEMOCRATS for shutdown

The federal government has NEVER in US history shutdown when ONE party controls both houses of Congress AND the White House.

So much winning...

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Northwest · M

The GOP spin machine is on. They are blaming it on the Democrats, and using the military as leverage.

The bottom line: Trump, the citizen, during an interview with Fox, in October of 2013, said that the buck stops with Obama (during a similar situation), and that the President has discretion over how funds are doled out, if there is a shutdown.

Instead, he's lying and saying that it's the Democrats who are cutting funds to the military. All he has to do, is the shutdown happens, is exercise his executive powers, and dispense funds to the military. It's really that simple, and that's where the buck stops.

Crazywaterspring · 61-69, M

@Northwest The military? Has everyone forgotten that sequestration agreement? Austerity means nothing gets funded. The Republican tax bill will explode the deficit until the Democrats come back into office and clean up the fiscal mess.

bijouxbroussard · F

@Northwest I forgot about [b]that[/b], Trump sure did say the president was responsible in that situation, didn’t he ? But he’s sure not owning this situation now. [b]Always[/b] a hypocrite, but his supporters never see it. 😅