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Hirokey123 posted...

Yes? Trump pretty much does nothing but talk out of his ass.

Zeus posted...

It's clearly not impossible, because here we are. Usually minority parties don't the ability to have enough influence to force a shutdown

Again we are here because the GOP caused this. The Dems have absolutely no power in this situation unless it's given to them and the only way for that to happen is if the Rebs can't agree. You have to have zero understanding of politics if you fail to grasp the very basic fact that if the Rebs had actually agreed this wouldn't have happened. They don't agree within their own party that's the cause now.

And you have zero understanding of politics if that's your excuse. Keep in mind that the "Republican Party" is really the Republican Party and the Tea Party now. The Tea Party are an anti-establishment, populist group with a vastly different ideology. Good luck marshaling your Whip to get them into line when their whole gimmick is being against the status quo and they won in the place of status quo, party-backed candidates. More importantly, in general things like this were ALWAYS bipartisan issues. The idea that it should only be one party forcing through everything is a more recent idea, possibly going back to the GWB administration where Democrats started to use obstructionism as a tactic and turned the filibuster into a weapon.
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