Thursday, January 10, 2019

"His" senators

But Pelosi earlier Wednesday accused the White House of changing its demands too many times in the shutdown battle, which began Dec. 22 after Trump rejected a deal worked out in the Senate that would have kept the government open until Feb. 8, buying time for more talks.

“The White House seems to move the goal posts. Every time they come with a proposal, they walk away from it. Pretty soon these goals posts won't even be in the stadium,” she said.

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Several recent polls have shown most Americans blame Trump for the partial shutdown, while roughly one third blame congressional Democrats.

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Complicating the president’s refusal to budge are wobbly Republicans in Congress who fear political blowback over effects of the shutdown, such as hundreds of thousands of federal workers who will soon miss their paychecks.

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But Trump argued it would be more politically painful for him if he backs away from his demand for wall funding.

“If I did something that was foolish, like gave up on border security, the first ones that would hit me are my senators, they’d be angry at me. The second ones would be the House. And the third ones would be, frankly, my base,” he said.

  The Hill
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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