GOP set for blame over shutdown

[workinclasszero]

BY SCOTT WONG AND MIKE LILLIS - 12/16/18 06:00 AM EST

Republicans are facing a starkly different shutdown fight as they close a difficult 2018 that will see them ushered out of the House majority.

A little less than a year ago, President Trump and his GOP allies enjoyed a victory in January over Democrats in what they termed the “Schumer shutdown.”

At the time, the party was riding high off Trump’s biggest legislative victory to date: passage of a huge tax-cut bill.

The GOP rejected Democratic demands to add language helping young undocumented immigrants to a government-funding bill, and then watched with glee as the opposing party took the blame for closing the government. It left Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) and his party scrambling to contain the political fallout.

But days away from another potential shutdown, it’s the GOP that seems sure to take the blame.

And Trump’s shocking declaration that he would be “proud” to shutter the government unless he gets his border wall all but ensured that blame will fall on Republicans if no agreement is sealed.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/421486-gop-set-for-blame-over-shutdown

[manor321]

1. No, we didn't take the blame last year

Some of these idiot journalists mistake inside-baseball in D.C. for what average people are paying attention to. No real person in the country thought "...the opposing party took the blame for closing the government".

[skylucy]

2. +100

[workinclasszero]

3. Yeah I agree

[dalton99a]

5. +1

[grantcart]

7. + 1000

[Access Geek]

4. Without Republicans there would never be any government shutdowns, ever. n/t

[pecosbob]

6. Sure...people blamed the Dems...that's why they voted all you Republicans out of office last month

The Hill is Republican propaganda.