Trump shutdown moves leave GOP senators in disbelief

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

GOP senators emerged from the closed-door meeting in visible disbelief that President Trump is refusing to sign a seven-week stopgap measure to fund the government that cleared the chamber by a voice vote less than 24 hours ago.

Senate GOP leadership appeared confident on Wednesday that Trump would sign the stopgap, which will fund approximately 25 percent of the government, as long as they kept poison pill policy riders out of it.

But Trump, under fire from conservative pundits and lawmakers, reversed course Thursday.

“Are you ruining my life?” GOP Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) joked to The Hill when told about the decision.

“No. I don’t think the votes are [there], ugh. We can’t have a government shutdown, period,” she said, when asked if there was an alternative to the Senate bill. “It’s never good. How many times do we have to learn that?”

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/422311-trump-tells-gop-he-wont-sign-stopgap-threatening-shutdown?userid=229233

Hey we tried to warn you about this guy. But no, you thought "He'll give us our tax cuts and deregulation. What could go wrong?"

[sunonmars]

1. With any luck the twits will realise who he really is!

[Mystery sage]

3. Unfortunately if they're willing to give money for a wall.

They're not gonna listen until we take out All the GOP multimedia hypnosis brainwave bull crap.

Then we can heal the nation

[Kablooie]

2. He's just trying to distract from Mueller news.

He will do anything he can to confuse things so that people don’t hear about what’s really going on.
It’s a pattern he has used ever since the beginning.

[riversedge]

4. If Trump vetoes it, the senate and House will have to override it to prevent a shutdown!

[Jim Lane]

7. But that doesn't work if he just sits on it.

You're right that, if he vetoes on Friday morning, they could override on Friday afternoon, if enough Senators and Representatives even show up for work and if enough Republicans are willing to defy him.

But if he just leaves the bill in his in-box, unsigned but unvetoed, and heads off to Mar-a-Lago, then the shutdown will occur. Congress will have no way to prevent it.

Eventually -- with the timing depending on what Individual-1 does, when he does it, and when Congress adjourns -- a bill that had two-thirds support in each chamber could be enacted so as to end any shutdown. Because Congress didn't act until reaching the brink, it has left itself vulnerable to his whims for at least a short-term shutdown.

[riversedge]

10. yes, you are right. damn

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Do not be fooled.

Mitch has been angling for this since September. When he first refused to protect Mueller was a sign he was all in with Trump and the Tea Party. He will announce his last term before Spring time.

He is not called Slimy for nothing.

[brush]

6. trump can't be trusted. He says one thing today, just the opposite tomorrow.

The only thing that is sure is he will do what Putin tells him to do—like pulling out of Syria.

[politicaljunkie41910]

8. Someone should tell those GOP Senators to SBTB. (Stop Being Trump's Bitch)

He's one man, and actually not even a real man, but a whiny little bitch. What are they afraid of? I would think it would be harder to serve a dishonest ignoramus with a bad comb-over, than to sell your soul to the devil. So they're afraid that their base will desert them? Well to tell you the truth, your base is a bunch of ignoramuses themselves. Look how easy Trump was able to convince them that he was their savior and how quickly they threw their party's elite under the bus. 2 Corinthians anyone?

[uponit7771]

9. Shut down is perfect time for an attack

[tblue37]

11. And their SCOTUS picks and help them pack the federal judiciary. nt