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Phew! Then it doesn't matter!
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-now-claims-most-furloughed-workers-are-democrats-n952236?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma
Trump now claims most furloughed workers 'are Democrats'
On Christmas Day, the president claimed that "many" workers who are not being paid because of the government shutdown want him to hold out for the border wall.
Dec. 27, 2018 / 7:44 AM EST
By Allan Smith
Just days after claiming that "many" furloughed government workers told him they're fine with not getting paid so long as he secures additional funding for a border wall, President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday morning that "most of the people not getting paid are Democrats."
Trump, who offered no support for his claim, fired off the tweet early Thursday morning as the government shutdown entered its sixth day. Trump said on Christmas Day he will not reopen the government until he gets $5 billion in funding for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Link to tweet
Democrats have said they won't provide Trump with that funding, and indicated they won't go beyond the $1.6 billion that has already been allocated for border wall purposes. Republicans and Democrats reached an agreement last week on a stopgap spending measure to prevent a shutdown a deal that the White House signaled Trump would sign. But at the 11th hour, Trump scuttled the agreement because it did not provide additional funding for a border wall.
Speaking in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump said the U.S. must have "a wall, a fence, whatever they'd like to call it," before claiming that "many" furloughed workers want him to keep the government closed until he locks in wall funding.
"Many of those workers have said to me, communicated, 'stay out until you get the funding for the wall,'" he said.
Doodley
(9,048 posts)My thoughts exactly. Can he introduce even ONE of these people? He lies as easily as he breathes.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)flor-de-jasmim
(2,125 posts)Paladin
(28,243 posts)The number of Republican government workers has to have shrunk considerably. Good ol' trump, yet again doing Democrats a favor.
Ohiogal
(31,919 posts)Remove this cruel and petty imbecile from office! Ah cain't stands much more!!!!
Freethinker65
(10,001 posts)Works extremely well with Trump's base, and well enough with the non critical thinking portion of the GOP.
Tech
(1,769 posts)Are these the same ones who believe in the government shut down?
WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)Racerdog1
(808 posts)Eat shit and die asshole!
sarge43
(28,940 posts)Cousin Dupree
(1,866 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,396 posts)You recall when Republicans somehow called President Obama "divisive"?
Bengus81
(6,928 posts)and the only ones that work are Republicans. Now we find out they DO have jobs???
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,396 posts)Us Democrats are whatever the Republicans need us to be at any given moment for any given reason.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,129 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)That's neat! Say what you will about this guy, he sure hates democracy.
Wait, just two days ago he said federal workers wanted the wall. Is he saying Democrats want the wall?
Do his followers actually buy the shit he spews?
beastie boy
(9,237 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,513 posts)who were from around the country, and who were dyed-in-the-wool, Limpball-listening Raygunlicans. And if you look at offices in red states, you have even higher percentages in an agency population.
TeamPooka
(24,209 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Is anyone else as sick of this guy as me?
I have had it with him.
Resign now.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Beyond sick.
FakeNoose
(32,596 posts)I'd assume that includes all or most of the Democrats who are no longer working for the federal government. So which "Democrats" are he referring to? Certainly every person he's hired since taking office - they're ALL REPUBLICANS!
OMGWTF
(3,942 posts)Everyone in my son's Unit (except him) is a MAGAt -- we'll see how much they love Shitler now.
rurallib
(62,387 posts)No idea why. So if Trumpy can turn anything he does as putting pain to the enemy, Democrats of any stripe, then it is yet another "win."
It is as if Trump-publicans are in a civil war against their countrymen who want any of those Democratic things like a decent job, decent pay, health care, good schools, retirement etc.
So now he has spun this as an assault against Dems and no doubt his base is cheering, even those on furlough.
akraven
(1,975 posts)are Democrats, he's probably got part of it right for a change. IMPEACH! NO WALL, not now, not ever. Get rid of this buffoon with the intelligence level and temperament of a pit viper. I believe in border security, which is generally handled quite well and not cruelly.
On edit - never ask me to type before my first cup of coffee..... LOL!
BlueJac
(7,838 posts)these fools are crazy!
Moral Compass
(1,513 posts)Proving everyday that he is unqualified for the job. Indeed, he has no idea what the job actually is...
C_U_L8R
(44,990 posts)and doesn't give a shit who is hurt in the process.
The stupid wall just got even more ridiculous.