Seth Abramson goes there.

[triron]

Link to tweet

Where is MSM?

[Iliyah]

1. Agreed PLUS his administration is pocketing monies as well.

[duforsure]

2. Obstruction ,

And is Putin involved with him doing this to hurt our country ?

[triron]

3. I believe so.

[Texin]

24. Well, at least whispering in his ear telling him "that's a good boy."

[ScratchCat]

4. Ehh..

Conflicts with the fact that he was going to sign the bill until the RW Radio idiots called him out.

[bearsfootball516]

5. Yep.

He was literally about to sign the bill, then Hannity, Limbaugh, Coulter and Fox & Friends told him he would be a loser if he did.

[triron]

6. You believe that? Or maybe Putin gave him a call.

[KCDebbie]

8. I agree! I believe Putin instructed Trump to act on his

Threat to Shut Down government using the wall as an excuse!

But who is to say that Ingraham, Coulter and Limbaugh are NOT getting talking points from the Kremlin as well?

[triron]

13. Excellent point! And so maybe Trump got the idea from one of the RW media?

Most likely directly from Putin.

[2naSalit]

11. It's the soccer ball!

I keep telling you, it's soccer ball that tells him what to do. The talking heads are just parroting what the instructions are so we will blame them instead... I'm sure they are well compensated for the treason.

[triron]

14. Don't get it.

[2naSalit]

18. This. I know, there's too much to remember...

[triron]

20. Very astute, then.

Thanks.

[2naSalit]

21. yer welcome...nt

[CrispyQ]

41. I believe there are three things Donald is equally afraid of.

Losing his base, Putin, & Mueller.

[triron]

7. Rachel Maddow (a Rhodes scholar) seems to think maybe you're wrong.

Link to tweet

[uponit7771]

9. My 10 yr old son said the same thing the second he watched it on TRMS. Looks like the FBI is notably

... affected by the shutdown.

Figures it's to help him

[bdamomma]

10. K&R

nt

[2naSalit]

12. K&R

[DoctorJoJo]

15. Yep--No Doubt In My Mind!

[tiptonic]

16. Good

Good on u Seth, u nailed it. Comrade Benedict donald, will stop at nothing, to protect his own tail. I can see Putin, just laughing his behind off.

[OMGWTF]

17. It's ABSOLUTELY what is going on.

[Wounded Bear]

19. The shutdown is an obstruction of justice ploy...

[lilactime]

22. IMO Seth is right as usual.

[dobleremolque]

23. It also thwarts a newly elected Democratic-majority House of Representatives

from getting down to its work of repairing the damage to the country, and investigating those who have caused the damage and are continuing to cause it.

[CottonBear]

38. Trump & the GOP are trying to nullify the 2018 election.

The GOP is trying to nullify the midterm election.
See this comment by Voltaire2 in a discussion from a previous thread:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211701214

Voltaire2
3. It is about trying to nullify the midterm election
If the Republicans can compel the house to pass legislation they would otherwise oppose, the election was nearly irrelevant

[Texin]

25. I think Coulter just told him that Nancy won. That alone would have been enough.

But the second he heard that the shutdown was impeding the FBI's efforts, he was all over it. I believe he's going to pull this every time he gets thwarted. Right now, he's determined to highjack the airwaves on the 29th to deliver his fucking State of the (Dis)Union speech. He's attempting as I type this to force his way onto the House floor and nothing surprises me any longer where he's concerned. He needs to be removed. Any method works for me. It's a shame his mother didn't suffocate him at birth.

[onit2day]

26. Duh. Just now dawning on him

[Pepsidog]

27. Absolutely no doubt that is what he is doing.

[stuffmatters]

28. Agree, I've thought this was Trump's urplan a along.

[dembat]

29. Seth Abramson

Ever since the shut down, I have been saying just what you said. He has an ulterior motive, as long as he wins, he does not care who suffers.

[Nitram]

30. Don't blame the MSM. Blame Trump and Mitch McConnell.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

31. Agreed...nt

[Awsi Dooger]

32. Obviously...and the reason 2020 cannot be taken for granted

Trump will stoop to absolutely anything to remain in power. We cannot afford to be dense enough to look at 2020 from a traditional lens. The GOP is undertaking lowlife tactics right now that Rachel Maddow will be dissecting in mid 2021. That doesn't do us a damn bit of good.

[Cha]

33. Both sides..

Link to tweet

[oasis]

39. Tulsi's comment will come back to haunt her when the final toll

of the "Trump Shutdown" damage is taken. She seems to have a knack for wriggling out from under her questionable positions but, claiming she "evolved" from her first assessment of the shutdown won't cut it for her this time.

[fascisthunter]

34. Um, yes

Anyone really think he cares about a fucking wall? Lol... dur

[Blue Owl]

35. K&R

[triron]

36. knr

[Honeycombe8]

37. It's a possibility.

But since he wasn't going to do it until Ann Coulter told him to, I suspect that slowing the investigation down is just a perk and could be the reason it's going on so long.

[OnDoutside]

40. Yes it is a possibility, however,

1 The Mueller Investigation is fully funded.

2 Turtle could end this today, and send a veto proof majority bill to his desk. That asshole has gotten off really lightly so far.