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PoindexterOglethorpe

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1. Really? You don't think that government employees themselves will be okay with the shut down?

Reply to Girard442 (Original post)

Fri Dec 14, 2018, 03:31 PM

Dec 2018

You don't think that the National Parks and Monuments that will close in a shutdown won't affect Trump voters?

Certainly, if there is a shutdown, Dems need to be front and center everywhere making sure people really do understand who caused it and why.

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Scares me that I don't see any downside for Trump in extending the shutdown until he gets his wall. [View all] Girard442 Dec 2018 OP

Really? You don't think that government employees themselves will be okay with the shut down? PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #1

Never underestimate the power of public backlash and it will be severe... hlthe2b Dec 2018 #2

Country and people are the last things Trump or the GOP care about at all... Moostache Dec 2018 #3

The President is the "boss" and owes his 2 million Federal employees their paycheck. lunatica Dec 2018 #4

Federal workers are not his employees. NT mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2018 #6

Thanks lunatica Dec 2018 #9

Dems will have to make the GOP own the shutdown pecosbob Dec 2018 #5

Nancy and Chuck already have. GulfCoast66 Dec 2018 #7

Yes, but the apologists have barely begun their disinformation campaign. pecosbob Dec 2018 #8