There’s a way to get things done in Washington. You pass a law, make sure there is money in the budget for it, and poof, it gets done.
At any time in the past two years, Trump could have gone to the House and Senate, both run by Republicans, and gotten his wall financed. He did not do so.
Once the Democrats took the House, he then demanded funding for it. The Democrats said no. “If you don’t give me what I want, I will shut down the government,” he threatened. The Democrats said no again. And he shut down the government.
The House and the Senate then passed a resolution to open it back up again. And Trump vetoed it.
The Democrats have tried a number of times to pass that exact same bill to reopen government, but now Mitch McConnell, knowing it would pass, has refused to allow it to reach the Senate floor.
“Give me my wall or I won’t reopen the government!” Trump whines like a baby.
“We don’t negotiate with terrorists,” the Democrats say. “You want a wall? Pass a law like it’s supposed to work in a democracy.”
So when the mindless Republicans try to spin this to say the Democrats are the ones refusing to compromise, just point out that this is not how democracy works. A dictator says “Give me what I want or I’ll hurt you,” not a President. Democracy requires you to gain the majority on your side to get a bill passed.
Not that Trump or any of his followers understand politics anyway.
Now that more information has come out about the confrontation with those Catholic boys and the Native American, it seems clearer to me that it went somewhat like this:
“We’re a bunch of spoiled boys marching to fight against women’s rights! We’re wearing our MAGA hats to show everyone that we’re bigots!”
“I am a Native American veteran and I will stand up to you peacefully.”
“We will defuse the situation by mocking native people and screaming ‘build the wall’ while doing a Maori dance! There, we’re the good guys here!”
Nah, not buying it. The fact that the veteran walked up to people who should be confronted doesn’t make him the bad guy here. He did the right thing. We should all be confronting the haters.
cartoon by Clay Jones
If you’re poor and can’t afford private school, you get free public education through 12th grade.
“Makes sense.”
If you’re poor and can’t afford college, you get free public college for another four years.
“What? Are you crazy? That’s socialism!”
…
If you’re poor and arrested, you get a free lawyer.
“Makes sense.”
If you’re poor and sick, you get a free doctor.
“What? Are you crazy? That’s socialism!”
The Wall was never about security. It won’t stop immigrants from coming here (most of whom come by plane); it won’t stop the drugs — it’s just a way for the bigots in America, led by their Prime Leader Trump, to show their hatred of anyone not like them.
And he’s not even pretending any more. The latest tweet from him warns us that Muslim prayer rugs have been found.
Muslims! Be very very afraid! Despite the fact that the majority of terrorist attacks in America in the past ten years have been from white male Christians, Muslims! They’re different from you! A lot of them are brown! Be very very scared and vote for Republicans who will protect you!
But hey, you know, when elected Republican bigots are asking why it’s wrong to be a white supremacist and when they’re hosting holocaust deniers in the capitol, I guess we shouldn’t be surprised.
Just angry.
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