Who REALLY wanted to shut down the government?

[Oldestyle]

Are you talking about the insurrectionist guy who tried to stop a Congressional vote?

I'm talking about New York Representative Bowman...someone who pulled a fire alarm to interrupt an official proceeding...a charge that's put dozens of conservative protesters in prison for years simply because they were inside of the Capitol Building! What's good for the goose probably will NOT be good for the gander under this DOJ! Bowman will get lip service and a slap on the wrist. If it were a conservative member of Congress? They'd be getting charged to the max.

 

[22lcidw]

ALL Democrats voted to keep the Government open
A small group of Republicans who hate this country voted to shut it down

Its long past time to vote on many programs separately. This is what huge government does. Promises made for social security that people have paid into from politicians in the 1980's were lies. We were supposed to have another half century before there would be an issue with the program. Medicare is not in great shape and most likely needs huge increases. And the COLA for this year appears to be way under the real inflation as to cheap people and save money.

 

[Oldestyle]

Makes no sense
Democrats always supported a continuing resolution

It is Republicans trying to destroy our Democracy

And yet it's a Democrat pulling that fire alarm, Winger! Explain that? I dare you.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

The same Democrats that resorted to pulling a fire alarm so that the vote to keep the government open wouldn't be held? Your talking point is falling flat on it's face, Jack! It's obvious that Democrats want to use shut downs as a political weapon and they don't care who gets hurt when they're doing it!

Well, if pulling the alarm was egregious then fine him. I don't care.
But, instead of giving Democrats a little breathing room to you know, actually read the bill, they tried to jam it through..and he STILL needed Democrats to help him do that.
And then, commits career seppuku by trashing the very Democrats who helped him avoid the shutdown.

What talking point???
REPUBLICANS were intent on shutting down the government.
I didn't hear any Democrats say they wanted things shut down.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

After they tried to shut it down...OBVIOUSLY!!!

I have zero idea what reality you're living in.
Republicans hold a slim majority in the House.
Every Democrat supported the resolution to keep the government open.

 

[Oldestyle]

Well, if pulling the alarm was egregious then fine him. I don't care.
But, instead of giving Democrats a little breathing room to you know, actually read the bill, they tried to jam it through..and he STILL needed Democrats to help him do that.
And then, commits career seppuku by trashing the very Democrats who helped him avoid the shutdown.

What talking point???
REPUBLICANS were intent on shutting down the government.
I didn't hear any Democrats say they wanted things shut down.

You didn't have to HEAR them, Jack! You simply need to look at the video of Rep. Bowman pulling that fire alarm! You want him fined? How about expelled from Congress for impeding government?

 

[hadit]

Republicans always either shut down the Government or threaten to ever non-election year

They can’t pass their agenda through traditional Congressional votes so they threaten shutdowns or debt default to pass their agenda or else

People used to think the earth was flat, too. Then reality.

 

[candycorn]

Who REALLY wanted to shut down the government?​

Blob supporters; as always.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

You didn't have to HEAR them, Jack! You simply need to look at the video of Rep. Bowman pulling that fire alarm! You want him fined? How about expelled from Congress for impeding government?

So what? What does this have to do with shutting the government down? He was buying more time to look at the bill Republicans had jammed in front of them.

If you don't like it..fine him.

 

[rightwinger]

People used to think the earth was flat, too. Then reality.

Only Conservatives thought it was flat
Still do

 

[candycorn]

After they tried to shut it down...OBVIOUSLY!!!

Never happened.

 

[JWBooth]

All democrats voted to kick the can down the road to insolvency, 8 Republicans voted to cut spending and save the country.

How would you characterize the remaining GOPers who were not among the 8?

 

[hadit]

Only Conservatives thought it was flat
Still do

Those are all modern day liberals. You know that. They still want to silence and prosecute any voices that don't strictly adhere to the orthodoxy.

 

[Oldestyle]

Never happened.

Bowman didn't pull the fire alarm? Is that what you're claiming, Candy?

 

[BluesLegend]

Bowman didn't pull the fire alarm? Is that what you're claiming, Candy?

(D) for Democrat and (D) for denial.

 

[candycorn]

Bowman didn't pull the fire alarm? Is that what you're claiming, Candy?

I answered your question in the Title. Are you claiming that the MAGA cult wasn't trying to shut down the government?

 

[GMCGeneral]

Makes no sense
Democrats always supported a continuing resolution

It is Republicans trying to destroy our Democracy

No Democrat ever supported a balanced fucking budget. Nor have they supported putting the dollar back on the Gold Standard. Two things necessary to save this country.

 

[Oldestyle]

I answered your question in the Title. Are you claiming that the MAGA cult wasn't trying to shut down the government?

When Bowman pulled that fire alarm, Candy...HE was trying to shut down the government after Republicans had passed a resolution to fund it! So take your "MAGA" nonsense and put it where the sun don't shine! That was Democrats playing games with people's lives...not Republicans! That Rep should be serving time in jail for what he did...but he won't because our DOJ is a joke at this point! If you're a conservative...you're a "threat to democracy" but if you're a liberal...you're above the law!

 

[candycorn]

When Bowman pulled that fire alarm, Candy...HE was trying to shut down the government after Republicans had passed a resolution to fund it! So take your "MAGA" nonsense and put it where the sun don't shine! That was Democrats playing games with people's lives...not Republicans! That Rep should be serving time in jail for what he did...but he won't because our DOJ is a joke at this point! If you're a conservative...you're a "threat to democracy" but if you're a liberal...you're above the law!

Your argument is comical. It would be like saying a guy who turned off the light switch in the chamber was trying to "shut down the government". Stop making yourself into a joke.

 

[candycorn]