• UsernameHere@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    The GOP is actively dismantling the government. Why would they care about a government shutdown?

    Seems stupid to try to threaten them with one.

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      6 months ago

      Not to mention, they’ve consistently threatened us with shutdowns up until now, so the democrats threatening one won’t work. Heck, they would revel in democrats using something from their playbook.

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        6 months ago

        That’s a non-sequitor. Threatening a government shutdown only works when the other guys are in charge. Right now the GOP is in charge, so they have to worry about government shutdowns.

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          6 months ago

          If democrats do it, republicans will just turn it around and say, “look they do it too!”

          Plus, a shut down is exactly what Trump wants, so he can declare military action or something equally aggressively stupid and try repeatedly claiming the stock markets crash was somehow the democrats fault and made him do it.