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yup, it's pure politics. Trump could have gotten his wall when republicans had both the house and the senate. He didn't push it because not enough republicans
by techslave 8y ago
yup, it's pure politics.
Trump could have gotten his wall when republicans had both the house and the senate. He didn't push it because not enough republicans wanted it I guess, and he wouldn't shutdown the government based on his own party not funding the wall.
Now that the dems have the house, he (and the republicans) can just blame the dems. But if congress really wanted to end this, they can just pass a budget with enough votes and override the president's veto. But instead, the republicans sit back and blame the dems, without having to admit to trump's base that they don't want a wall.
It's reprehensible.
- jquery 8y agoEasy solution, the Dems can help fund the wall and the shutdown is over. Why not? They've repeatedly says walls don't work anyway, and the cost of the wall is a rounding error in the federal budget.
- techslave 8y agoit’s not the cost really. although it will easily balloon to 5x the cost (initial overrun plus maintenance) it’s still too small to care about. the shutdown has probably already cost more than the nominal wall cost. the problem is it’s a symbolic, umm symbol that is hard to walk back from. another problem with your argument is that it’s blame shifting.