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Schumer’s attempted shutdown will backfire bigly

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Posted By: Magnante, 3/13/2025 9:34:41 AM

Republicans, accustomed to being blamed by the media for federal government shutdowns, should not worry about Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s plan to oppose cloture on the “clean” funding bill Speaker Johnson’s House just passed. There are multiple good reasons why they can relax on this one: Trump knows how to fight (snip) He knows how to use branding and understands the power of alliteration to embed expressions in the human mind (e.g., “big, beautiful bill”). The “Schumer Showdown” will be the name. (snip) Trump will not engage in the stupid game of putting up barriers to prevent the public from entering national parks.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: laurenc 3/13/2025 9:55:12 AM (No. 1913712)
Send Maxine Watters out to explain why the shutdown is necessary. That alone would cause the Dems to call it off.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Quigley 3/13/2025 9:56:14 AM (No. 1913713)
I think Mr. Lifson is right. It should be fun to watch Trump take the hapless Dims' shutdown club away from them and .....
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Reply 3 - Posted by: hurricanegirl 3/13/2025 10:07:34 AM (No. 1913721)
I'm perfectly happy with a shutdown. In fact, make it last about 8 months with no back pay for fed employee. After all, if they can't pass a regular budget, then why should they keep getting my tax dollars?
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Reply 4 - Posted by: jasonB 3/13/2025 10:50:38 AM (No. 1913739)
A shutdown? Who knew that Shumer would emerge the hero in this whole thing?
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Venturer 3/13/2025 11:48:38 AM (No. 1913780)
If the Government is shut down----no back pay for those who don't work. Let Schumer tell Government employees why they do not have a check coming for work not performed.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: stablemoney 3/13/2025 11:57:30 AM (No. 1913789)
Trump is right. Schumer is a palestinian.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: seamusm 3/13/2025 1:20:02 PM (No. 1913862)
Sorry, Mr. Lifson, but Big Bend National Park, already reacted to DOGE by slowing entry into the park and creating intolerably long lines for visitors.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: jeffkinnh 3/13/2025 4:23:57 PM (No. 1913942)
I could imagine an ad with the picture from this article caption, "Chuck serving up an raw, uncooked shutdown to the American People".
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Reply 9 - Posted by: danu 3/13/2025 5:09:45 PM (No. 1913979)
this is schmuckie schumer's shutdown--not pdt's, not doge's. we've had shutdowns before. angering ppl with slow-rolling nat'l park access is a feature--not a bug--in the demoncrat scammery.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: danu 3/13/2025 6:45:34 PM (No. 1914020)
smuckie collapsed totally and surrended to pdt--no shutdown.
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