(01-24-2019, 09:51 AM)B2hibry Wrote:

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(01-24-2019, 09:41 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: This take simply makes no sense at all. I have no loyalty to either party, as I'm a registered Independent who hates Trump and Pelosi. This blame lays squarely on the President though. The man even stated multiple times, that he would "own" this shutdown and that he would "shutdown the government if he didn't get funding for the wall." How can you blame this on anyone other than him? I swear, he could tell some of you followers that the sky was purple and the grass was plaid and you'd believe him.

Please explain your blame theory because at this juncture it makes zero sense regardless of what words came out of either parties mouths. It’s actions that matter and that is where you may find the clue you need.

Yes. It does. The shutdown is happening, because Trump made an impossible campaign promise and his "sheep" bought into it. Now that the time has come to try and save face, by building his beloved wall, he needs to find the money to pay for it and guess what? Mexico isn't handing us a giant check. We had a budget that was agreed upon, but since it didn't fund Trump's wall, he wouldn't sign it and now we have a shutdown. A shutdown that he said he would "own". There was a direct cause and effect that started with Trump's words and resulted in him shutting down the government. That's not a blame theory. That is fact. Trump is on tape saying if he didn't get money to fund the wall, he was going to shut down the government. That is not a theory, that is a fact. What are you missing?

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