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Corrupt Government Title: UH-OH: Democrats Panic After Mainstream Media Sources Blame THEM For Government Shutdown The White House did its best to label the shutdown, which began after Democrats whipped votes to filibuster a continuing resolution funding the government, offered by Republicans, as the "Schumer Shutdown," after Democratic minority leader Chuck Schumer. To Democrats' chagrin, the name stuck, and as they petitioned to keep the government out of working order over their commitment to illegal immigration, mainstream media outlets, who might typically be on their side, turned on Democratic leadership. In their rundown of the Friday night vote, The New York Times dared to suggest Democrats were to blame for failing to keep the government open. "Senate Democrats blocked passage of a stopgap spending bill to keep the government open," the paper's app blared in its mobile notifications. That single text message sent Democrats and activists into a panic. Dan Pfeiffer, a former Obama official and co-host of the podcast, "Pod Save America," that encouraged activists to pressure legislators for the shutdown, was visibly agitated on Twitter after seeing the message. Others spent much of the day Saturday attempting to "refute" the NYT's assessment by suggesting that by not acquiescing to Democratic demands which, for a time included an amnesty program for DACA recipients' parents, it was the Republicans who were at fault for the shutdown. But the public relations campaign failed before it even began. Left-leaning blog, Slate, agreed with The New York Times that ultimately a 51-person Republican majority could not have overridden a Senate filibuster requiring 60 votes to terminate. Bloomberg news ran with the headline, "U.S. Shutdown Starts as Senate Democrats Block GOP Funding Plan, and the Associated Press declared, Senate Democrats derail bill to avert shutdown. By Saturday night, both parties were beginning to agree, tentatively, on some terms to end the shutdown, including a possible longer-term spending bill that would fund the CHIP children's health care program for the next six years. That bill, however, avoids the immigration issue altogether, hinging passage on a mere commitment to handle the DACA issue sometime before February 8. Poster Comment: Bloomberg, Slim's Slimes, WaPo, Associated Press and even Slate have deserted Shutdown Schumer in his hour of need. Sucks to be Chuck. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 5.
#4. To: Tooconservative (#0)
I WANT to be ecstatic about this turn of events,but I don't understand how or why it happened,and since it defies all history and logic,it has me worried that something is going on in the background that I can't see coming.
Unfortunately, the shutdown can't last too long. Reading tea leaves, there are signs from even some of the hardcore Dems that they are willing, contrary to what they say, to build the wall. What they're determined to prevent is the end of chain migration and diversity visas.
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