Democrats’ fresh government-shutdown folly — just – Latest News
It’s just silly for Democrats in Congress to show Minneapolis into a trigger for one more authorities shutdown beginning Friday — why can’t they just “take the win”?
Sadly, they’ve just grown too afraid of crossing their base voters, who’re sure the rationale they’ll’t win a majority is that people who disagree just aren’t paying enough consideration.
In actuality, lots of Americans who recoil at Homeland Security excesses additionally don’t need open borders, so gained’t go together with the left’s quest to destroy ICE.
And don’t see the sense in even a restricted authorities shutdown.
But right here we’re: Senate Dems intend to block a “minibus” appropriations invoice to precise their fury over the Alex Pretti capturing and the entire Minneapolis mess — regardless that that drama is now winding down.
“Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included,” vowed Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
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They’ll block funding for roughly half the federal government until Republicans separate out DHS to allow them to block just Homeland Security.
At least Squad firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is trustworthy: She and her lefty allies need all immigration enforcement suspended; they’re proper back to their “Abolish ICE” calls for from the primary Trump time period.
And even Dems who usually show some sense are working scared.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-Bx.) just cut a marketing campaign advert the place he requires the abolition of the immigration enforcement company; he’s additionally set forth a invoice requiring QR codes on ICE and Border Patrol uniforms to help activists ID them for doable doxxing campaigns or worse.
Even “common sense” Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-LI) now says he regrets his latest vote to fund ICE as he damns the company’s “illegal and immoral conduct.”
Argh: If the GOP declines to let the Dems single out DHS (and why ought to it?), the progressive social gathering will as soon as again be shutting down a host of businesses that primarily help Democratic constituencies; they’re additionally blocking any likelihood to revive at the least some of the Obamacare subsidies they have been demanding within the final shutdown drama.
And because the cool-down proceeds in Minneapolis, ultimately enough moderates will give up holding all the pieces up; Schumer & Co. would possibly as properly just be holding their breath ’til they flip blue.
The clueless left’s energy has grown so sturdy that Democrats are going to impose struggling on their own people in a fully futile stand.
