The spin from the left regarding the government shutdown has gotten to the point where it no longer seems remotely realistic. I offer as proof of this conclusion, an article in today's Boston Globe by Michael Cohen in which he blames the GOP for the shutdown and calls their argument that the Democrats were favoring illegal aliens over American citizens "shameless".
Think about it. In the House, the GOP voted for a bill that funded the government for a month, and all the Democrats voted against it. Fortunately, there were enough Republican votes for it to pass. Then, in the Senate, all but three Republicans voted to pass that spending bill, but essentially every Democrat voted against it. Since 60 votes were needed to pass the bill and there are only 51 Republicans, the Democrats were able to defeat the bill. That caused a government shutdown. So WHO caused the shutdown? WHO voted against the spending bill? WHO flipped their position yesterday so that the shutdown ended? It was the Democrats.
And how about this supposedly shameless argument that the Democrats chose the DACA illegals over American citizens? The result of the shutdown was that the CHIP program that provides healthcare to nine million poor kids ran out of money. The Democrats blocked that. Another result of the shutdown was that millions of government workers were furloughed. The Democrats did that. A third result was that anyone with business before the government had to wait unless it was an emergency situation. Thanks again to the Democrats. And why did the Democrats do this? They were demanding that the Congress pass a new immigration law that protected the 900,000 DACA illegals (who, by the way, are protected through at least March 5, 2018.) Indeed, the Democrats only flipped their view on the shutdown when the GOP leader agreed to put the DACA issue up for a vote in the next few weeks. So, the clear truth is that the Democrats favored the DACA illegals over the ordinary American citizen. It's not shameless to state the truth, even if that truth is that the Democrats acted like fools. In other words, Cohen's spin is something that makes no sense.
Think about it. In the House, the GOP voted for a bill that funded the government for a month, and all the Democrats voted against it. Fortunately, there were enough Republican votes for it to pass. Then, in the Senate, all but three Republicans voted to pass that spending bill, but essentially every Democrat voted against it. Since 60 votes were needed to pass the bill and there are only 51 Republicans, the Democrats were able to defeat the bill. That caused a government shutdown. So WHO caused the shutdown? WHO voted against the spending bill? WHO flipped their position yesterday so that the shutdown ended? It was the Democrats.
And how about this supposedly shameless argument that the Democrats chose the DACA illegals over American citizens? The result of the shutdown was that the CHIP program that provides healthcare to nine million poor kids ran out of money. The Democrats blocked that. Another result of the shutdown was that millions of government workers were furloughed. The Democrats did that. A third result was that anyone with business before the government had to wait unless it was an emergency situation. Thanks again to the Democrats. And why did the Democrats do this? They were demanding that the Congress pass a new immigration law that protected the 900,000 DACA illegals (who, by the way, are protected through at least March 5, 2018.) Indeed, the Democrats only flipped their view on the shutdown when the GOP leader agreed to put the DACA issue up for a vote in the next few weeks. So, the clear truth is that the Democrats favored the DACA illegals over the ordinary American citizen. It's not shameless to state the truth, even if that truth is that the Democrats acted like fools. In other words, Cohen's spin is something that makes no sense.
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