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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFox host: You cant blame Dems for shutdown when youre in charge of everything
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Fox News is not typically known for criticizing Republicans.
But on Thursday, Shepard Smith, who has been notable for debunking the Trump camps fake talking points, cast a light on the GOPs cowardly strategy of passing the buck for an impending shutdown.
Back in Washington, there is one discussion: government shutdown, said Smith. Of course, with one party in charge of everything, a government shutdown will not happen, right? I mean, never in the history at least modern history of the country has there been a government shutdown when a single party is in charge of Washington.
The last time the government shut down while under the control of one party, Jimmy Carter was president. The government shut down five times between 1977 and 1979. But Democrats then proceeded to lose the White House and the Senate, so this example hardly bodes well for Republicans.
But on Thursday, Shepard Smith, who has been notable for debunking the Trump camps fake talking points, cast a light on the GOPs cowardly strategy of passing the buck for an impending shutdown.
Back in Washington, there is one discussion: government shutdown, said Smith. Of course, with one party in charge of everything, a government shutdown will not happen, right? I mean, never in the history at least modern history of the country has there been a government shutdown when a single party is in charge of Washington.
The last time the government shut down while under the control of one party, Jimmy Carter was president. The government shut down five times between 1977 and 1979. But Democrats then proceeded to lose the White House and the Senate, so this example hardly bodes well for Republicans.
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Fox host: You cant blame Dems for shutdown when youre in charge of everything (Original Post)
.99center
Jan 2018
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elleng
(130,156 posts)1. Some do (I've heard; I never watch.)
.99center
(1,237 posts)2. The both sides BS was being repeated endlessly by CNN and MSNBC's anchors
They're doing something wrong when Shep over at Fox makes them look like conservatives.
elleng
(130,156 posts)3. Yes it was;
I 'signed off' MSNBC for months as a consequence; rarely watch CNN.
renate
(13,776 posts)4. I knew it'd be Shepard Smith
Good for him!
Cha
(295,929 posts)5. Wow.. Shep Smith does it again.. how does
he get away with that truth tellin' on faux?!!
Mahlao, 99
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)6. 1 turncoat for every 100 GOP apologists?
The odds of Smith ever getting through to the brain dead masses who soak up Faux 24/7 are slim.