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icymist

(15,888 posts)
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 10:38 AM Jan 2018

Anyone who calls the White House gets a message of the Dems holding Gov. funding hostage.

Just call (202) 456-1111 and this is the message you will hear:

Thank you for calling the White House. Unfortunately, we cannot answer your call today, because Congressional Democrats are holding government funding, including funding for our troops and other national security priorities, hostage to an unrelated immigration debate. Due to this obstruction, the government is shut down. In the meantime, you can leave a comment for the president at www.whitehouse.gov/contact. We look forward to taking your calls as soon as the government reopens.

https://www.snopes.com/white-house-comment-line-trump/

White House voicemail accuses Democrats of holding government funding 'hostage' during shutdown
Anyone hoping to give the White House a piece of their mind got an earful about the government shutdown instead.

A voicemail on the White House comment line at (202) 456-1111 brazenly blames Democrats for bungling talks to avoid the dreaded shutdown on the anniversary of President Trump’s 2017 inauguration.

The bizarre message goes so far as to say Dems are holding funding “hostage.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/white-house-voicemail-accuses-dems-holding-funding-hostage-article-1.3769314

Imagine if Obama did anything similar to this!
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Anyone who calls the White House gets a message of the Dems holding Gov. funding hostage. (Original Post) icymist Jan 2018 OP
Playground bullies playing games with people's lives. tanyev Jan 2018 #1
The American people are just collateral damage in their quest for power and wealth. Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #2
Omfg GrapesOfWrath Jan 2018 #3

Irish_Dem

(46,521 posts)
2. The American people are just collateral damage in their quest for power and wealth.
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 11:06 AM
Jan 2018

We are nuisances to them.

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