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In reply to the discussion: The goal is not to end the shutdown... [View all]jcgoldie
(11,612 posts)34. I would think that the longer he drags this mess out...
and blabs on twitter and elsewhere about how he can declare an emergency whenever he wants... the more impossible it will be in court to demonstrate that there really is any kind of emergency at all.
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He didnt even know he could do the national emergency until a reporter told him he could.
Eliot Rosewater
Jan 2019
#2
Rump owes putin 4 billion and will do every single thing he is told to do.
Eliot Rosewater
Jan 2019
#5
I wonder if that 5 billion he is demanding will find its way into Putin's pockets?
kimbutgar
Jan 2019
#6
The Republicans didn't want it either, so he couldn't have passed it in the past 2 years.
Chemisse
Jan 2019
#18
OK, assuming what you say is true, the smart play is to give him the money
Algernon Moncrieff
Jan 2019
#28