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In reply to the discussion: MSNBC: Border "deal" includes $1.375 B for a "border barrier" [View all]uponit7771
(90,302 posts)38. Because we were told zero dollars for his wall or beaded curtain !? Or is a gas lighting op going to
... begin claiming that never happened or something else was meant by it?
Oh well, this all depends on how dems want to spin "nothing for the wall" cause we know MAGA Nuts are going to claim some kind of victory and then say dems caved anyway
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WTF!!! Thought our party's position was not one damn penny for an immoral wall...
InAbLuEsTaTe
Feb 2019
#1
No way our side agreed on ANY money for a wall, barrier or whatever the fuck people want to call it.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Feb 2019
#3
They still get paid... very well I might add!! This has to be some kind of cruel joke!!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Feb 2019
#33
Right wingers on message boards like the hill etc... good to hear the dislike it though
Fullduplexxx
Feb 2019
#49
And now House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy: Pelosi and Democrats caved on Trump's border barrier demand
Fullduplexxx
Feb 2019
#51
Nope this is a loss for Trump...don't demonize Democrats. Another shutdown would be terrible.
Demsrule86
Feb 2019
#60
Conservative pundits declared that, if Trump doesn't get "at least" $1.6b, "his presidency is over."
regnaD kciN
Feb 2019
#10
This is straight out of the "George Costanza School of Negotiation" - bargaining to get
bullwinkle428
Feb 2019
#11
What kind of gas lighting shit is this?! No money for the wall is now "reduced amount" !?!? REALLY?!
uponit7771
Feb 2019
#37
Only one or two are "clutching their pearls", and I'm not sure they aren't working for the Russians
maxrandb
Feb 2019
#46
Why do so many believe that there would be zero dollars appropriated?
Progressive Jones
Feb 2019
#31
Because we were told zero dollars for his wall or beaded curtain !? Or is a gas lighting op going to
uponit7771
Feb 2019
#38
I think this is a great compromise. In the end, Idiot Don gets millions of dollars less than
Vinca
Feb 2019
#41
I looked on a couple conservative forums and they're absolutely livid about this.
bearsfootball516
Feb 2019
#57