A possible goal of the shutdown?

[Ollie Garkie]

Stopping travel. Lack of air traffic controllers is starting to gum up the works. Lots of dictatorships shut down borders, including outgoing travel. There is no legislated means that I'm aware of for Trump to do this, so lack of traffic control could de facto achieve it if the shutdown goes long enough. Thoughts ? I'm paranoid? Or not?

[usonian]

1. The GOP (Guardians of Pedophiles) don't want a shutdown.

They just wanted Dems to roll over again.

But it got sticky when Mikey pre-emptively shut down the house to keep Epstein off the table, and continues to do so by not swearing in an elected representative who could force disclosure.



Dems got spine, as well.

[Skittles]

4. gawd, they are sickening

[RockRaven]

2. Nah, Repug Congresscritters are highly dependent on commercial air travel.

They wouldn't bear the inconvenience of making that part of a plan.

[Inkey]

3. A stupid presidential trick

What does this lever of power do ?

[MadameButterfly]

5. He'll have no trouble

shutting down outgoing travel for the people he wants to restrict if he consolidates power. I expect he'll do it with passports as he is already trying to do with transgender people. I doubt he'll ever restrict travel for Republicans.