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In reply to the discussion: Tulsi Gabbard today: "Both sides...unwilling to come together..." [View all]peggysue2
(12,404 posts)This is not a bothsiderism issue because you have one side dealing from a Bad Faith position. Negotiations are not made on TV or through a twitter account where a one-sided position is stated, sealed as the deal without debate or discussion or compromise.
That's not how it's done. That's not how any of this is done.
The press is now questioning why the Democratic leadership is unwilling to 'make a deal' when the offer Trumpski threw out was a non deal/deal, a temporary protective stance on DACA for a permanent, ineffective, never-ending wall with an astronomical price tag. This is just more bullshit being thrown out, wrapped in yesterday's newsprint, declared new when it's absolutely not.
The Democratic House has already attempted to reopen the government and stop the madness. Gabbard should question Mitch McConnell on why he refuses to bring that legislation to the floor. Instead she falls back to the bothsiderism line of attack, the very thing that has helped drive the current debacle.