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Bettie

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9. I don't get how this benefits him

Reply to crickets (Original post)

Mon Sep 21, 2020, 05:56 PM

Sep 2020

Everyone but the most hard core MAGATs will understand that any shutdown is owned by TraitorTot and Moscow Mitch.

Or does he think he can use the threat of a shutdown to get Dems to go along with the hypocrisy with regard to the SCOTUS seat?

Or is he simply drunk with power and imagining he's king?

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McConnell unexpectedly rejects Democrats' funding bill, [View all] crickets Sep 2020 OP

Not unexpectedly. He wants his way on other things, so he is causing as much harm as he can to get Solly Mack Sep 2020 #1

Actually all he cares about at this point in time is the open seat . .. Iliyah Sep 2020 #2

Once again he weaponizes the funding Bill. 2naSalit Sep 2020 #3

In a Pandemic and uneasy economy . . Iliyah Sep 2020 #5

Betwixt Moscow mitch and traitortrump, anything can happen empedocles Sep 2020 #4

Shut it down. Can't confirm a SC nomination. Lochloosa Sep 2020 #6

If the plan by trump and GOP is to maximize chaos, shutting down govt beachbumbob Sep 2020 #7

This caught my attention Andy823 Sep 2020 #8

I don't get how this benefits him Bettie Sep 2020 #9

Well there is al the money Andy823 Sep 2020 #10

trump wants that money to pay off farmers for their votes. nt crickets Sep 2020 #13

Then it is scorched fucking earth time rufus dog Sep 2020 #11

Moscow Mitch doing what he does best Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2020 #12

Next bill should nuke the CCC. roamer65 Sep 2020 #14

Pelosi should send a funding bill attached to the Covid Stimulus bill passed in May Buckeyeblue Sep 2020 #15

Let it shut down. They will lose more votes. Nt helpisontheway Sep 2020 #16