More a bulldozer than a chess game. The fighting is just what they naturally do. Still, so far you are right. Driving Dems to give in has worked before, why not do it again and again and...
Debt: The Bad, the Weak and the Ugly "Sept 30th is funding deadline. Otherwise America goes into default." [...] "But these are only guesses. And remember, the Biden administration’s political judgment on the debt limit has been disastrously wrong every step of the way. Officials reportedly thought that by rejecting any workarounds, they would get centrists and business groups to intervene and force Republicans to raise the ceiling. It didn’t happen. They ignored warnings that insisting that there were no options would just embolden G.O.P. extremists .. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/opinion/biden-debt-ceiling-republicans.html; it did." https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=172825717
Republicans lost big': Trump demands shutdown of the government to make Biden look bad
David McAfee September 24, 2023 10:00PM ET
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Donald Trump on Sunday evening lashed out against Mitch McConnell and other Republicans who aren't actively fighting to shut down the entire government.
Trump, who said earlier in the day that he intends to thoroughly scrutinize and limit NBC News and other news agencies if he's re-elected president in 2024, took to his social network to blast Republicans standing in the way of getting what he wants.
Specifically, Trump pointed to an earlier failure for the GOP, before giving direct instructions on where to go from here.
"The Republicans lost big on Debt Ceiling, got NOTHING, and now are worried that they will be BLAMED for the Budget Shutdown. Wrong!!! Whoever is President will be blamed, in this case, Crooked (as Hell!) Joe Biden!" Trump said on Truth Social. "Our Country is being systematically destroyed by the Radical Left Marxists, Fascists and Thugs - THE DEMOCRATS. UNLESS YOU GET EVERYTHING, SHUT IT DOWN! Close the Border, stop the Weaponization of 'Justice,' and End Election Interference - WE MUST HAVE HONEST ELECTIONS."
Trump added:
"It’s time Republicans learned how to fight! Are you listening Mitch McConnell, the weakest, dumbest, and most conflicted 'Leader' in U.S. Senate history? HE’S ALREADY GIVEN THE DEMOCRATS EVERYTHING, THEY CAN’T BELIEVE HOW LUCKY THEY GOT. WE NEED NEW, & REAL, REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE, NOT A CLONE OF MITCH, & WE NEED IT NOW!!!"
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