Former President Trump urged Republicans to dig in as a shutdown looms over Washington, arguing Sunday that President Biden will take the blame if the federal government closes. Congress faces a Se…

  • @[email protected]
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    91 year ago

    Every time the Republican economic terrorists do this shit, they get blamed. They are just too stupid to learn.

    • darq
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      71 year ago

      they get blamed

      But does anything actually happen?

      Are there any actual consequences?

      • @Boddhisatva
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        71 year ago

        Obviously there are consequences. They get re-elected by their knuckle-dragging base.

        • darq
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          31 year ago

          Exactly. What we see as terrible breaches of ethics and integrity, conservatives see as “winning”. And they like winning.

      • @Ensign_Crab
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        1 year ago

        Usually they get rewarded with the concessions they want from the Democrats who are scared of being blamed for Republicans’ actions.

        • darq
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          31 year ago

          So it sounds like, contrary to what the previous comment said, republicans do learn just fine. They learn that they can get away with it.

    • IHeartBadCode
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      41 year ago

      Speaker of the House literally indicated he’d do this in his Inauguration speech

    • ForestOrca
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      41 year ago

      I think it’s reasonable to blame them, even charge them for the crimes they have done (people have suffered previously), and continue to do. Seriously.