Summary

Fox News reporter Chad Pergram challenged Speaker Mike Johnson for blaming Democrats for a potential government shutdown over funding bill opposition.

After Johnson claimed Democrats would be “responsible for every troop who misses a paycheck” if they reject his “clean CR,” Pergram pointed out this implies Republicans lack sufficient votes.

Johnson insisted “we’ll have the votes” despite reports that House Republicans plan to vote against the bill, claiming Democrats should “do the responsible thing.”

  • @TankovayaDiviziya
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    3811 hours ago

    The only reason that Fox News is pushing back against the Republicans is because their stocks are going down.

    Who would have thought that greed after all can be used for good at least once?

  • @[email protected]
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    1510 hours ago

    Cons have the majority. If it doesn’t pass, it means they don’t have the votes. Simple. No matter what the Speaker says.

    • @Maggoty
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      This isn’t even turnabout. The Democrats did not have enough seats to pass it themselves and attempted to negotiate. The Republicans have tried nothing, abused the government, and are demanding the Democrats save them from themselves.

      To the Democrats, the Republicans have the petard lit, don’t let them hoist you instead of themselves.

  • queermunist she/her
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    I’ll be shocked to hell if they can’t get some Democrats to vote for this. The party is full of little worms willing to capitulate to fascism.

    • goferking (he/him)
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      Or it’ll pass with a large majority of dems voting for it while gop only loses the tea party ones who vote against everything

  • @AreaKode
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    We did it! We pushed the Overton Window so far to the right that Fox News became woke!

      • @YarHarSuperstar
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        Check this shit out, Fox posted this on fb when Bill Burr said that stuff about how we should treat “differently affluent” people (that’s my new euphemism, like it?)

        I thought it seemed weirdly anti-oligarchy for them and the comments were almost entirely pro-Burr. Interesting times we live in for sure

      • VindictiveJudge
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        1116 hours ago

        Fox learned during his first term that if they push too hard their viewers just go to Newsmax instead.

        • @[email protected]
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          19 hours ago

          many of the young viewers abandoed it for oan/newsmax and right wing grifters. Its the milleneals and older that still is on fox.

        • @[email protected]
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          1015 hours ago

          That’s what’s so scary about this beast Murdoch and co have created. They thought they could pump out fake news for decades and people would believe whatever they wanted, allowing them to control the narrative.

          It worked for a while, but then others realized how gullible the Fox News crowd was - and saw they could go even further into the crazy. Fox News now is basically in a spot where they have no choice but to push crazier shit than they actually want to. If they say the 2020 election wasn’t stolen, their viewers jump ship to someone who will tell them that it was.

      • @[email protected]
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        416 hours ago

        I’d say Trump is about to learn what happens when you fuck with the money, but he’s literally incapable of learning.

    • @NocturnalMorning
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      1820 hours ago

      I’m so proud of us. We’re all grown up and fascist. Brings a single tear to my eye, ya know, bcz I’m not some woke bleeding heart liberal.

    • CubitOom
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      217 hours ago

      I’ve always thought of the political spectrum more like a circle.

  • @[email protected]
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    3616 hours ago

    They always blame the dems no matter what because Fox repeats it and their base believes it. Fox pointing out that the republicans have the majority and still can’t govern could help a lot of the brainwashed wake up a bit. I won’t hold my breath but this is better than Fox also blaming the democrats for this.

  • @pzzzt
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    “Every troop missing a paycheck”? Big coming from the side stealing money from starving people.

    • @BigPotato
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      As if the Republicans haven’t caused many government workers to miss many paychecks. Even WITHOUT their current crimes against humanity they’d still have no ground to stand on with this argument.

      It’s basically a serial killer being shocked that someone killed one person.

    • @T00l_shed
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      They love to get rid of health care for the troops, so more performative bullshit

  • @Placebonickname
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    9320 hours ago

    I get confused by the GOP message these days. It sounds like they are saying…

    A) Trump is the smartest man to ever live and genius. Smartest man ever to be President by far.

    B) the Dems are tricking us into not doing well and we can’t figure out how to out smart them.

    Can both be true?

      • @Placebonickname
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        Well. I don’t know about weak, but I have a strong feeling that in 3 months I will be broke(out of money).

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    “We refused to negotiate with them and filled the CR with Republican amendments, but if Democrats and 2 Republicans don’t vote for it then the shutdown is the Democrats fault!”

    If a human being can be that dishonest and still convince himself he’s a good person, maybe our species never had much of a chance.

    • @Blue_Morpho
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      but if Democrats and 2 Republicans. Republicans have the majority. This has absolutely nothing to do with Democrats.

    • Cosmic Cleric
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      If a human being can be that dishonest and still convince himself he’s a good person, maybe our species never had much of a chance.

      We’re not there, when he looks in the mirror. Evil politics takes a toll on all. From his perspective, "God watches us all’.

      Also, have faith, fellow mammal. We’re a work in progress, generationally.

      This comment is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

  • @[email protected]
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    4019 hours ago

    Dude never negotiates with Dems and now comes with a straight face complaining the minority party won’t vote with him.

    • @[email protected]
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      210 hours ago

      they did for kevin mcCARTHY who turn around and backstabbed them, they dint rescue him when he got ousted.

    • @[email protected]
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      316 hours ago

      Every time I see him I just think about how much his bullies must’ve enjoyed shoving him into lockers as kids and I envy them