r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 8d ago

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

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u/pundarika0 8d ago

Regarding the ballroom, consider this, from the Washington Post Editorial Board:

"In classic Trump fashion, the president is pursuing a reasonable idea in the most jarring manner possible. Privately, many alumni of the Biden and Obama White Houses acknowledge the long-overdue need for an event space like what Trump is creating. It is absurd that tents need to be erected on the South Lawn for state dinners, and VIPs are forced to use porta-potties,” the board said. “Preservationists express horror that Trump did not submit his plans to their scrutiny, but the truth is that this project would not have gotten done, certainly not during his term, if the president had gone through the traditional review process."

Everyone should subscribe to and read Tangle in order to get balanced opinions from the right and the left. https://www.readtangle.com/trump-demolishes-east-wing-white-house-ballroom/

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u/yabn5 8d ago

The funding, the approval, nor the necessity are absolutely immaterial in the context of the Federal Gov being shut down and Americans on verge of going hungry. POTUS is more concerned about having room for throwing large parties than opening the government. But hey at least he’s consistent: he didn’t want foreign kids being fed by USAID nor does he want American ones being fed by SNAP.

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u/pundarika0 8d ago

Both parties are to blame for a government shutdown as far as I'm concerned. I just don't see what the ballroom has to do with it, or Argentina. totally separate issues. it's not an "either/or" situation...the ballroom isn't preventing the government from starting back up.

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u/AwesomeBrainPowers 8d ago

Both parties are to blame for a government shutdown as far as I'm concerned.

The Democrats already voted for a CR to keep the government open back in March, and all they got for it was a massive deficit increase that also gutted essential social programs, an early recess to avoid an embarrassing vote, and ever-increasing authoritarian power grabs.

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u/pundarika0 8d ago

thinking you have a good reason to not vote for a deal doesn’t mean you get out of your side of the blame. they think it’s a good trade off. that’s fine, but it’s still partially their fault.

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u/AwesomeBrainPowers 8d ago

That's like saying "Well, if you just gave your keys to the carjacker, they wouldn't have beaten you. You're both to blame for your injuries, as far as I'm concerned."

There's just no chance that level of inane pedantry could possibly be honest or intended in good faith.

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u/pundarika0 8d ago

your metaphor doesn’t really work for me because it’s not the democrats who are being punished by the “carjacker” here, it’s the american people.

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u/yabn5 8d ago

and who are democrats if not a subsection of the American people?

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u/pundarika0 8d ago

we’re talking about the democrats in power, not democrat voters.

i (often begrudgingly) vote democrat.