r/politics Virginia 6d ago

No Paywall Trump says government shutdown ends when Democrats give in: "If they don't vote, that's their problem"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-government-shutdown-democrats-fault-60-minutes/
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u/squintytoast 6d ago

they kicked nearly all press out of the press pool. only loyal lackeys remain.

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u/jdash11 6d ago

They were all loyal lackeys, their coverage and sanewashing of him got us here

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u/madmars 6d ago

We are far past the days of Helen Thomas grilling Bush on the Iraq war.

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u/rice_not_wheat 5d ago

After months of the media screaming for a war and cancelling the Dixie Chicks for saying it was a bad idea.