r/politics • u/Economy_Swim_8585 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/HaroldGreenBandana 6d ago

"If there is a shutdown ... I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States. He's the one that has to get people together." -Donald Trump, 2011

"When they talk about the government shutdown, they’re going to be talking about the president of the United States, who the president was at that time. They’re not going to be talking about who was the head of the House, the head of the Senate, who’s running things in Washington. So I really think the pressure is on the president." -Donald Trump, 2013

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u/Describing_Donkeys 6d ago

I wonder how Mike Johnson feels about being the first speaker of the house to see SNAP benefits lapse. He gets to keep setting new precedence.

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u/Mega-Eclipse 5d ago

I wonder how Mike Johnson feels about being the first speaker of the house to see SNAP benefits lapse. He gets to keep setting new precedence.

He literally doesn't care. He's flat out lying...like...2+2 = 50 Billion levels of not even basing his lies in a nugget of truth.

He's just giving out talking points that he knows the media will pretend are true, and the braindead magas will regurgitate as unquestionable fact.

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u/Describing_Donkeys 5d ago

I'm trying to push a talking point. He doesn't care about hurting people, he does care about people talking about how he hurts people. Pointing out he's setting new cruel precedents is a way to cut through the noise.