We’ve been out doing Christmas meal and gift shopping the last few days….
There IS a Trump inspired partial government shutdown….
The media has been screaming about it….
But in fact?
Most of us won’t be touched by it….
The mail is still be delivered….
Social Security checks are still being deposited into accounts….
The agencies effected by the shutdown have their staffs still reporting for work….
The Stock Market though, continues taking the elevator down….
Donald Trump’s people have been saying that their boss will ‘hold out’ for a ridiculous five Billions dollars for a wall that isn’t gonna happen….
Now if Trump doesn’t back up until January 3rd?
There is NEVER gonna be a chance for him since the House will be led by a Democratic majority…
This isn’t REALLY about the ‘Wall’….
It’s about Donald Trump dancing with those who brought him to Washington…
Not about the 300 million plus Americans Donald Trump swore on a bible to lead….
We’ll just keep on with our daily lives….
Happy Holidays!
Note….
Congress and Trump ARE getting paid ON TIME thru this….
NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll. Nov. 28-Dec. 4, 2018. N=1,075 adults nationwide. Margin of error ± 3.7.
“Which comes closer to your view? President Trump should compromise on the border wall to prevent gridlock. President Trump should not compromise on the border wall even if it means a government shutdown.”
Should compromise | Should not compromise | Unsure
% % %
ALL
57 36 8
Registered voters
56 37 7
Democrats
71 21 8
Independents
63 31 6
Republicans
29 65 6
https://www.pollingreport.com/budget.htm
No surprise that the only support is from Republicans….
Interesting that even that support is down from his overall support within the parties 85% OVERALL support within the party…
It’s the rightwingnuts that he’s playing to….
More Americans blame Trump for government shutdown: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Chris Kahn, Ginger Gibson
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More Americans blame President Donald Trump than congressional Democrats for the partial U.S. government shutdown, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Thursday, as the closure stretched into its sixth day with no end in sight.
Forty-seven percent of adults hold Trump responsible, while 33 percent blame Democrats in Congress, according to the Dec. 21-25 poll, conducted mostly after the shutdown began. Seven percent of Americans blamed congressional Republicans.
The shutdown was triggered by Trump’s demand, largely opposed by Democrats and some lawmakers from his own Republican Party, that taxpayers provide him with $5 billion to help pay for a wall that he wants to build along the U.S.-Mexico border. Its total estimated cost is $23 billion.
Just 35 percent of those surveyed in the opinion poll said they backed including money for the wall in a congressional spending bill. Only 25 percent said they supported Trump shutting down the government over the matter….
The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted online in English across the United States. It gathered responses from 2,440 adults, including 946 Democrats and 846 Republicans. It has a credibility interval, a measure of the poll’s precision, of two percentage points for the entire sample and four points for members of either political party.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shutdown-poll/more-americans-blame-trump-for-government-shutdown-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN1OQ1FA?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews
Hey!
The guy SAID he’d take the BLAME…..
We SHOULD HOLD HIM TO HIS WORD and not let him try to throw things over to the Democrats….