After President Donald Trump capitulated on the shutdown, letting the government reopen without wall funding and giving House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) essentially everything she wanted, the RNC took to Twitter to spin an alternate reality.
Democrats have held our government hostage for weeks, but thanks to President @realDonaldTrump‘s leadership, the government will reopen and federal workers will be paid in the next few days.
— GOP (@GOP) January 26, 2019
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The whole GOP has been reduced to bolstering a toddler’s ego: “The vase jumped off the table all by itself, but luckily Donnie was nearby and swept up the pieces. We’re so proud of Donnie!”
And, based on this kind of lie, the AP will do a story - The Shutdown…Which Party is Really to Blame - with a lot of false equivalencies and both-siderisms.
It’s textbook chutzpah - and we could ask Michele Bachmann to pronounce it for old times’ sake.
The RNC isn’t the only one spending quality time on the toilet this morning.
Sure - why don’t you just keep saying one word all the time: Wall. Americans are fucking sick of your fucking wall so just keep right on pushing it,