Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) doesn’t think that the fight over the budget will lead to a government shutdown, asserting that if Democrats negotiate with President Donald Trump over his wall, neither party will have to shoulder the blame of a shutdown.
According to a Monday Wall Street Journal report, McConnell conceded that Democrats are “not irrelevant” due to their recently won House majority.
However, McConnell looked ahead to 2020 when he foresees an opportunity for Republicans to even further ingrain Senate gains with a favorable map and easy turnover opportunity in Sen. Doug Jones’ (D-AL) seat. McConnell euphemistically referred to the failed candidacy of Roy Moore, who was accused of sexually assaulting underage girls, “the Alabama mistake in 2017.”
And if they don’t, rapeuglicans will be doing the shouldering, Mr lets-all-play-fair-when-I’m-in-a-corner.
So Yertle is saying that the Senate GOP has nothing to do but sit back and wait for these two other entities to make a deal? When things are going well for the Rethugs, they’re all powerful. When they actually have to do work, then it’s the Dems job to do the heavy lifting.
Dems were in the minority before and they’re even further in the minority (if that’s possible) for 2019. Time to grab your big boy pants, Yertle, and work with your - uh, leader. You created him, you deal with him.
How does one negotiate with a president whose word is worthless?
Hey Mitch, how do you spell “bipartisanship”?
S-U-R-R-E-N-D-E-R.
Exactly, how many times has he stated one thing in a video op at a WH meeting only to state the exact opposite the next day, or to have staff say he meant _____. I say F them, do not do anything to help the REPUGS, let any shutdown fall on their shoulders, they supposedly are the majority therefore should not need Dem votes to pass a CR.