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Trump, Who Said He’d Be ‘Proud’ To Shut Down Gov’t: Dems ‘Own The Shutdown!’

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12.21.18 | 10:52 am

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Matt Shuham is a reporter in TPM’s New York office. Prior to joining TPM, he was associate editor of The National Memo and an editorial intern at Rolling Stone.
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  1. Someday, someone will explain to The Donald how television cameras work…

  3. Explain it to the Dems, also. The DNC should make a $5 million buy and blanket the airwaves with footage of the Trump-Pelosi-Schumer meeting, with specific emphasis on Trump claiming credit for any future shutdown. You should not be able to watch any news or prime time program in the next two weeks without seeing such an ad run 5 times.

    Will they do it? Nah, like Trump says, they’re weak, sniveling cowards.

  4. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    He’s such a fucking idiot.

    Nancy, Chuck, please roll the tape.

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