Shutdown is costing farmers, says Farm Bureau official

Bodecea · 2019-01-07T23:54:48.209Z

BabyBlue:

lulubee:

He should take the farmer’s welfare and pay for his wall - this being a national emergency and all.

And they are true patriots so won’t mind losing their livelihoods for the wall.

I’ve even seen some say that they’re willing to suffer for the sake of the country.

Name them.

Bodecea · 2019-01-07T23:55:48.240Z

FlameHeart:

I love how you guys act as if Trump is the only president in U.S. history who has shut down the government.

Remember in 2013, Obama shut down the WWII memorial, as well as several other monuments, to scare the public. Pretty much no one on the left made a peep. But you guys do you.

That was the Republicans. Remember Rape Face Cruz reading “Green Eggs and Ham”?

lulubee · 2019-01-08T00:01:23.021Z

A bunch of national parks out west (like Mt. Rainier for eg.) have had to close because no one is there to plow the roads of the heavy snow.

Here is a list of what’s shut down or working with skeleton staff as of yesterday.

cbsnews.com

What's closed during the partial government shutdown?

Nine out of 15 federal departments are closed, as well as dozens of agencies - here's the latest on what's open and closed in the government

FlameHeart · 2019-01-08T00:02:47.699Z

You’re trying to blame it on Republicans. Obama is the one who shut down the national monuments, and made sure the shutdown affected as many people as possible. At least Trump is taking responsibility for this shutdown.

FlameHeart · 2019-01-08T00:05:28.012Z

You also forget Obama’s veto threat.

ComfortablyNumb · 2019-01-08T00:05:32.598Z

FlameHeart:

You’re trying to blame it on Republicans. Obama is the one who shut down the national monuments, and made sure the shutdown affected as many people as possible. At least Trump is taking responsibility for this shutdown.

I’m not trying to do anything. These are just the facts and reality. I’d politely ask you not to revise history.

And LOL at “At least Trump is taking responsibility for this Shutdown.” Is this meant to be sarcasm? Because I don’t get it.

FlameHeart · 2019-01-08T00:06:03.600Z

No they are your perception of the events, not reality.

Apocalypto · 2019-01-08T00:10:23.231Z

You ready for some facts?

@politifact

PolitiFact - Obama 2013 and Trump 2018. Are the shutdowns the same? Not exactly

With no quick end to the recent federal government shutdown in sight, a Facebook post harking back to a 2013 shutdown un

A Facebook post said that Obama shut down the government in 2013 to force Obamacare. There are a couple of key differences between then and today.

First, leading Republicans, including Ryan, noted that Obamacare largely would move forward even if some elements were defunded. In that sense, Obama was not fighting to “force” Obamacare, because he didn’t need to.

Second, in 2013, two issues, Obamacare and the debt ceiling, were on the table. In 2018, funding for the wall stands alone. In 2013, a compromise on the debt ceiling cleared the way to reopen the government.

There is also a legal difference. In 2013, Obamacare was already law. Funding for the wall is not.

Axxowiz · 2019-01-08T00:10:41.805Z

You guys are democrats you love to redistribute wealth, just give a 1/4 of the 800,000 (non essential) government workers salaries to them that are paid with taxes, until this passes over.

ComfortablyNumb · 2019-01-08T00:13:11.672Z

FlameHeart:

No they are your perception of the events, not reality.

Fascinating. Lol

Nope. Objective reality. Do you seriously not remember Ted Cruz reading Dr. Seuss on the floor of the Senate?

The Republicans were throwing a temper tantrum because the ACA passed, and they needed a boogeyman to rile their base up with to try and reclaim more power in the 2014 midterms.

You remember that right? Obamacare?!?! Ooga Booga Booga! The GOP’s favorite thing to hate on to snooker their base for power. And when given power, their attempts to repeal the ACA went over as well as a wet fart in Church.

The GOP fully own the shutdown of 2013. They fully own the shutdown of 2018/2019. Feel free to post an actual shutdown that is owned by Democrats. I can think of at least one off the top of my head. 2013 ain’t it!

ohknow35 · 2019-01-08T01:10:35.772Z

Same people who are paying for illegals to have freebies. Just at a discount.

And same people who are forced to pay for obamacare for everyone who can’t afford it.

mobiusptc · 2019-01-08T01:12:31.522Z

so not mexico 100%?

https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/949444933093613568

that doesnt jive

ohknow35 · 2019-01-08T02:04:47.534Z

I wasn’t in that crowd, and I’m not donald trump.

And I never believed mexico was gonna pay for it.

Build the wall.

hindsight · 2019-01-08T02:24:57.847Z

ohknow35:

I wasn’t in that crowd, and I’m not donald trump.

And I never believed mexico was gonna pay for it.

Build the wall.

Don’t want the wall unless Mexico pays for it, just like Donald Trump promised.

lulubee · 2019-01-08T02:27:48.704Z

ohknow35:

And I never believed mexico was gonna pay for it.

Build the wall.

LOL!

10GoFundMeBuildTheWall

ohknow35 · 2019-01-08T02:30:32.801Z

I can just imagine the lawsuits if mexico tried to pay for a wall built on U.S. soil.

Better if we just go ahead and pay it.

Build the wall!

PizzaReverend · 2019-01-08T02:33:17.166Z

https://twitter.com/mckaycoppins/status/1082451719492169730?s=21

Telling.

lulubee · 2019-01-08T02:53:32.352Z

I’m loving that most of the people getting hurt by the shut down are Trump voters.

It’s not like they weren’t warned.

BabyBlue · 2019-01-08T02:55:22.001Z

FlameHeart:

You’re trying to blame it on Republicans. Obama is the one who shut down the national monuments, and made sure the shutdown affected as many people as possible. At least Trump is taking responsibility for this shutdown.

I don’t think you have a good recall of what happened.

BigBear · 2019-01-08T03:06:26.452Z

BabyBlue:

lulubee:

He should take the farmer’s welfare and pay for his wall - this being a national emergency and all.

And they are true patriots so won’t mind losing their livelihoods for the wall.

I’ve even seen some say that they’re willing to suffer for the sake of the country.

Which would make sense if a trade war were an effective tool to resolve the issues. But it’s not, so farmers and others are suffering for nothing positive. It’s stupid.