Tag: Trump’s shutdown
Grassley Prays for Wisdom for Trump
“Let’s all pray that the president will have wisdom to sign the bill so government doesn’t shut down.”
— Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), offering his own prayer after the official prayer to open Senate business.
Reppublicans Admit the Shutdown Was Bad for the GOP
“In hindsight, the shutdown didn’t help us. You have to ignore reality to say anything different. It didn’t help us. The deal we ended up with now is worse than we had before the shutdown.”
— Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT), in an interview on CNN.
Voters Oppose Another Shutdown Over Wall, Against Emergency Declaration
58%
A new Morning Consult poll finds just 31% of voters support shutting the government down again to force Congress to appropriate money for the wall, while nearly twice that many, 58%, oppose another shutdown. Meanwhile, President Trump has suggested that he could declare a “national emergency” to avert a shutdown but still build the wall — but that, too, is unpopular. A narrow, 51% majority opposes declaring an emergency, which is supported by 38%.
The Shutdown Cost $11 Billion
$11 billion
“The federal government shutdown cost the economy $11 billion, according to a new analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, reflecting lost output from federal workers, delayed government spending and reduced demand,” CNBC reports. “The report, which was released Monday, estimated a hit of $3 billion, or 0.1 percent, to economic activity during the fourth quarter of 2018. The impact was projected to be greater during the first quarter of 2019: $8 billion, or 0.2 percent of GDP.”
Pelosi: Trump Underestimated the Dems
“Our diversity is our strength. But our unity is our power. And that is what maybe the president underestimated.”
— Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), quoted by the Washington Post.
Coulter Calls Trump ‘Wimp’ for caving on Wall
“Good news for George Herbert Walker Bush: As of today, he is no longer the biggest wimp ever to serve as President of the United States.”
— Ann Coulter, on Twitter.
Trump’s Leverage Lost
Yesterday, six GOP senators decided to flip —
And voted to end the shutdown and brinkmanship.
Leaving Trump with no leverage
And bad media coverage,
And a base about ready to give him a pink slip.