Regardless of how hard Democrats tried to spin it as the #TrumpShutdown, the writing was right there in the headlines: it was Sen. Chuck Schumer and the Democrats who blocked passage of a continuing resolution that would have kept the government open.
That government shutdown lasted barely a weekend, and in the end, Democrats passed a continuing resolution in exchange for Mitch McConnell’s assurance that he’d bring up DACA for a vote.
Vox founder Ezra Klein tried to put a happy face on things for Democrats by describing Monday’s compromise as “a good deal.”
https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/955550657087500288
So they got six years of CHIP funding … which is what they could have had Friday without shutting down the government.
You could power the generators at an electrical plant with this spin. https://t.co/XqnxkxQE4x
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) January 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/Moj_kobe/status/955557194224713728
Stage 4: Bargaining https://t.co/dIrG8IKEeJ
— Grant Bosse (@grantbosse) January 22, 2018
If that isn't some spin I don't know what is https://t.co/MbtFzqda76
— Nick Negron (@_NickNegron_) January 22, 2018
The scribe for the DNC trying to tell me shit is not shit. https://t.co/lmeeJlc87a
— Sidelined Media (@SuperAbe2014) January 22, 2018
Whatever you have to tell yourself. https://t.co/cYmOPLOOXX
— Matthew Salzwedel (@mrsalzwedel) January 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/RealTalkPol/status/955551857992261632
My God, the total failure of the Dems is only matched by the idiocy of their pundits. https://t.co/ZFzl95HbPp
— DoogLives!!!!!! #freeAssange ? (@dooglives) January 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/JesusRodxxx/status/955553014600818688
CHIP was included 3 days ago… https://t.co/dAGgVhVaEP
— THAT Amber (@buriedbybooks) January 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/rohitguptahpf/status/955558554571743232
Could have had all that without a shutdown but cool story bro https://t.co/9GfQH6VG8I
— Barry Rushwater (@barryrushwater) January 22, 2018
The exact same deal offered in Friday. Master negotiators. https://t.co/ivVqaTFKcz
— Javier Morillo hapi sangivin (@javimorillo) January 22, 2018
You mean what they would have had on Friday. This is the domestic equivalent of the Gaza-West Bank bridge. https://t.co/UUGsDGJ4x9
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) January 22, 2018
Gaza bridge for sale… https://t.co/PFe6IF4wWo
— Balkie Bartakomous (@NattyPee) January 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/joe46and2/status/955553686054408192
https://twitter.com/zhunterDC/status/955554443545726976
You don't have leverage if you don't tie CHIP and DACA together and keep voting yes on these CRs. That's literally the opposite of leverage. https://t.co/tXimUIFzbI
— Cowardly John Brown (@MitchellCares) January 22, 2018
6 years of CHIP was on the table from "go", Dems rejected bc no DACA. They didn't get DACA. They got a pinky promise. Caving diminished their leverage. https://t.co/qdTRybFAYD
— Wartooth (@HokieWartooth) January 22, 2018
u are on crack…Schumer got smoked like a pack of Kools…they have no leverage. Negotiators like Schumer are called pioneers cause they are early settlers… https://t.co/fVwmSkRVPU
— John Posey (@urbansportsblog) January 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/Moj_kobe/status/955558666144399360
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