'Obstruction works’: Senate Dems budget deficit brag backfires

The Senate Dems were excited enough about this AP story to give it a retweet:

RT @AP: BREAKING: Congressional Budget Office: Budget deficit to shrink to lowest level since Obama took office.

— Senate Democrats (@SenateDems) January 26, 2015

Haven’t the Democrats been complaining about “GOP obstruction” for quite a while?

Whatever does the trick:

Blocking Obama's agenda shrinks deficit. Thanks @GOP! https://t.co/q4VroJrrTL @SenateDems @AP

— RBe (@RBPundit) January 26, 2015

So, they're saying that the most "unproductive" Congress ever reduced the deficit? There's a lesson here. https://t.co/q4VroJrrTL

— RBe (@RBPundit) January 26, 2015

https://twitter.com/TheBryanSuits/status/559794143304900610

@SenateDems @AP Great news, obstruction works! @GOP

— AstrO (@Mi_Astronauta) January 26, 2015

@SenateDems @AP GOP OBSTRUCTIONISTS!! Oh, wait. It's a good thing.

— John t Smith (@pigliondog) January 26, 2015

The “bigger picture” remains:

@SenateDems @AP from $1.2 trillion? Um, nice job ??

— Deplorable Guitar Addict (@sixstringaddict) January 26, 2015

@SenateDems and the NATIONAL DEBT you MORONS? @AP

— John Willson (@JHWillson) January 26, 2015

Well, there’s that…

$18,087,425,445,178.53 (+) #nationaldebt

— National Debt Tweets (@NationalDebt) January 23, 2015

And yet they’re patting themselves on the backs.

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