The progressive base is furious at Senate Democrat leadership for caving in and voting to pass a short term funding bill without DACA.
Liberal activists are furious with Democratic senators after most of them agreed to reopen the government without a firm path to shielding young immigrants from deportation. https://t.co/nDOvQrhrEM pic.twitter.com/lXfj1RfNRs
— POLITICO (@politico) January 22, 2018
Gutierrez on Senate Dems: "They caved. They blinked. That's what they do."
— Billy House (@HouseInSession) January 22, 2018
If progressives were already having a bad day, this might make it worse:
Folks, you're not going to believe this, but the Senate just passed … another tax cut! https://t.co/UTsUVR0QdN
— Jim Tankersley (@jimtankersley) January 22, 2018
Just perfect!
https://twitter.com/FilmLadd/status/955544944390889477
It just got even more awkward for Dems:
What the fuck is wrong with them? https://t.co/exD4NHIxX8
— The Merlelorian (@clmerle) January 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/Noisydaddy/status/955543931332317184
Touché Dems! You stalled the funding bill long enough to let the Reps make it even worse. Your work here is done.
— KBeta (@KBeta) January 22, 2018
As if the government funding deal wasn't bad enough, we now find out there's yet more tax cuts hidden in it.
The bill contains $31 billion in tax cuts & it delays implementing 3 health care taxes related to proper functioning of Obamacare. https://t.co/NuajoKbhsG
— Adrienne Cobb (@ImagineWorldas1) January 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/Zingzangboom/status/955543783776464896
I'm sorry, HOW is this some clever strategy by the Dems?! In exchange for…nothing….Dems have given GOP even MORE tax cuts??? @SenSchumer https://t.co/nMLPZ12DYk
— Victoria Hodge (@VHodgeAuthor) January 22, 2018
Somehow Nancy Pelosi will have to come up with a word even more dire sounding than “Armageddon.”