It’s been a long day in Washington, D.C. with the looming shutdown and all, so much so that the White House press corps is almost completely out of snacks.
Via CBS News’ Mark Knoller:
Nothing so clearly says long day and late night at WH press room: pic.twitter.com/ZNUuvKour9
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) January 20, 2018
“Thoughts and prayers” to our friends in the MSM:
thoughts and prayers.
— Liddle' “in the loop” cartogeek (@cartogeek) January 20, 2018
Quick, get Jim Acosta a Snickers!
If Acosta doesn't get a Snickers he turns into a jackass like…actually nothing changes. Cary on. https://t.co/1Ai6XigWLV
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) January 20, 2018
We’d pay to watch this fight:
https://twitter.com/ArthurDayne1/status/954549131858636800
Tom Hanks bought these guys a coffee machine, maybe he’ll come through with new snacks, too?
Where @tomhanks vending machine when you need it? Good luck, Mark.
— Jeremy Tobias Moorhead (@jmoorheadcnn) January 20, 2018
As for the shutdown, who knows. Sen. Lindsey Graham says they’re on the 10-yard-line:
.@LindseyGrahamSC calling for revised short-term funding bill to just go past State of the Union speech. Thinks "inside 10 yard line" on finding a deal.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) January 20, 2018
But then President Trump tweeted this:
Not looking good for our great Military or Safety & Security on the very dangerous Southern Border. Dems want a Shutdown in order to help diminish the great success of the Tax Cuts, and what they are doing for our booming economy.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 20, 2018
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