While the media fixate on partisan blame, Russ Vought and a hard-right GOP faction are quietly using the shutdown to sidestep Congress and reshape government.
Understand: all this would be stopped in a second if Republicans accepted the Democrat budget proposal. This isnt the D’s fault, no matter how many scaremongering propaganda headlines you see trying to convince you that the Democrats should just sign the Republican budget and move on. Things are much better right now in a shutdown than they would be if the Republicans get their budget passed.
I actually think Democrats would not fight as hard if this shutdown wasn’t favorable to Republicans. I think Democratic leadership are actually trying to help Trump. Or maybe not actively trying to help but they don’t see Republicans achieving their goals as something negative.
They didn’t just refuse to sign it, they actually did their job and made a counterproposal that protected funding for Healthcare (among other things). Republicans refused to even acknowledge it and shut the government down.
As an American, your empathy is appreciated but honestly save it for people more worthwhile. There was genuinely a good defense for being MAGA in like 2016, but these people have spent a decade doing nothing but choosing to stick their head in the sand further and further while proof of how fucking bad Trump is piles up around them. They’re not duped, they’re not brainwashed. They’re just cruel, cruel, hateful people.
Yeah lots of commenters complicit in pushing “both sides the same” muddy-the-water bullshit to demotivate Americans from politically engaging, or to turn them toward useless fringe groups.
Right wing agents in full swing today on Lemmy.
Understand: all this would be stopped in a second if Republicans accepted the Democrat budget proposal. This isnt the D’s fault, no matter how many scaremongering propaganda headlines you see trying to convince you that the Democrats should just sign the Republican budget and move on. Things are much better right now in a shutdown than they would be if the Republicans get their budget passed.
I actually think Democrats would not fight as hard if this shutdown wasn’t favorable to Republicans. I think Democratic leadership are actually trying to help Trump. Or maybe not actively trying to help but they don’t see Republicans achieving their goals as something negative.
Yeah, I’ve seen some of these right wing folks. They are trying to get us to respond to Trump’s inflammatory raids with violence.
Demcrats refused to sign a budget that cut people healthcare. But CNN anchors dont mention that.
I totally see now (as a non american) how magas were so easily duped into considering all MSM bullshit.
They didn’t just refuse to sign it, they actually did their job and made a counterproposal that protected funding for Healthcare (among other things). Republicans refused to even acknowledge it and shut the government down.
As an American, your empathy is appreciated but honestly save it for people more worthwhile. There was genuinely a good defense for being MAGA in like 2016, but these people have spent a decade doing nothing but choosing to stick their head in the sand further and further while proof of how fucking bad Trump is piles up around them. They’re not duped, they’re not brainwashed. They’re just cruel, cruel, hateful people.
ETA this photo
Like my dumbass maga family members maybe? Maple MAGA is a thing up here eh.
All I’m saying is that from an outsider’s perspective… seeing how your media is reacting to this live… it’s not surprising things went this way.
Yeah lots of commenters complicit in pushing “both sides the same” muddy-the-water bullshit to demotivate Americans from politically engaging, or to turn them toward useless fringe groups.