(January 15, 2019 at 11:46 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: So if Trump really wanted a wall why didn't Trump work this hard for the wall during the 2 years Republicans were in control?
Why did Trump & the GOP keep putting this fight off, time after time, when they were in charge?
I think the Senate needs 60 votes to pass this, so they never had all the votes to just pass it. That being said, they had a much stronger hand back then than they do now. Given that Trump had moderated his stance on this mid-December, only to go full steam ahead after some people on Fox goaded him into it, this whole thing might be nothing more than the result of his fragile ego being bruised, and the Senate GOP not being willing to break with him yet.
The shutdown has slowed economic growth, and is starting to head in the direction of a contraction. This shouldn't be surprising, because your average government worker has lost $5,000 in pay so far (a combined total of about $200,000,000 per workday).
Don't worry! Trump is helping by removing more workers from furlough and requiring them to work without pay! His polling has been ticking down since he announced he'd be "proud" to shut down the government last month. We'll see how long he and the GOP hold out on this.
