President Trump basically had a one-word answer to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ (D-NY) demand that he meet with them to discuss their funding requests for a continuing resolution (CR) as a possible government shutdown looms.
His reply: No.
Posting to Truth Social Tuesday, Trump ridiculed their “unserious and ridiculous” ideas:
His post is long, but he wasted no time in getting straight to the point: we’re not funding your radical agenda:
After reviewing the details of the unserious and ridiculous demands being made by the Minority Radical Left Democrats in return for their Votes to keep our thriving Country open, I have decided that no meeting with their Congressional Leaders could possibly be productive. They are threatening to shut down the Government of the United States unless they can have over $1 Trillion Dollars in new spending to continue free healthcare for Illegal Aliens (A monumental cost!), force Taxpayers to fund Transgender surgery for minors, have dead people on the Medicaid roles, allow Illegal Alien Criminals to steal Billions of Dollars in American Taxpayer Benefits, try to force our Country to again open our Borders to Criminals and to the World, allow men to play in women’s sports, and essentially create Transgender operations for everybody.
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Jeffries' feelings were apparently hurt by Trump’s snub, and he responded with that lame “TACO" (“Trump Always Chickens Out”) narrative that Dems are so fond of despite its complete silliness. You could hit Trump on a lot of things, but “chickening out” isn’t one of them.
Somebody forgot to tell Hakeem that his party is in the minority in both chambers of Congress and that a Republican holds the Oval Office. Not exactly the strongest cards to be making massive demands with.
Trump closed by saying he would still consider meeting with the Democrats—if they dropped their far-left proposals:
I look forward to meeting with them if they get serious about the future of our Nation. We must keep the Government open, and legislate like true Patriots rather than hold American Citizens hostage, knowing that they want our now thriving Country closed. I’ll be happy to meet with them if they agree to the Principles in this Letter. They must do their job! Otherwise, it will just be another long and brutal slog through their radicalized quicksand. To the Leaders of the Democrat Party, the ball is in your court. I look forward to meeting with you when you become realistic about the things that our Country stands for. DO THE RIGHT THING!
It’s tempting to get cynical and think, “Here we go again—another threat of government shutdown; yawn. There will be a lot of back and forth and talk that the end is nigh, and then they work it out at the last minute."
However, they don’t always work it out, and sometimes there is indeed a shutdown. Just ask Monica Lewinsky and former President Bill Clinton, whose famous romance blossomed during one in 1995.
Best to figure it out, guys.
Editor’s Note: The Democrat Party has never been less popular as voters reject its globalist agenda.
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