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Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)
Thu Jan 18, 2018, 07:39 PM Jan 2018

The biggest current lie...

Trump said today that a gov't shutdown would have disastrous effects on the military.

Bullshit! In the event of a shutdown, the military is the last on the list of cuts. Always was, always probably will be. Saying they won't pay the servicemembers is bullshit of the lowest quality.

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The biggest current lie... (Original Post) Wounded Bear Jan 2018 OP
He's A Fucking Drama Queen SoCalMusicLover Jan 2018 #1
No doubt...nt Wounded Bear Jan 2018 #2
Comrade Shithole is the biggest liar I have ever heard.... Pachamama Jan 2018 #3
I heard a Freedom Caucus idiot speak this AM BigmanPigman Jan 2018 #4
Apparently government employees don't count in drumpfworld. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2018 #5
Non military gov't employees get furloughed... Wounded Bear Jan 2018 #6
Yup. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2018 #8
How about ICE officers. They still get paid, right? ProudLib72 Jan 2018 #7
Probably, because LEO's are also on the pay list... Wounded Bear Jan 2018 #10
yep is this number bluestarone Jan 2018 #9
Gee - suddenly he's concerned about the military? Siwsan Jan 2018 #11
He never wanted to join, of course... Wounded Bear Jan 2018 #12
 

SoCalMusicLover

(3,194 posts)
1. He's A Fucking Drama Queen
Thu Jan 18, 2018, 07:41 PM
Jan 2018

By next week, I'm sure he'll be saying that the shutdown leaves us vulnerable to a nuke attack by North Korea.

Whatever it takes to fire up his 33% Base.

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
3. Comrade Shithole is the biggest liar I have ever heard....
Thu Jan 18, 2018, 07:48 PM
Jan 2018

It should be news when he says something that is actually true....

BigmanPigman

(51,611 posts)
4. I heard a Freedom Caucus idiot speak this AM
Thu Jan 18, 2018, 07:55 PM
Jan 2018

and he was spewing this crap but no one was buying it. "Obama has left the military underfunded and the safety of the US is at risk", he said. When asked about DACA and CHIP he also blamed the Dems naturally and said childrens' health and American residents being deported don't matter.

greatauntoftriplets

(175,742 posts)
5. Apparently government employees don't count in drumpfworld.
Thu Jan 18, 2018, 07:58 PM
Jan 2018

A friend who works for a government agency has coworkers who had to use food banks when there was a two-week shutdown in 2013.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
7. How about ICE officers. They still get paid, right?
Thu Jan 18, 2018, 07:59 PM
Jan 2018

That would be slimy enough that I can very well imagine it happening.

Siwsan

(26,268 posts)
11. Gee - suddenly he's concerned about the military?
Thu Jan 18, 2018, 08:18 PM
Jan 2018

Seems to me he had that chance, but his bone spurs...........................

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)
12. He never wanted to join, of course...
Thu Jan 18, 2018, 08:21 PM
Jan 2018

but he's always been pushing to spend more there. He probably thinks he can swing a deal where servicemembers get housed at his hotels at prime rates. You know, to save money on all those barracks and shit.

(or is it? getting hard to tell any more )

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