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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.
SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)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.
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)Pachamama
(16,887 posts)It should be news when he says something that is actually true....
BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)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)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.
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)which is a fancy way of saying suspended without pay.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,742 posts)But the repukes don't seem to care about them.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)That would be slimy enough that I can very well imagine it happening.
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)bluestarone
(16,976 posts)1000,000,000,000,000,000,000 or did i miss one
Siwsan
(26,268 posts)Seems to me he had that chance, but his bone spurs...........................
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)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 )