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Heartstrings

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Thu Jan 17, 2019, 03:17 PM Jan 2019

Here's what I wish the Democrats would say to trump:


Mr. IQ45 ,you can have your wall. You can get it the same way that President Obama got Obamacare; the way Lyndon Johnson got Medicare; the way Franklin Roosevelt got Social Security. In each case the president had a project he wanted enacted; so his administration crafted a bill. That bill went to Congress where committee hearings were held; amendments were proposed; studies were conducted that tested the cost, effectiveness etc. of the proposal; testimony was held in Congress; debate ensued and if the measure had enough support, a vote was taken and the measure was passed. That's how you legislate. It takes hard work, planning and the ability to actually negotiate. Your pet project doesn't get to leap frog over the pathway laid out by the Constitution and 250 years of precedent. You have chosen to skip over this entire process (even when you had majorities in both Houses) and have resorted instead to taking the American public hostage in exchange for your wall. You want a wall? Put down the gun you are holding to the head of the American people and get to work.

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Here's what I wish the Democrats would say to trump: (Original Post) Heartstrings Jan 2019 OP
K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Jan 2019 #1
you don't actually expect the bloated orange one to understand WORK, do you? niyad Jan 2019 #2
Here's what I wish they COULD say to Trump FiveGoodMen Jan 2019 #3
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