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bluecollar2

(3,622 posts)
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 07:31 AM Jan 2019

Stop calling it a "shutdown"

It's time to call it a shakedown and keep calling it for what it is.

Holding the American people hostage through denial of government service, and deliberately exposing the public to inconvenience and potential danger is thuggery exemplified.

Enough!

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Stop calling it a "shutdown" (Original Post) bluecollar2 Jan 2019 OP
A lockout. nt tblue37 Jan 2019 #1
Trump's illegal lockout. rurallib Jan 2019 #4
I totally agree duforsure Jan 2019 #2
Shutdown, shakedown, meltdown. nt Ilsa Jan 2019 #3
Extortion mnhtnbb Jan 2019 #5
Hostage taking !!! usaf-vet Jan 2019 #6
Could it wendyb-NC Jan 2019 #7
Shakedown. nt Javaman Jan 2019 #8
"Nice country you have there; sarge43 Jan 2019 #9
I like every doggone one of these. They all fit to a T. calimary Jan 2019 #10
Temper tantrum that cost the U.S. Economy $6Billion DesertRat Jan 2019 #11
45 doesn't want less government. He wants NO government. Just him. ancianita Jan 2019 #12

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
2. I totally agree
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 07:39 AM
Jan 2019

He's been doing this here, and abroad , with pay up or else tactics , or pay me for policies , or pay my campaign fund to funnel money into his pockets . He could already be shaking down wall contractors down for contributions to get the jobs, and why he really wants the wall. Corruption running wild out of this White house.

calimary

(81,441 posts)
10. I like every doggone one of these. They all fit to a T.
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 10:06 AM
Jan 2019

HAH! “T for trump!”

But seriously, they all work here.

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