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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStop 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
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tblue37
(65,483 posts)1. A lockout. nt
rurallib
(62,444 posts)4. Trump's illegal lockout.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)2. I totally agree
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.
Ilsa
(61,697 posts)3. Shutdown, shakedown, meltdown. nt
mnhtnbb
(31,401 posts)5. Extortion
which is a felony.
usaf-vet
(6,200 posts)6. Hostage taking !!!
wendyb-NC
(3,328 posts)7. Could it
also be tyranny?
Javaman
(62,533 posts)8. Shakedown. nt
sarge43
(28,942 posts)9. "Nice country you have there;
too bad if something would happen."
calimary
(81,441 posts)10. I like every doggone one of these. They all fit to a T.
HAH! T for trump!
But seriously, they all work here.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)11. Temper tantrum that cost the U.S. Economy $6Billion
ancianita
(36,132 posts)12. 45 doesn't want less government. He wants NO government. Just him.