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Blue State Blues: Shutdowns Are Different When Republicans Fight Back
Breitbart ^ | 01/18/19 | Joel B. Pollack

Posted on 01/18/2019 6:20:51 AM PST by Drew68

Spare, if you will, a moment’s pity for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). They are not exactly enjoying the government shutdown as they might have hoped.

Pelosi had already packed her bags and boarded the Air Force bus Thursday, along with a sizable delegation of House Democratic leaders, for her overseas junket.

She and her comrades were, no doubt, looking forward to touring NATO’s billion-dollar-plus new headquarters in Brussels; posing for selfies on camelback by the pyramids in Egypt; grinning for photo-ops with the troops in Afghanistan.

Then the order came from President Donald Trump to prohibit her use of government aircraft.

Fly commercial, he suggested. There is a government shutdown going on, after all.

And, as Trump noted, 800,000 federal workers will continue to go unpaid — unless Democrats stay in town to negotiate.

The bus went ’round the block and back.

Pelosi’s shock must have been quite something to observe.

She is not used to being treated like this, you see. She apparently expected she could cancel (ahem, “postpone”) the State of the Union address due to the shutdown — and then disappear abroad.

Trump’s response — blocking Pelosi’s use of the aircraft — was gutsy. It was a “drain the swamp” moment.

But the timing was pure comedy gold. (Adam Schiff, stepping off the bus, looked like he’d seen a Russian.)

In a statement, Pelosi’s spokesman protested that the purpose of the trip had been “to affirm the United States’ ironclad commitment to the NATO alliance,” something the president had already done earlier that day.

Her real goal was to conduct an alternative foreign policy — as she did after being elected Speaker in 2007, when she paid a friendly visit to Syrian butcher Bashar al-Assad.

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No Republican has ever treated Nancy Pelosi the way President Trump did yesterday. It was a glorious moment seeing him reminding her that he's the boss and she's not the boss.
1 posted on 01/18/2019 6:20:51 AM PST by Drew68
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I don’t think Bush I/II, Reagan, or even Ike...would have sent that letter to the House Speaker just as she got on the bus.


2 posted on 01/18/2019 6:22:46 AM PST by pepsionice
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Have any of the faux-proles commented on the staggering Imelda Marcos-sized pile of luggage Pelosi was taking with her?

I’m sure half of it is makeup and the other half Johnnie Walker bottles, but still....


3 posted on 01/18/2019 6:23:00 AM PST by relictele
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To: Drew68

absolutely loved it....F Pu-lousy


4 posted on 01/18/2019 6:23:03 AM PST by Dont tread and Live (waso)
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To: Drew68

Taking a government funded world vacation while the rest of government is shut down and not receiving paychecks was pretty brazen anyway. Perhaps that’s why I hadn’t heard a word of it in the media until Trump shut the whole thing down.


5 posted on 01/18/2019 6:25:02 AM PST by circlecity
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She is not used to being treated like this, you see. She apparently expected she could cancel (ahem, “postpone”) the State of the Union address due to the shutdown — and then disappear abroad.

The money quote.

6 posted on 01/18/2019 6:31:26 AM PST by Drew68
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Well, if these fools ever again try to get ‘selfies’ with US Service members, they had better hope they pick the 1 in 20 that supports Dems or they will get the Hillary treatment.


7 posted on 01/18/2019 6:38:40 AM PST by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell.)
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Ike would have. He ordered operation wetback after all.


8 posted on 01/18/2019 6:46:39 AM PST by D Rider
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The letter was terrific and the timing of its delivery magnificent. Enjoy Trump’s presidency, chillun, we’ll never see that likes of him in the WH again.


9 posted on 01/18/2019 6:53:29 AM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: Drew68

It will be interesting on Monday when layoffs can commence.


10 posted on 01/18/2019 7:02:09 AM PST by Ingtar
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Question is, will Pelosi and the Democrats come back to the table? Trump has his game plan and he is executing it to perfection.


11 posted on 01/18/2019 7:03:31 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz ("We The People" have turned into "You, The Subjects.")
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Trump’s response — blocking Pelosi’s use of the aircraft — was gutsy. It was a “drain the swamp” moment. But the timing was pure comedy gold.

Pure joy...pure gold.

12 posted on 01/18/2019 7:12:05 AM PST by GOPJ (Anyone remember MSNBC bimbos crying about out of work steel workers or coal miners or anyone?)
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Trump’s move further weakens Pelosi. Throws more blood in the water for AOC and the Radical Young Turks. He is going to have them at each others throats by 2020.


13 posted on 01/18/2019 7:28:14 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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14 posted on 01/18/2019 7:33:45 AM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Drew68

I am sure Nanzi Progressive-losi must have been upset and given she is in the mid to advanced stages of Alzheimer’s Disease (I watched my brother in law digress from about where she is now (he was at her stage about two years ago). I took him to the VA over the past 9 days because between Thanksgiving and New Years he literally lost his memory, is stooped forward, pisses himself, and is just about gone. All I can say is life is cure and Nancy was probably voted into the Speaker’s Role as parting gift by the DNC since it the best they have for her long service. That said, I can’t wait until she and RGB are both gone - they have had bountiful lives.


15 posted on 01/18/2019 7:35:29 AM PST by Jumper
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#;>)


16 posted on 01/18/2019 7:36:20 AM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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Pelosi’s riposte would be the fund the trip herself, playing the martyr’s role. I suspect she’s too cheap to do it.


17 posted on 01/18/2019 7:38:46 AM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: Drew68
One of the reasons the "horror of the shutdown" just isn't catching on with Trump as president is totally ignored by the media. Obama worked throughout "his" shutdown to maximize the pain. Knowing the media will always blame the Republicans, he intentionally made the shutdown hurt normal Americans as much as he could. He actually tried to stop people from viewing national landmarks! He didn't stop using National Park police, he used them to deny people entrance to Park properties.

Inspiring this old graphic:


18 posted on 01/18/2019 7:45:36 AM PST by dead (Our next president is going to be sooooo boring.)
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Trump’s move further weakens Pelosi. Throws more blood in the water for AOC and the Radical Young Turks. He is going to have them at each others throats by 2020.

It's funny. Yesterday the #nevertrump concern trolls were pontificating that "this childish action doesn't make Trump look good."

All I could think was, "In what world does this make President Trump look bad to anyone other than partisan Democrats?"

19 posted on 01/18/2019 7:46:55 AM PST by Drew68
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Oh, indeed you are right! I was amazed that the President had the stones to abruptly cut off a Democratic junket with such priceless timing. Donald J. Trump absolutely humiliated Nancy Pelosi et alia. I just can't stop grinning and chuckling. ^___^

Frankly, one can only hope for followup moves such as ordering only bread, water, and mac'n'cheese to be served to Democratic legislators who visit the White House. That would be comedy gold!

20 posted on 01/18/2019 7:51:45 AM PST by Sarcasm Factory
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