Proposed legislation behind the impending US government shutdown contains provisions that would ban federal funding for transgender adults, as well as youngsters.

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[–] 67 points 11 months ago (1 child)

I hope he shuts down the government, honestly.... It might limit how much damage he does.

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  • [–] 30 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    I honestly don't think he even knows what shutting down the government actually means. I'm betting he thinks it's just the poors not getting access to essential services, which he's probably fine with. I'm positive he doesn't realize that it cuts off literally every perk except for secret service that he gets as president. The entire White House staff will be sent home except for executives and unpaid interns.

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  • [–] 25 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Honestly, at this point the government already is shut down. It's been shut down for months. We're just still in the denial stage. Trump's claimed and a criminally corrupt SCOTUS has endorsed Trump just refusing to pay funds allocated by Congress. There is absolutely zero point in Democrats negotiating with Republicans on this, as Trump can just refuse to pay any Democratic priorities they fund.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Can it be blamed on the Dems? Alternatively, will it trigger the libs? He's fueled by spite and grift

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Can or can't doesn't really matter to Trump. He will blame Democrats he will blame Biden he will blame "antifa" and he will blame immigrants. Trump is inherently incapable of taking responsibility for anything. He will just pick a group or person, usually one that is particularly irritating to him in that moment, and he will shove all the responsibility for everything that's going wrong on them.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    I'm pretty certain you're correct.

    I've been loosely following along (I am not an American), and I did not realize the consequences myself. Holy shit, he's basically halting paycheques for a lot of the people working directly and indirectly for the government.

    I feel bad for those people. Hopefully they have enough to weather this storm until Taco gets advised that this action is fucking stupid as all hell.

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