Before they succeeded in getting the press thrown out Nancy and Chuckie boasted that border wall funding would never pass in the House, daring the President to put it forward. But wait, now it's impossible to get it through the Senate just like creating manufacturing jobs required a magic wand or negotiating a better deal to replace NAFTA or getting NATO deadbeats to pay their fair share would shatter the alliance.

It is unlikely Senate Democrats will do anything but vote as they are told by their Trump hating leadership but an unexpected shift towards securing the Southern border might happen. At least give them the opportunity to do the "impossible".

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If Democrats were confident their nominee actually received more than 80 million votes they wouldn't have more troops occupying Washington, DC than Lincoln had defending the city during the Civil War. Not Joe Biden, Kim Jung Biden.

From all indications, the bill passed by the House has the funding adequate enough for Trump to agree to sign the CR. If the Democrats in the Senate vote against this CR, it would be Chuck Schumer and the Democrats that would be responsible for "shutting down" the government, or more accurately about 20% of the government, which is really not much at all. It seems to me the only ones that get upset over a government shut down and Democrats and the MSM (but I repeat myself, to borrow a phrase from Frank).

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A lie doesn't become truth, a wrong doesn't become right, and Evil doesn't become good, just because it is accepted by the majority. - Booker T Washington

Please explain the process and document the evidence for the claim the President is insisting on border wall funding because a Fox and Friends commentator criticized him for allegedly waffling on the commitment.

There is a much better case to be made for Trump's reaffirmation of commitment to the border wall based on the efforts of the House freedom caucus. It turns out there was sufficient support in the House for border wall funding.

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If Democrats were confident their nominee actually received more than 80 million votes they wouldn't have more troops occupying Washington, DC than Lincoln had defending the city during the Civil War. Not Joe Biden, Kim Jung Biden.

I am not sure if anyone else noticed this but it seems the media is trying to downplay any potential shutdown by calling it a partial government shutdown instead of a government shutdown. Unlike in early 2018 and and fall of 2013 they just called them government shutdowns.

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I'm impressed with the use of "allegedly" here, as if McConnell would have allowed a vote on the clean CR without assurances that Trump would sign the bill. He did a 180 during Thursday morning "executive time" before the Freedom Caucus guys even went to the White House.

It was a combination of both influences, and no, McConnell or Pelosi ever had the votes so far. Enough of the constituency doesn't want the wall which will cost over 70 billion, no.1 they know once that foot is in the door with the 5 billion, the funding may go on, and 2, they know there is no place for such a wall regarding the geography of the area to put it. A third reason may be that based on 1 and 2, they fear the money once appropriated, may be skimmed somehow. Trump has already mention 'robbing from peter to pay pau' so to speak, taking from one program and giving to another. That last situation would be against laws and rules.

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NBC News has learned Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg voted FROM HER HOSPITAL BED to refuse to let the government enforce Pres. Trump's proposed restriction on asylum. The court voted 5-4 to leave a lower court ruling in place that blocks enforcement of the crackdown.
12:46 PM - 21 Dec 2018 @PeteWilliamsNBC

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Prince Phillip was one of the last of that greatest generation who kept the peace and built Western liberal freedom. ~Scott Morrison, PM Australia

On the contrary, McConnell and Ryan have pushed for long running CRs without border wall funding without assurances Trump would sign. It was something of a surprise when Trump signed off on the last massive CR but despite the President's promise he wouldn't sign off on another McConnell delayed appropriations having to do with border security until the very last minute in the hope the President would abandon his pledge to fund wall construction and to refuse to sign another terrible CR capitulating to Democrat intransigence.

Just yesterday McConnell made a speech effectively withdrawing from compromise negotiations yet now you claim he works at the President's direction.

Again, no evidence the President changed his mind on funding the border wall or that he was influenced by TV commentary. Speculation that McConnell wouldn't have moved without Trump's approval beforehand is no evidence, it Resistance allegations.

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If Democrats were confident their nominee actually received more than 80 million votes they wouldn't have more troops occupying Washington, DC than Lincoln had defending the city during the Civil War. Not Joe Biden, Kim Jung Biden.

Sooooooooo your view on Trump for backing off is negative. Does that mean your view of Trump for not backing down is positive?

We all know the answer to that. Your view on Trump on this issue was gonna be negative regardless of what he did. Your own words prove that. Basically you're just a partisan lib with TDS who will bash Trump no matter what he does. You can try and say otherwise but the evidence (your own words) shoots it down.

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Mitch McConnell is many things. Stupid isn’t one of them. You’re a fool if you think he would have allowed a vote on the clean CR (and sent Senators home for the holidays) without assurances from the Whitd House that Trump would sign the bill.