The only thing we learned from Trump's announcement is that in addition to holding 800,000 federal workers hostage, he's now using thousands of Dreamers and immigrant families as bargaining chips to fulfill a campaign promise and waste billions of taxpayer dollars on a wall.
— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) January 20, 2019
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Sen Collins says shutdown should never be used as a weapon to achieve an outcome. Then goes on to say that she supports Trump/McConnell. This is what’s wrong with American politics. She’s worried about reelection. Not the American people. Spineless.#DidTrumpOpenGovernmentYet
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) January 20, 2019
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A lot of people are defending the MAGA teenagers by saying "They were just standing there! H https://t.co/O8OObmxTK5 pic.twitter.com/VoOwQATYAv
— CoolPics (@CoolPics) January 20, 2019
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Virginia senators – Kaine and Warner – want Trump to agree to open the government first before immigration talks. “To start this process, we have to immediately reopen the government.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 19, 2019
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These kids looked and behaved like Klansmen. Would love to meet the adult that thought letting these kids run around in those stupid hats in the real world like a band of thugs was a good idea/ pic.twitter.com/VhOIqdzANH
— Jonathan Franks (@jonfranks) January 19, 2019
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From @carolrosenberg: The former commander at Guantanamo Bay has been arrested/indicted. https://t.co/hXEDTgPTGk pic.twitter.com/tN5pUgluJO
— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) January 18, 2019
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? A US Border Patrol agent removes a ladder that undocumented immigrants used to climb a border fence near McAllen in October 2016. “One of the challenges with relying on fences and potentially walls is that bigger ladders can be built,” Moore said. @CNN pic.twitter.com/18dsS9ZFai
— ALT- Immigration ? #NoPayNoWork (@ALT_uscis) January 19, 2019
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Isn't this a kind of hostage-taking squared? First end the programs. Then shut the government. Then promise to temporarily restore the programs you've ended & reopen the govt you have closed, in return for the ransom of $ for a wall that 55-60% of country consistent opposes? https://t.co/PhsMABh6VC
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) January 19, 2019
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If you haven't figured it out yet, the White House talkin point is "generous compromise."
They're holding a pair of twos.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 19, 2019
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Early read on Trump's offer: It's likely to split Republicans and not split Democrats, but will be interesting to see whether it shifts opinion among non-party-ID voters.
— Jonathan Allen (@jonallendc) January 19, 2019
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He was singing the American Indian Movement song of unity that serves as a ceremony to send the spirits home. “It was getting ugly, and I was thinking: ‘I’ve got to find myself an exit out of this situation and finish my song at the Lincoln Memorial.'?” https://t.co/5mPGXLWY5e
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 19, 2019
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Trump’s absolutist, all-or-nothing approach has always run counter to more skilled leaders, who would happily take 50% of what they wanted now – and then come back later for the rest. This partially explains why Trump has gotten nothing yet from N.Korea on nukes or China on trade
— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) January 19, 2019
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So this Trump proposal fails both the Pelosi and the Coulter tests, apparently.
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) January 19, 2019
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Trump claims a few hundred miles of additional border barriers along border with Mexico could cut America’s crime and drug problems in half
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) January 19, 2019
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Reminiscent of The Troubles 30 yrs ago — Sinn Fein and Northern Ireland bombings. #Brexit critics have long warned that such violence would return if UK exit from Europe resulted in the return of border controls between No Ireland & Irish Republic. https://t.co/y8EX5jmsp1
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) January 19, 2019
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