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Originally Posted by Oliver_W
Y'mean like how they keep rejecting Trump's compromises?
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Such as?
The deal to fund the government was agreed in December when both chambers voted for the same bill to fund the government until Feb without any wall funding. Just for emphasis, that was agreed and voted on, Trump said he would sign the bill and his aides were telling people he was moving away from the wall.
Unfortunately, Trump was then criticised by Anne Coulter and Rush Limbaugh for giving up on the wall so he went back on his word to sign it, and decided to take 800,000 people hostage until he got his way.
When the shutdown began, republicans held all 3 legislative branches of government (dems started on 3/1/19).
You don't get to take hostages and claim you're making a compromise. What happens next time Trump wants to do some crazy unnecessary **** and can't get his own way?
In 2013, both parties agreed upon a 46 billion dollar package for border security, including things like targeted barriers, drones, extra staffing etc, but it was the crazy freedom caucus in the republican house that prevented the deal happening.
Trump has been in office for 2 years, and has never kicked up a fuss about the wall (who's gonna pay for it?) before. He's not even making any compromises now, so dems have had nothing really to reject. The supposed daca deal was a sham packed with conservative wet dream policies, it wasn't a serious offer of compromise.