Yesterday Democrats admitted their goal is to shut down
the government in an effort to use the move against Republicans for the
2018-midterm elections.
Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein issued a dire warning
Thursday evening that a government shutdown will lead to people dying (not
true) and other terrible things.
"Shutting down the government is a very serious
thing. People die, accidents happen. You don't know. Necessary functions can
cease," Feinstein told CNN. "There is no specific list you can look
at and make a judgment: 'Well everything is going to be just fine.' You can't
make that judgment. So, I think it's a last resort. And I'm really hopeful we
don't get to it."
That claim is interesting, considering she doesn't know
yet whether she will vote to keep the government open.
“I don’t know how I would vote right now on a CR, OK?”
she said in the same interview.
If people really are going to die as a result of the
pending shutdown, you'd think she'd know by now how important her decision is.
Instead, her politically motivated posturing and demagoguery on the issue just
became extremely transparent.
Meanwhile, Budget Director Mick Mulvaney called Democrats
on their bluff this morning at the White House and President Trump has asked
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer for a meeting this afternoon.
"OMB is preparing for what we're calling the Schumer
Shutdown.
"It still surprises me, and I've been through some of these before,
that Democrats are opposing a bill they don't oppose.
"They are for clean CRs,
they are for the extension of the CHIP program. They don't oppose anything in
the bill, but they are opposing the bill," Mulvaney said. "We do not
want a shutdown, but if Mr. Schumer wants this, he is in a position to inflict
this on the American people."
