Senate is back in session Tuesday.
1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.
You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.
1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.
You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.
2/ Democrats aren't going to vote for a budget that throws millions off health care and funds Trump's growing totalitarianism. At least I'm not.
Why work so hard to get to the Senate if you don't use your power to fight for what you believe in? Especially at a time like this.
Why work so hard to get to the Senate if you don't use your power to fight for what you believe in? Especially at a time like this.
3/ The Senate keeps voting on 2 bills to reopen.
1. The GOP bill - it raises premiums on 22m Americans and lets Trump keep acting illegally.
2. The Dem bill - it stops the premium increases and checks Trump's illegality.
Each time, neither bill gets the necessary 60 votes.
1. The GOP bill - it raises premiums on 22m Americans and lets Trump keep acting illegally.
2. The Dem bill - it stops the premium increases and checks Trump's illegality.
Each time, neither bill gets the necessary 60 votes.
4/ Ok, so then the obvious next step is to negotiate a compromise. That's how we've always avoided shutdowns. And Republicans need to convene those talks, bc they're in charge.
But here's the kicker - Trump is telling them to BOYCOTT NEGOTIATING. And they are following orders.
But here's the kicker - Trump is telling them to BOYCOTT NEGOTIATING. And they are following orders.
5/ But here's the even darker kicker.
The House Republicans aren't even in town. Speaker Johnson told them to stay away from DC. They haven't been here in nearly a month. Refusing to show up for work. An unprecedented, unplanned 4 week recess.
And why?
The House Republicans aren't even in town. Speaker Johnson told them to stay away from DC. They haven't been here in nearly a month. Refusing to show up for work. An unprecedented, unplanned 4 week recess.
And why?
6/ Sure the House isn't here so Rs don't have to explain why they want premiums to go up and why they want to fund Trump's corruption.
But also because they don't want to swear in member-elect Adelita Grijalva. Since she would be the deciding vote to RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.
But also because they don't want to swear in member-elect Adelita Grijalva. Since she would be the deciding vote to RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.
7/ Democrats need to stand for something right now. And what need, to vote for this budget, is pretty simple and reasonable:
Don't cut people's health care just to pay for a billionaire tax cut.
Don't fund Trump's growing authoritarianism without checks on his corruption.
Don't cut people's health care just to pay for a billionaire tax cut.
Don't fund Trump's growing authoritarianism without checks on his corruption.
8/ But Trump doesn't want to end the shutdown. Because he thinks he's a king and he doesn't believe the law applies to him. He thinks he has extra powers in a shutdown. He doesn't.
But the longer Republicans boycott talks, the more the shutdown will hurt. So it's their move.
But the longer Republicans boycott talks, the more the shutdown will hurt. So it's their move.
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