First, let's set aside the usual suspects in the broken and fearful media who are timidly characterizing as a "compromise" the bogus "plan" that demagogue and pathological liar Donald "Rump" Trump ("Individual-1") regurgitated yesterday on his wall that Mexico was going to pay for. He's still refusing to open the Government until he gets his funding for his medieval "solution." His mealy-mouthed, temporary offer on DACA is something that he took away at the start of his regime, and will again if he gets his wall money. He still owns the shutdown which is in its 30th day.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded to Rump's pitch in part by saying:
“The President must sign these bills to re-open government immediately and stop holding the American people hostage with this senseless shutdown. Each day he prolongs this needless crisis, Coast Guardsmen, FBI agents, border patrol officers, TSA agents, and hundreds of thousands more workers are forced to live without knowing how they can feed their families or pay their bills.Dems, rinse, repeat, rinse over and over: Rump is responsible for the shutdown and we won't negotiate with a hostage taker. Open the Government now.
“The President has taken pride in shutting down government. Now, he must take action to open up government.” (our emphasis)
Twitter has its take on the Rump speech:
Trump’s the only hostage holder that makes videos where he looks like the hostage.— Schooley (@Rschooley) January 19, 2019
After Trump finished speaking my nine year old son said: “so he is he going to jail or what"— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) January 19, 2019
Unless I missed it, Trump expressed no sympathy for federal workers who are furloughed or working without pay.— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) January 19, 2019
Trump’s offer to end the shutdown is BS, and Pelosi’s right to call it a non-starter. But what’s interesting is that, reporting shows it was clearly sparked by anxiety from McConnell. He’s the key. Senate GOP is feeling the heat. Ramp up the pressure. https://t.co/OL7GDDkACl— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) January 19, 2019
Upending the lives of DACA recipients and then using them as hostages for an absurd and useless wall as hundreds of thousands of government workers go unpaid is one of the most immoral polices any modern president has pursued. Can’t dance around this. It’s just awful.— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) January 19, 2019
basically Trump's offer is giving back a small amount of what he took away unilaterally for no reason. okay. sure.— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 19, 2019
He told us a thousand times Mexico would pay. He lied. Why should we trust him about DACA?— Robert Mann (@RTMannJr) January 19, 2019
