Republicans Issue New Government Shutdown Threat Over Trans People
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On Wednesday, the House Freedom Caucus issued a letter indicating that the government may shut down if anti-trans polices are not included.

I will be calling my representatives and letting them know that I would sooner see the government shutdown than see any of these proposals become law.

  • RedditWanderer@lemmy.world
    61·
    10 months ago

    Now the GOP is just going to threaten government shutdown until they can take over democracy completely.

    That’s sounds like terrorism

    • gid@lemmy.world
      27·
      10 months ago

      Maybe I’m overly cynical, but I suspect this was the plan all along.

    • OpenStars@startrek.websiteEnglish
      9·
      10 months ago

      Don’t you post on Facebook or I’ll shut the government down!

      Don’t you post on Twitter or I’ll shut the government down!

      Don’t you post on Reddit or I’ll shut the government down!

      Don’t you post on Lemmy or I’ll shut the government down!

      At some point, I start to wonder if they are just searching for an excuse to shut it down?

      Also, there are laws about “obstructing the workings of the government”, but good luck enforcing them in the current environment, when the enforcers are themselves the ones doing it.

      • Transtronaut
        1·
        10 months ago

        I mean, if I could shut down my office without getting fired and still get paid, I’d consider it too.

        • OpenStars@startrek.websiteEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          Supposedly - and keep in mind I have no idea if this was ever true - there used to be “statesmen” who after living a long life of prosperity and success, would go and take their turn in Congress helping provide leadership for the nation as a whole.

          These people were already retired, already rich, and just looking to see what they could give back to society. Or maybe they were bored and just wanted to get far away from their wives, who knows.:-D Probably they were doing it for the fame, who even cares.

          Compare that nowadays though to the likes of MTG or Bohbert or Gaetz and such, whose sole goal in life seems to be to get theirs, and are willing and able to fuck over the entire country in the process.

          No, they may do some things like us - eat and sleep and breathe - but it takes a special kind of dipshittery to be willing to turn a blind eye to people in need (like in Ukraine) and sell out your entire nation (inflation, Russian and Chinese aggression, etc.) in that manner. I can only hope that you wouldn’t allow people in your own country to starve to literal death bc of your actions.

          They are playing power games, and they’d probably still play those even if their salaries were at stake too, more’s the pity:-(.