In 2013, during the last govt. shutdown, it was the Reps holding the country hostage to try and prevent Obama from passing Obamacare.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_shutdowns_in_the_United_StatesQuote
The 2013 shutdown lasted 17 days, during October 1–16, 2013. During the shutdown, approximately 800,000 federal employees were indefinitely furloughed, and another 1.3 million were required to report to work without known payment dates.[35] The deadlock centered on the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014. The Republican-led House of Representatives, in part encouraged by conservative senators such as Ted Cruz[36] and conservative groups such as Heritage Action,[37][38][39] offered several continuing resolutions with language delaying or defunding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act(commonly known as "Obamacare"). The Democratic-led Senate passed several amended continuing resolutions for maintaining funding at then-current sequestration levels with no additional conditions. Political fights over this and other issues between the House on one side and President Barack Obama and the Senate on the other led to a budget impasse which threatened massive disruption.[40][41][42] Late in the evening of October 16, 2013, Congress passed the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014, and the President signed it shortly after midnight on October 17, ending the government shutdown and suspending the debt limit until February 7, 2014.[43]
/e In that instance I think it was a good thing (trying to stop Obamacare). This time it's the Dems holding the country hostage so illegal aliens can have our cake and eat it too.
IMO, Obamacare was not only a bad idea, but it passed without proper funding. So I think that in 2013 the Reps did this country a favor or tried to.
This time the Dems want to save the dreamers AND keep DACA running, which the Reps are against. Save the dreamers...maybe, keep DACA running...no way!
So, I think in both 2013 and 2018 the Reps were on the right track. In both cases I think the Dems were just being idiotic.This post was edited by Ghot on Jan 21 2018 02:36pm