• takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    83
    ·
    4 months ago

    I still don’t like it that news help Republicans conflate government shutdown with Congress shutdown.

    The Congress’ shutdown is just Johnson’s doing to block Epstein Bill vote.

    Normally if GOP cared about the country, Congress would be open and politicians would be working overtime trying to pass the bill.

    This Congress shutdown is there to prevent that.

      • Kirp123@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        25
        ·
        4 months ago

        Seems insane to me that the US has no mechanism to deal with a Congress that refuses to do it’s job. In other countries if they couldn’t pass a budget they would be dissolved and new elections would be held. If you can’t do the job that people have elected you for, you should get replaced.

        • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          4 months ago

          The founders didn’t think anyone would be this stupid and/or figured folks would start dropping if they did do something this stupid so no system was put in place. A lot of the flaws of the US become a lot less obvious if you disregard the concept of not just shooting politicians or other wars maiming them, do you really think Johnson would be such a prick if he was at risk for being tard and feathered?