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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 03:45 PM Dec 2018

Fox News demanded a government shutdown -- and got one

A lot of conservatives with big platforms were very, very angry at Trump this week.

By Jane Coaston jane.coaston@vox.com Dec 21, 2018, 7:30pm EST

If the government shuts down tonight over President Donald Trump’s demand for $5 billion for a border wall, feel free to blame conservative punditry.

This week Ann Coulter described Trump as a gutless “sociopath” who, without a border wall, “will just have been a joke presidency who scammed the American people.”

Radio host Rush Limbaugh said on his show Wednesday that without the $5 billion, any signing of a budget stop gap would show “Trump gets nothing and the Democrats get everything.”

Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy said that without wall funding, “the swamp wins,” adding that Trump will “look like a loser” without wall funding and stating, “This is worth shutting down” the government.

There’s no way around it: A lot of people on the right are very upset with Trump (and each other) right now. And they’re taking it out on the president — on his favorite television network, on talk radio, on podcasts, and online — and it’s worked to put the pressure on him. Trump has abruptly changed course to demand $5 billion for a border wall (a demand the Senate isn’t likely to give in to). And now the government is facing a “very long” shutdown.


https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/12/21/18148913/fox-news-conservative-shutdown-trump-wall-congress
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bitterross

(4,066 posts)
1. FOX Noise manipulated Trump for drama and ratings yet again
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 03:54 PM
Dec 2018

FOX Noise exists on drama. If they don't have drama to report on they create it.

He's such an easy little man to manipulate and they know just which of his nerves upon which they should dance.

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