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alp227

(32,034 posts)
Sun Feb 22, 2015, 04:11 PM Feb 2015

Graham Urges GOP To Avert DHS Shutdown: 'We'll Get Blamed'

Source: TPM

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said on Sunday that with a federal judge's ruling that President Obama's executive actions on immigration are unconstitutional, Congress needs to fund the Department of Homeland Security.

House Republicans passed a bill that would fund the Department of Homeland Security and block the president's immigration actions. If Congress does not pass a bill to fund DHS by the end of the month, the department will shut down.

In an appearance on ABC's "This Week," Graham urged congressional Republicans to let the court case over Obama's actions play out and fund DHS.

"I agree with the Texas judge who said that the executive orders were illegal. I hope Republicans will come together and back the court case, file a friend of the court brief with the court and fund DHS. I am willing and ready to pass a DHS funding bill and let this play out in court," Graham said.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/graham-fund-dhs-shutdown



Poll: Blame for DHS shutdown would fall to GOP (CNN 2/17)
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Graham Urges GOP To Avert DHS Shutdown: 'We'll Get Blamed' (Original Post) alp227 Feb 2015 OP
'We'll Get Blamed' mpcamb Feb 2015 #1
Probably thinks Gman Feb 2015 #2
Couple of thingees are might be in play. Wellstone ruled Feb 2015 #3
Master of the obvious C_U_L8R Feb 2015 #4
My only concern about the shutdown of DHS is Secret Service. lark Feb 2015 #5
Lindsey Graham, Profiles in Courage. Not! FSogol Feb 2015 #6
DHS Director Johnson just kicked out the last leg of the Republican hostage taking of funding. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #7
'We'll Get Blamed' - ya think????? George II Feb 2015 #8
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
3. Couple of thingees are might be in play.
Sun Feb 22, 2015, 04:51 PM
Feb 2015

TSA is under tremendous stress at this time,issues between Management and the Rank and File,mainly wages and staffing levels also training issues. After watching reply's to News Articles,appears there is a huge ground swell of dislike for anything GOP. Hope I'am reading this right. Is the Giant awakening?

lark

(23,113 posts)
5. My only concern about the shutdown of DHS is Secret Service.
Sun Feb 22, 2015, 05:33 PM
Feb 2015

Find a way for them to keep protecting the president and I'm fine with the rest going away. It all reeks of Nazi Germany anyway, and Bush's granddad was found guilty of being a treason by helping fund the Nazi war machine, so of course that appealed to GW who borrowed their verbiage.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
7. DHS Director Johnson just kicked out the last leg of the Republican hostage taking of funding.
Sun Feb 22, 2015, 05:50 PM
Feb 2015

Last edited Sun Feb 22, 2015, 06:41 PM - Edit history (7)

Now if there is a domestic attack the hostage taking GOP will be taking the blame they hoped to pin on
Obama, not that there will be one. Disgusting to me to have think like a Republican, but there it is.

Having to play the dirty GOP game is....dirty...but it had to be done because the mass media was deliberately ignoring or distorting how it came to this and that the GOP is 101% responsible.

Now at least the media is forced to talk about why there might be no funding, not with full truth of course, but at least they can no longer use snowstorms and personality issues to snow Americans.

In truth another threat by impotent African terrorists half a world away is meaningless...dime a dozen.


The only concern is who gets the blame?..not even an attempt to hide how they care not a bit if there is an attack..just who gets the blame...the GOP is so fucked up they do not seem even aware of how fucked up they are.

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