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Topic	Newsom blasts capitulating Dems, "pathetic"
Fin_Dawg_004 11/09/25 9:49:49 PM #11:	By caving, not only do you optically show weakness (trump and the Republicans will be screaming "see, they could have ended it all along") but you gave up the only leverage you have as the minority party. They kick the can down the road. Does anyone actually believe the Republicans will genuinely approach this issue whenever the extension expires? The shutdown forced the GOP to own this, and the Democrats just tossed them a lifeline for no reason --- ? <cite>Fin_Dawg_004 posted [p:986993098] in Newsom bla... [t:81068168]...</cite> <quote>By caving, not only do you optically show weakness (trump and the Republicans will be screaming "see, they could have ended it all along") but you gave up the only leverage you have as the minority party. They kick the can down the road. Does anyone actually believe the Republicans will genuinely approach this issue whenever the extension expires?The shutdown forced the GOP to own this, and the Democrats just tossed them a lifeline for no reason --- ?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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