Former President Trump urged Republicans to dig in as a shutdown looms over Washington, arguing Sunday that President Biden will take the blame if the federal government closes. Congress faces a Se…

  • TallonMetroid@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    As far as I’m aware, every time the GOP has shut down the government, it’s backfired on them. It seems to be the one thing that voters are able to reliably correctly lay blame for, so yeah, I’d say he’s wrong.

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      9 months ago

      Honestly, I kinda wonder why that is? Like, why is this the one thing they cannot reliably deflect the blame for? They manage it for just about all their other bullshit.