Dan Pfeiffer: “To summarize, Johnson demands a border bill in exchange for passing Ukraine aid; the White House and Senate work on a border bill; Johnson opposes the bill without even seeing it, despite repeatedly declaring that the ‘crisis at the border’ is the House GOP’s top priority.”

“Some commentary suggests that Johnson keeps moving the goalpost to prevent his caucus from having to vote on Ukraine aid, which is vehemently opposed by MAGA Republicans but enthusiastically supported by the Republican establishment and more moderate GOPers. With Johnson in perpetual danger of being McCarthy-ed, I am sure avoiding a tough vote is a factor. However, I think Johnson and the Republicans have another more nefarious reason — they want a crisis at the border to help them in the election.”

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    OMG, a political stunt that goes against common Sense, the betterment of the people, and furthers party objectives, no one’s ever done that before…

    …especially not in absolutely BOTH of America’s super corrupt two party system /s

    If you don’t recognize that both parties do this every minute of every day that ends in Y and twice on election years, you’re either blind, brain washed, or a hypocrite.

    Corporate needs you to find the different between Republicans and Democrats. They’re the same…

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      Let’s draw two columns on the board. You write a manufactured issue (where politicians of the party boasting being FOR fixing the issue yet voted against it) on the left side for Democrats, and I’ll write one on the right side for Republicans. The first to run out of crisis loses.

      The two party system is broken, but it’s not because both parties are equal.

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          Wow. Apparently you have the time to spew stupid shit, but not the time to back it up with examples. How convenient.

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            Lol, here was the first result from starting a lookup regarding politicians:

            Bard:

            Unfortunately, providing a comprehensive list of all politicians charged with corruption and crimes in the last ten years is impossible due to the sheer volume of cases…

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            In generalities:

            Democrats are opposed to passing any voting laws that require ID to vote, or prove citizenship I guess?

            They also support legislation that requires ID for substance use, tobacco, alcohol, etc.

            I have to provide more ID to buy cough medicine then they want to vote. If discrimination against poor people who can’t afford a driver’s license?, then those same people can’t get their food stamps, wic, Medicare, etc since all those need ID right?