Interesting take. Let’s see if it’s true.
Also, Rep. Thomas Massie is a… interesting figure.
He seems like pure MAGA.
Not the self serving “MAGA when it supports Donald Trump,” but absolute hard lines on anti foreign intervention, surveilance, (pro) weed legalization, government transparency, anti-immigration, some kool-aid on climate change and ukraine, stuff like that.
He voted against the BBB.
…I can respect that.
I sure as hell disagree with a lot, but he has some freaking self respect, and actually pushes the okay bits of MAGA when its hard and everyone else is licking the boots of Trump or megacorps.
So this is the “Epstein Shutdown”?
Speaker of the USA House Mike Johnson would be a terrible president.
Release the Trump/Epstein files
The Republicans shut down the government to prevent the release of the Epstein files.
At any point, they can vote to pass the budget and open the government again. The Republicans have the votes and enough time has passed that they no longer need a 2/3rds majority.
The Republicans have 100% control over this situation, don’t let anyone think otherwise.
I’m not an American, and not nearly as knowledgeable about Senate and Congressional voting to know the significance of the 218 votes he’s talking about. How many would normally be required as a minimum? What’s the tipping point?
218 is the simple majority line for the House of Representatives. 435 total members currently.
Ah, there we hav it. Thanks for the info, I wan’t on the inside track about the exact number of representatives for votes.
218 might not be enough to trigger the release, but would force republicans to take a stance either against Trump or against their own base.
They’ve been forced to side against their own base several times this year and they always do so willingly. They want to rule over their constituents; not govern.
Oh, ok, so the day it reopens, the files get released, then?
