There are several options on the table to fund the government & provide funding for border security that would receive support from both parties, but the President & his most partisan allies in Congress are forcing this shutdown in order to send a political message to their base.
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That’s no way to run the federal government.
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I’m hopeful that we will quickly reach an agreement to end this shutdown and get back to work on finding solutions to real issues facing the American people.
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I look forward to pictures of the
#FakePresident golfing while his shutdown goes on.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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“We THE People” agree with our President! SECURE OUR BORDERS!
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Thank you Patriot and Merry Christmas
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No better way to secure the border than to furlough thousands of border patrol agents.
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I'm sure the Border Patrol agents could find some way to make up for the lost income.https://tucson.com/news/local/ex-border-patrol-agent-sentenced-to-months-for-taking-bribes/article_ec0fdd04-57cc-11e8-a6a9-57ddf96a1d1b.html …
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@realDonaldTrump and the GOP (and some establishment Dems) have been trying to abolish polygraph tests for border Patrol agents. Sounds like a wonderful idea, doesn't it? -
Abolishing polygraph screening is an excellent idea. Polygraphy is a pseudoscientific fraud that is strongly biased against the truthful yet easy for liars to beat. For a debunking see: https://antipolygraph.org pic.twitter.com/0GmnmvGACu
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I don't understand the discussion here. My point is that not paying border agents encourages corruption of the kind that the border agent in this case confessed in open court to. I don't see the connection to polygraph tests.
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The connection was that we instituted polygraph tests to weed out criminals who applied to the border patrol to work for the drug gangs. We never instituted them for those already employed. Now many GOP want to get rid of them, though corruption is rampant. Simple.
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OK. I'm not in favor of corruption, and even stupid policies should be equitably and equally applied. But I have to agree that polygraph tests are junk science and have no defensible role in any credible investigation.https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-beast/201303/do-lie-detectors-work …
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Polygraphs are far from foolproof. But we aren't talking about prosecuting someone with one. We're talking about whether someone gets a job as a border guard. And if you are afraid of failing one, you will. I took one decades ago.
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Some of us care about securing our borders. Actually most of us do.
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A wall will not secure our country.
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Do some research as to who and what crosses our southern border daily.
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Do some research about what goes through our ports daily. Most drugs. But when the Dems wanted to increase funding for port security, the GOP voted it down. What we really need to do is fix the mess we've created in Latin America, ever since Pinochet.
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It's always Trumps fault, right! Thats like passing gas the blaming the dog.
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He took ownership proudly
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right, keep paying attention to Senators who KEEP getting paid to do nothing. TRUMP does not draw a PAYCHECK!!! think about that if you can think
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@realDonaldTrump makes a fortune every week when he goes on vacation to his resort, and the US government has to pay full price for secret service rooms & hotel meals. He made millions just on his own inauguration. Most corrupt president ever! Still no tax returns!pic.twitter.com/jQ1QDhBvJN -
LMAO your stupidity is showing. He does not draw a paycheck, instead donates it ever quarter, and just so you learn a quarter is 3 months and not .25 cents. He deserves time away, and he goes to a place HE OWNS, unlike an Obama trip that cost YOU 5 MILLION to SPAIN.
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Hook, line and sinker.
#emoluments (look it up)#bribes#MobbedUp
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