dems job is to pass legislation. which they have been doing. the same bipartisan compromise legislation that passed the senate *unanimously* (nearly impossible in this day and age). the same legislation that the p and vp agreed to beforehand...before the p pulled the rug out from under *everybody* because some right wing media clowns said it was too soft.

its not the dems job to find creative ways to give in to the federal worker hostage crisis and embolden an autocrat that changes his mind at moments whim based on what show he watches.


>And Pelosi/Schumer totally botched that televised meeting with
>Trump prior to the shutdown, total grandstanding, knowing they
>were going to make the situation worse.

this didnt happen in reality tho. they didnt botch anything. the president calls a televised impromptu meeting to manipulate the media (like he has many other tinmes before that) and its the *dems* who are grandstanding? lol.

it was in that very televised meeting that pelosi/schumer got trump to admit *on camera* that he is responsible for the shutdown. by 'make the situation worse'...do you mean make the situation worse for trump? lol.

if anything...they played that meeting perfectly. actually exceeded any expectation they prolly had going into it.

public opinion has shown overwhelmingly that americans blame trump and repubs for the shutdown. and it only gets worse and worse by the week.

and because of *that*...trump and repubs are finally starting to put some concessions on the table (albeit mild).

if dems were wrong *anywhere* in this process...we wouldnt even be *here*.