Department of Homeland Security shutdown

Favreau argued that blaming Democrats for DHS funding is wrong because the Senate already unanimously passed a funding bill and the House has not acted.

“Democrats and Republicans in the Senate did already unanimously pass a bill to fund DHS a few weeks ago”

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Favreau questioned why Republicans blocked Democratic efforts to fund TSA when Trump is now paying agents through emergency authority.

“Why then, for the last two weeks, have Republicans blocked Democrats' efforts to simply just fund TSA?”

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Lovett argues the Senate's unanimous DHS bill would have passed the House easily and that Mike Johnson blocked it for his own political protection.

“if Mike Johnson had brought the Senate bill that had passed unanimously to the floor of the House, it would have passed with a huge majority of Republicans and Democrats, a huge majority”

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Pfeiffer said Trump's announcement signals no shutdown deal exists and questioned where the money to pay TSA would legally come from.

“that says there's no deal, which means there's no law being passed that sends money to the Department of Homeland Security that they can then take that money and give it to the workers”

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Frisella says politicians should receive no special privileges and should be removed from office if they accept them.

“politicians should get no special privileges in society. I agree. They should get no front of the line. They should get no fucking free meals. If they get caught doing that, they should be fucking removed from office”

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