Crime & Safety
GOP uses Children, Dreamers & Military as Pawns
GOP twice promised DACA votes in January, let CHiP go unfudned in September, and rejects Pay our Military for purse politics
We must stand together to make American government work again. The GOP Congress has broken promsies, dealyed the people's work, and used our most vital adn respected needs as pawns for their political game. The current crisis is the GOP's own making as they let CHiP expire in September but then decided to do nothing about it despite calls from bi-partisan state governors and the american people. CHiP is supported by 90% of americans but they delay and use it as a pawn. https://newrepublic.com/articl...
But children are not the only pawns, the Miliary too is being used. First democrats, then bi-partisan bills have been submitted to continue military pay during any shutdown, but GOP McConnell objected and prevented the vote. Why? So Donald Trump, and GOP leaders can go out and falsely claim that miitary is at risk because of teh democrats and the only way to protect the military is to take their "deal." Simply not true, and the last one causing the military stoppage is the GOP--its that simple. https://www.military.com/daily...
And the Dreamers. GOP and McConnell have, like Whimpy in Popeye, already used a Dreamer, DACA extension twice as leverage to first get their massive wealthy & corporate tax cuts, https://www.voanews.com/a/key-senator-to-vote-yes-on-tax-bill-in-exchange-for-daca-commitment/4145765.html, then again to get a december funding extension, http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/20/..., now they want to use it a third because they have failed BOTH of thsoe promises. Thats not how trust or government works. If a person came to a store and bought shirt on december 1 with $10, would you let him come back and buy pants for that already used $10 on december 20, no, but McConnell did exactly that. Now we are in january, when he promised it would happen, and he wants to use that same $10 again, so no. Keep your word, Dreamer vote, NOW.
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Also, this is supposed to be bi-partisan and led from the top. Remember in September Trump said he loved the dreamers, but he now claims they are illegals and is spending millions on ads underming them and calling them dangerous. But he flip flops for emphasis and devisiveness, jsut like his three broekn promises and deals this month already:
1. at televized meeting of Trump's choosing, he said he would back Dreamer deal, a clean one first, then reneged, http://thehill.com/homenews/ad...
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2. at televized Trump meeting said he would back any bi-partisan plan, then when it was brought to him, he reneged, http://thehill.com/homenews/ad...
3.at well-publicized meeting and subsequent tweets by Trump there was a deal with Schumer, but hours later Trump reneged.
We need action now. Keep word. Stop playing politics with children, dreamers adn military. Dot his:
1. Stop using fake pawns--vote on pay our military NOW
2. Keep your DACA promsies, pass clean DACA now
3. Keep CHiP promises, pass clean CHiP now
4. Then get down to the extension, or stop geting paid as bi-partisan bills propose
