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Peacetrain

(24,249 posts)
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 12:15 PM 11 hrs ago

Why on earth would the Democrats trust the Republicans on another bill negotiation???

Speaker Johnson is saying that the Democrats should just give them everything they want and the republicans will talk to them about health care.. Please peddle that to someone else.. Every time the Democrats try and make a compromise bill with the republicans, they agree and then pull a lucy and take the rug right out from under the Democrats...

Speaker if you were one ounce of serious about negotiations you would bring your side back from vacation or where ever the hell they are and negotiate.. so just stop.. you are making a fool out of yourself.

Just for reference on how the Republicans can be trusted.

"WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan border package Wednesday, scuttling months of negotiations with Democrats on legislation intended to cut back record numbers of illegal border crossings."

Many Republicans said the election-year compromise wasn’t enough, even as supporters of the bill insisted it was the best possible in divided government"


https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/senate-republicans-block-bipartisan-border-package-scrapping-deal-they-had-demanded-from-democrats

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Why on earth would the Democrats trust the Republicans on another bill negotiation??? (Original Post) Peacetrain 11 hrs ago OP
They shouldn't. But they will, like they always do it pains me to say awesomerwb1 10 hrs ago #1
Johnson will ride this for as long as possible to block the epstein discharge petition PSPS 10 hrs ago #2
What if we have a few liars on our side JustAnotherGen 10 hrs ago #3
Dems starting to learn not to trust any republican. republianmushroom 10 hrs ago #4
Lucy and the football. kairos12 10 hrs ago #5
Dems need to stay the course until after the midterms MichMan 9 hrs ago #6

JustAnotherGen

(37,164 posts)
3. What if we have a few liars on our side
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 01:11 PM
10 hrs ago

Hear me out . . .

What if four or five Democrats promised to vote 'No' on releasing the Epstein files to open up the budget convo -

Then when the vote comes up on the Epstein Cover Up, claim they are 'deeply concerned' but could not vote 'No' after all. I mean- it works for Susan Collins.

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