Pelosi, Schumer declare victory, hope Trump 'learned his lesson'

[mystery-ak]

Pelosi, Schumer declare victory, hope Trump 'learned his lesson'
by Susan Ferrechio
 | January 25, 2019 04:17 PM



Democratic leaders took a victory lap Friday after President Trump agreed to end a partial government shutdown without a guarantee that he will ever receive the border wall funding he has demanded since his 2016 campaign.

“Democrats in the Senate and the House were united behind this position throughout the shutdown and ultimately this agreement endorses our position,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said after Trump’s announcement. “Hopefully the president has learned his lesson.”

Trump announced Friday he’ll sign a bill to reopen partially closed departments and agencies closed since Dec. 22 thanks to a fight over border wall funding.

The bill will keep the government fully operational until Feb. 15. The three weeks are intended to provide Democrats and Republicans with a chance to negotiate a comprehensive deal on border security. Trump and Republicans said those discussions would include money for physical barriers on the southern border, but Democrats on Friday appeared as resistant as ever to the idea of federal funding for a wall.

“Democrats are firmly against the wall,” Schumer said Friday, adding that Trump was proven wrong that Democrats would "crack" and vote for the wall.

Pelosi said the president “underestimated” the unity among Democrats.

Poll numbers showed the public mostly blamed the president for the shutdown by nearly double digits over Democrats.

“After three weeks as the toll mounted, we made it clear to the public that the president was in charge of the shutdown he knew it was a lost cause," Schumer said.

A small group of Democrats had called on Pelosi to negotiate with the president on a border wall, but few broke ranks.

“No one should ever underestimate the Speaker as Trump has learned,” Schumer said.

Schumer said lawmakers agree on many aspects of border security, such as shoring up ports of entry.

“And that bodes well to find an eventual agreement,” Schumer said, “The fact that we have so many areas where we agree.”

Schumer said he is “very optimistic” negotiators can strike a deal by the end of three weeks, when funding expires.

Pelosi would not commit to even considering a wall but repeated the call for “evidence based knowledge about how best to secure our border.”

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/pelosi-schumer-declare-victory-hope-trump-learned-his-lesson

[dfwgator]

[txradioguy]

Me too

[mystery-ak]

So do I now we have to watch for weeks their victory dance...

[txradioguy]

So do I now we have to watch for weeks their victory dance...

They'll campaign off of this in 2020...they'll be taking a victory lap for the next couple years.

[corbe]

   You would think that Trump and his advisors would have learned something from the times GWB had to deal with that snake-pelosi

[Wingnut]

The insufferable bastards will be 100 time worse now. 

[corbe]

     I resemble that remark.  @The Ghost

[dfwgator]

So do I now we have to watch for weeks their victory dance...

That is Trump's Saving Grace,  the Democrats never fail to overplay their hand when they get a small victory.

[Wingnut]

     I resemble that remark.  @The Ghost

I was talking about Once-ler!   LOL   

[libertybele]

Well ... they will be doing a victory dance in 2020 as well.  The GOP is done. This country as we know her will be gone.   

[berdie]

Watching the Pelosi and Schumer Show this afternoon made me throw my house shoe at the tv. I can't stand these people.

[libertybele]

Watching the Pelosi and Schumer Show this afternoon made me throw my house shoe at the tv. I can't stand these people.

You may hate those people, but I hate the GOP even more.  Those that sided with them and those that caved ARE responsible for what happens to this country going forward.  This President and the GOP should have stood together long ago and got this done.  No, instead the idiots like McCain, Ryan, Murkowski, et., al, sold us down the river.

[jpsb]

I hope all you NeverTrumpers are happy, the invasion of the USA by Mexico and Central America can
now continue unabated.

[jpsb]

   You would think that Trump and his advisors would have learned something from the times GWB had to deal with that snake-pelosi

Happy now? May all you NeverTrumpers rot in hell.

[jpsb]

You may hate those people, but I hate the GOP even more.  Those that sided with them and those that caved ARE responsible for what happens to this country going forward.  This President and the GOP should have stood together long ago and got this done.  No, instead the idiots like McCain, Ryan, Murkowski, et., al, sold us down the river.

Don't forget Romney, may he rot in hell.

[libertybele]

I hope all you NeverTrumpers are happy, the invasion of the USA by Mexico and Central America can
now continue unabated.

Give it a rest. Blame the RINO's in Congress and blame the idiots that continued to vote for them.  NO one in here wanted Trump to fail.  NO one. This invasion has been going on for decades and people continue not to believe and recognize what is going on. The fight is over at the border, the fight is now at our front doors. Not many believe that either, but they are in for a very rude awakening and then it will be too late.

[Right_in_Virginia]

All this crowing for a three week intermission during which their enemy will regroup and strengthen.   

[Right_in_Virginia]

Well ... they will be doing a victory dance in 2020 as well.  The GOP is done. This country as we know her will be gone.   

Ah, don't cry. The dems will be too busy looking for the truck that hit them to dance.   

[corbe]

   Of course It's my fault @jpsb, it's been my fault since you allowed Trump to hump whatever was left of the GOP. 
   It will always be my fault and I didn't even vote for either of those NY Liberals in 2016

[txradioguy]

   Of course It's my fault @jpsb, it's been my fault since you allowed Trump to hump whatever was left of the GOP. 
   It will always be my fault and I didn't even vote for either of those NY Liberals in 2016

@corbe the willfully blind followers of Trump who believe no matter what he can do no wrong have to find someone other than themselves to blame for the mess we're in now.

[DB]

I hope all you NeverTrumpers are happy, the invasion of the USA by Mexico and Central America can
now continue unabated.

Trump was never the answer to the invasion. That mistake was yours. He's not a man with a plan. He's a man with a sound bite. Big difference. Don't blame others for your misplaced trust. You only have to go back to 2012 when Trump was saying Mitt Romney of all people was mean-spirited for wanting to move illegals out of the country.

[jpsb]

@corbe the willfully blind followers of Trump who believe no matter what he can do no wrong have to find someone other than themselves to blame for the mess we're in now.

Nice to see that you don't give a damn about 25,000,000 plus illegal invaders occupying our county.

[jpsb]

Trump was never the answer to the invasion. That mistake was yours. He's not a man with a plan. He's a man with a sound bite. Big difference. Don't blame others for your misplaced trust. You only have to go back to 2012 when Trump was saying Mitt Romney of all people was mean-spirited for wanting to move illegals out of the country.

Yes Hillary would have been so much better /s

[Axeslinger]

I hope all you NeverTrumpers are happy, the invasion of the USA by Mexico and Central America can
now continue unabated.

@jpsb

Screw you.  Only a gutless coward would blame someone else for a decision that was SOLELY trumps.  If this was face to face, those words would earn you an ass kicking.