Bonus Pod: Democrats hold Government Hostage plus Trump vs the Department of Education
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What is the theme of the 47 Morning Update podcast?
Good Thursday morning. Ben Ferguson with you. It's nice to have you on the 47 Morning Update as we have a special show for you this morning. So many of you that listen to the show want to know the facts about what the president's actually accomplishing. This is one of those special shows that I hope you will share everywhere on social media. It's the 47 Morning Update, and it starts right now. Story number one. A government shutdown is now likely after Chuck Schumer says the Senate Democrats will block a GOP funding bill. The Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, making it very clear that the same Democrats who've always said we can never shut down the government and it hurts Americans and poor people and the world is going to end.
Why are Democrats blocking the GOP funding bill?
Now that Donald Trump is in charge, they've decided, nah, we'll just throw that all out the window and go with a government shutdown just to try to hurt Donald Trump. Take a listen to the speaker in his own words.
They're planning to vote down this simple bill. They are going to try to shut the government down. Every House Democrat will participate in this, it looks like. That would be a shame if it's true. I hope some of them will have a moment of clarity themselves and do the right thing, but it looks like they're going to try to shut down the government. It's a striking new posture for Democrats who have always said they've just been apoplectic about the prospect of government shutdowns.
How does the Senate view the government shutdown?
So just think for a second about what the speaker just said. It's very clear that Democrats are solely doing this for political reasons and they want America to suffer. They want Americans to suffer because they want you to blame Donald Trump for any inconvenience or real pain that comes from a government shutdown. You can also look at it this way. They're advocating for tanking the American economy because they don't actually care about Americans. In fact, listen to the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in his own words about why they're doing it.
Funding the government should be a bipartisan effort, but Republicans chose a partisan path, drafting their continuing resolution without any input, any input from congressional Democrats. Because of that, Republicans do not have the votes in the Senate to invoke cloture on the House CR. Our caucus is unified on a clean April 11th CR that will keep the government open and give Congress time to negotiate bipartisan legislation that can pass. We should vote on that. I hope, I hope our Republican colleagues will join us to avoid a shutdown on Friday.
Translation, Chuck Schumer saying we, the Democratic Party, are holding Congress and the American people hostage. Because of that, as he said, Republicans do not have the votes in the Senate to invoke cloture on the House continuing the resolution. So now it is a government shutdown that will be created solely by the Democrats, with Republicans holding a 53 to 47 advantage in the Senate. Chuck Schumer also understands that guess what? You don't always work together with the other side. Because when the American people voted in Donald Trump and gave the Senate back to the Republicans and the House control in the hands of the Republicans, they didn't ask Donald Trump to, quote, compromise with Democrats.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the theme of the 47 Morning Update podcast?
0:49–1:30
2
Why are Democrats blocking the GOP funding bill?
1:30–2:02
3
How does the Senate view the government shutdown?
2:02–4:22
4
What are Donald Trump's views on the Department of Education?
4:22–6:15
5
What changes has Linda McMahon made in the Department of Education?
6:15–13:39
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