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GOP lawmakers have quietly advised the White House not to move forward with mass layoffs
Posted on 10/9/25 at 8:53 am
Posted on 10/9/25 at 8:53 am
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune and other senior GOP lawmakers have quietly advised the White House not to move forward with mass layoffs and sharp cuts to government assistance programs as the shutdown enters its second week, according to people familiar with the matter.
Link to WSJ article
I'm not sure what the reasoning is that the GOP leaders are giving Trump since I don't have a subscription to the WSJ to read the full article, but I don't really care what their reasoning is. The fact that they are pushing Trump to not fulfill his threats is beyond infuriating. And the fact that Trump is listening to then is equally infuriating.
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Posted on 10/9/25 at 8:55 am to Bamatab
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Posted on 10/9/25 at 8:55 am to Bamatab
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I'm not sure what the reasoning is
Deep-state, Uni-party
Posted on 10/9/25 at 8:56 am to Bamatab
wow. who needs enemies w/ friends like this?
Posted on 10/9/25 at 8:58 am to Bamatab
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I'm not sure what the reasoning is that the GOP leaders are giving Trump
It would obviously turn public opinion against the GOP during this shutdown
Posted on 10/9/25 at 8:59 am to cajunangelle
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wow. who needs enemies w/ friends like this?
i'm convinced they will just run the clock on Trump
Posted on 10/9/25 at 9:02 am to Bamatab
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune and other senior GOP lawmakers have quietly advised the White House not to move forward with mass layoffs and sharp cuts to government assistance programs as the shutdown enters its second week
How about no.
Posted on 10/9/25 at 9:02 am to Ostrich
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It would obviously turn public opinion against the GOP during this shutdown
No, it's why Trump won the mandate.
It will turn liberals against him.
Posted on 10/9/25 at 9:03 am to Ostrich
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It would obviously turn public opinion against the GOP during this shutdown
Same excuse for 13yrs or so.
Posted on 10/9/25 at 9:05 am to SoFlaGuy
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No, it's why Trump won the mandate.
It will turn liberals against him.
In a state like Virginia, for example, with scores of federal workers, you would be handing next month's Governor's election to the Democrat.
Posted on 10/9/25 at 9:07 am to Bamatab
It's a wise decision. Furloughed workers are seen by the populace as victims caught in the political power struggle. To fire them during this time would not be popular at all. Currently Trump is winning the PR battle over the shutdown. No need to shoot himself in the foot. Take the win when it comes and then quietly dissolve their positions afterward when all eyes are elsewhere.
This post was edited on 10/9/25 at 9:09 am
Posted on 10/9/25 at 9:10 am to Ostrich
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In a state like Virginia, for example, with scores of federal workers, you would be handing next month's Governor's election to the Democrat.
The typical GOP response, let's cave and we'll get them next time. Just keep us in control and the next time this comes around we will do the right thing. Hate to break it to you, but you may never get a chance again to take an axe to this albatross of a government. Playing nice with the dims gets you nothing, the MSM and its acolytes will still blame the Republicans, and their useful idiot voters will always fall for it.
Posted on 10/9/25 at 9:11 am to Bamatab
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according to people familiar with the matter.
Ignore any article that uses this phrasing or any variety of it. It can be planted by anyone who wants to make a narrative or just made up by the reporters.
It still works to because this thread is full of people taking the story at face value and running with it.
This post was edited on 10/9/25 at 9:13 am
Posted on 10/9/25 at 9:11 am to Bamatab
These cuts and layoffs are going to hurt a lot of their constituents in their red state home districts They are being practical…
Posted on 10/9/25 at 9:12 am to Bamatab
They are trying to negotiate reopening and mass layoffs would push the democrats away from negotiations. Then Republicans will cave as pressure mounts and we will get nothing out of this whole fiasco.
Fire them all, repubs will cave either way.
Fire them all, repubs will cave either way.
This post was edited on 10/9/25 at 9:15 am
Posted on 10/9/25 at 9:12 am to Bamatab
fricking Rhinos, he just as soon have Paul Ryan leading the GOP
Posted on 10/9/25 at 9:12 am to 91TIGER
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The typical GOP response, let's cave and we'll get them next time.
You don't understand. Once you lose the public's support, the GOP will be forced to cave and end this shutdown. A shutdown that the democrats own right now.
Posted on 10/9/25 at 9:14 am to Bamatab
Fire them all, then rehire where needed!!
Posted on 10/9/25 at 9:14 am to Bamatab
Thune, Johnson, Graham, and the rest of those sellout Establishment bastards are the one's who need to be laid off. Permanently.
This is just one more indication of what I've always known. These skanks have a plan, and that plan is to simply wait out President Trump until he's gone.
And if J.D. is the real deal, and I think he is, those jerks will do whatever they can to get the Establishment Democrat candidate elected, just like Mitch McConnell and Lyin' Paul Ryan were planning for a Hillary Clinton victory in 2016.
This is just one more indication of what I've always known. These skanks have a plan, and that plan is to simply wait out President Trump until he's gone.
And if J.D. is the real deal, and I think he is, those jerks will do whatever they can to get the Establishment Democrat candidate elected, just like Mitch McConnell and Lyin' Paul Ryan were planning for a Hillary Clinton victory in 2016.
This post was edited on 10/9/25 at 9:15 am
Posted on 10/9/25 at 9:14 am to Ostrich
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A shutdown that the democrats own right now.
Do they? People are idiots and the simpler message wins. The simpler message is that Republicans own all branches.
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