# The president has gone full terrorist, and he's actively holding the government hostage.

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**Created:** [January 6, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-has-gone-full-terrorist-and-hes-actively-holding-the-government-hostage/827306 "2019-01-06T19:23:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-has-gone-full-terrorist-and-hes-actively-holding-the-government-hostage/827306/81 "2019-01-11T00:29:40Z")

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It would be appalling if the Democrats DID want to “give him any wins.”

Because virtually EVERYTHING that he would consider a “win” would be BAD for the United States of America, and for the continued existence of humanity.

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**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-has-gone-full-terrorist-and-hes-actively-holding-the-government-hostage/827306/82 "2019-01-11T00:39:35Z")

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> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> 😕
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> And doing nothing at all is somehow wasting LESS time? How’s that work?

Sure, I simply meant that without thinking about it too much, McConnell’s statement from today made sense to me. I agreed with it. But then it was pointed by **Morgyn** why I was wrong.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-has-gone-full-terrorist-and-hes-actively-holding-the-government-hostage/827306/83 "2019-01-11T13:02:34Z")

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> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#):
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> Thanks so much for saying this. For a minute, I thought I was going to have to agree with Mitch McConnell for the first time in fucking forever, who just said it would be a waste of time for the Senate to pass something Trump isn’t going to sign. You of course, are right (assuming they have the votes to override, which I didn’t know).

But, of course, it WASN’T a waste of time to bring up eighty resolutions repealing Obamacare. Because, you know, Obama _might_ have signed one of those.

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