Republican messaging on denying Grampy his ballroom $1 billion leaves me in disbelief that these people "run the gov't."

[Miles Archer]

You know what this says to me? It's the sound of Republicans saying "GOSH, Mr. President, SIR, we REALLY wanted to give you this MONEY, SIR, but our hands are tied, SIR, because of the Parliamentarian, SIR. Why, if not for them, we would have loved to have given you TWO, THREE BILLION...whatever you ask, hell...we don't care any more about taxpayers than YOU do, SIR."

“The parliamentarians’ decision was reported weeks ago,” a White House official told the Daily Beast.

“This framing is false as it implies that republicans removed it deliberately rather than under parliamentary pressure.”

But the issue was also a political liability for Republicans, particularly amid cost-of-living concerns ahead of November’s midterm elections.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-humiliated-after-senators-pull-ballroom-cash/

[Skittles]

1. between a rock and a hard place

hard to continue sucking off Trump while their own voters, dealing with real affordability issues, aren't too keen on BALLROOMS and SLUSH FUNDS

[efhmc]

2. You are correct as usual.

[Skittles]

3. AW SHUCKS

us blue folk in Texas know the score - yes INDEED