If I were one of his advisors, I would inform him of this in no uncertain words. Do an Executive Order or whatever the hell it is he needs to do. They need paid. The TSA is getting spread thin and I have a feeling one more paycheck missed and we are going to see walkouts in droves. The lines will get longer, but that's not what I'm worried about. Its the checked baggage not getting adequately screened because they are short-handed and moving personnel around to cover the lines. You can fill in the blanks from here. I hate to post stuff like this... but it is what it is. He may pride himself on the art of the deal... but imo, he's taking a huge risk here that he may not have thought about. Some bad actors may have been laying in wait for a time just like now. Heaven forbid something bad happens.... but if it did, that would in fact be the end of DJT as President of the United States. All the blame-shifting in the world wouldn't save him. Pay the TSA Trump.... cover your ass. -jmho
live by a sword, die by a sword. his ego is too big to compromise. BTW, I agree. https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/13/us/tsa-gun-flight/index.html
No argument here. Kinda flies in the face of the whole "protect the country" thing if you aren't paying the agency designed to protect the airports and customs.
The Republicans put forward a proposal in Congress to pay all the employees but still keep the government closed. The Democrats rejected this proposal which would have made sure that all the government employees including the TSA workers were paid.
Wasn't aware of that. If so, needs to get out there so the public knows. One tweet from troll in chief should do it.
Tell the fucking Treasury to start cutting checks to them. Who's going to try and stop him? Democrats? They want to be on the side of not paying TSA?
GOP offers to pay federal employees who work during the shutdown https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...ederal-employees-who-work-during-the-shutdown
House rejects GOP measure to pay workers but not open government https://thehill.com/homenews/house/...easure-to-pay-workers-but-not-open-government The House rejected a GOP measure to pay furloughed workers but keep the government closed in a 222-195 vote. Six Democrats voted for the GOP measure, offered as an alternative to a Democratic bill to reopen the government. The Democratic bill, which would have funded the government through Feb. 28, is expected to be approved but is dead on arrival in the Senate. A vote on that measure will be postponed until next week. The move comes as parties continue to point fingers over who bears the responsibility for the ongoing partial government shutdown. Republicans have accused Democrats of failing to take negotiations on border security and President Trump's border wall seriously, calling on negotiators to put forward a compromise. “While Democrats flail under their misguided leadership, Republicans continue to offer solutions. This time we are working to get federal employees paid and give Democrats time to negotiate an end to the shutdown,” a spokeswoman for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said in an email to reporters. Top Democrats, who have blasted Trump’s call for $5.7 billion for border security including a physical barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border, alleging Republicans are holding the government hostage over a partisan priority. Democrats have called on the administration to reopen the government before they negotiate funding for the Department of Homeland Security. “This is a political stunt to distract from the fact that Republicans are about to vote for the ninth time to keep the government shutdown,” a Democratic aide told The Hill on the GOP motion.
A bipartisan bill was pre-approved by both Senate and House that would've kept the government open weeks ago, but Anne Coulter said no and Mitch buckled like a cuck. And the TSA needs to go on strike yesterday. Shut this silliness down now, once and for all.