Mo Sarte

Retired journalist. Tireless traveler. Independent pragmatist. Old enough to know better but seen too much to keep quiet & still care enough to speak up.

[House Democrats @HouseDemocrats]

We're now officially in the second year of the Trump presidency – and the government just shut down.

This is an absolute testament to the chaos and lack of leadership emanating from the White House and the congressional Republicans who enable @realDonaldTrump. #TrumpShutdown

[Resistbot @resistbot]

@clairecmc @SenateMajLdr Making this a lie, wrapped in another lie. https://t.co/QXwvp64rp6

[CBS News @CBSNews]

Sen. Schumer: "President Trump, if you are listening, I am urging you please take yes for an answer. The way things went today, the way you turned from a bipartisan deal, it's almost as if you were rooting for a shutdown." https://t.co/eK4NmkzQpF

[MS NOW LIVE @msnowevents]

.@DRJASONJOHNSON: Democrats recognize that their best option is not to try to negotiate with crazy supervillains but to actually just come up with a plan and recognize that the Joker or Mitch McConnell are going to get bored and they’re going to realize this is hurting us #AMJoy

[Charles R Smith II @IICrsii49]

EXCELLENT POINT! https://t.co/d7AfHVXqWs

[Jeremy Wilcox @jwilcox79]

A shutdown is not a bug of Republican governance, it is a feature.

They and Trump a) rescinded DACA, & b) allowed CHIP to expire, to force this showdown. For political gain. Then they sabotaged their own plans to fix it, blamed Democrats, walked away.

It's that simple.

[Karim Sadjadpour @ksadjadpour]

"In his first year President Trump made at least 2,140 false or misleading claims, an average of nearly 5.9 claims a day." https://t.co/gLWcqat3F4

[Mo Sarte @mosartenow]

@realDonaldTrump @marcorubio @RepBrianMast @GOP @SenMajLdr THIS is the sad TRUTH! The rest of it is that the GOP has an epic fail in leadership. https://t.co/b4E2oKZlLO

[Mikel Jollett @Mikel_Jollett]

@realDonaldTrump Last week YOU were offered a bipartisan deal that would've protected DREAMers, funded CHIP and kept the government open.

YOU killed that deal in a racist rant about “shithole” countries.

YOUR racism is what shut down our government.

[Gillhoolee 🍁 @Gillhoolee]

@danpfeiffer 🍁In a Parliamentary Sys' ,on a Budget Bill the Party in Pwr.must maintain the confidence of a majority, failure to do so means the Gov't would
(& should) fall.
In the US system, the arrogance of the GOP allows it to make last ditch, half hearted efforts without penalty? SAD.

[Mo Sarte @mosartenow]

Hoping to see BIPARTISAN LEADERSHIP & pragmatic problem solving today instead of chaotic fiasco from last night. Note to GOP: bullying, exploiting vulnerable human bargaining chips & recalcitrant, lying tweets intending to shame & divide is NOT leadership! #GOPEpicFail https://t.co/10Si8c0s9A

[NPR @NPR]

Members of the House and Senate are reconvening today as they work to resolve the impasse. https://t.co/wY5GniCHIm

[Mo Sarte @mosartenow]

@marcorubio Yes, we’ve weathered shut downs before, but now we’ve got an incompetent, unfit chaos creating prez in office & if we don’t get some real BIPARTISAN leadership soon our country & its govt institutions will continue to be damaged. BTW, bible quotes are NOT leadership! #GOPEpicFail

[Mo Sarte @mosartenow]

@SykesCharlie @NBCNewsTHINK We need to focus on his record & performance in office & separate that from his “brand”...hard, maybe, since that seems to be all he has to offer, but we must return to ethics, concrete policy concerns & pragmatic problem solving. Leave the Circus of Chaos to Trump & his cult!

[Mo Sarte @mosartenow]

@SykesCharlie @NBCNewsTHINK If norms were in place, rather than petty, putrid partisanship backing GOP power plays we’re seeing, there would be no need for anti-anti Trump backlash. Problem is Trump is so personally objectionable & unfit for the job that he openly invites personal criticism & contempt.

[Mo Sarte @mosartenow]

@SykesCharlie @NBCNewsTHINK Normalization of any President who viciously tweets damaging garbage, can’t manage his own reckless comments & continues to create chaos is NOT normal. The aiding & abetting of Trump undermines confidence in our institutions, discredits our nation & shows contempt for the Am ppl.

[Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D @RVAwonk]

Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill introduced a bill to protect military bill during #TrumpShutdown.

Republicans killed it.

https://t.co/fMuiDSfj6n

[Translate Things @TranslateThings]

For those actually asking, the Republicans failed to secure 4 votes from their own party. Furthermore, the bipartisan deal that would have got 60 votes was rejected by yours truly. So, now you know! https://t.co/WDFEVUNogc

[Mo Sarte @mosartenow]

@doorn_cindy @indigo223 @PaulchenKaiser @BeauWillieJA @WhiteHouse @POTUS Here’s the TRUTH about how much Dems care & how partisanly constipated the GOP is right now. TRUTH is we, the people WANT our govt to be functional & successful, but forces at work are promoting & exploiting disastrous division for personal gain. https://t.co/smf5w845AW

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

Last night Democrats were all willing to do a VERY short term CR (1-3) days with no additional demands or conditions - just to keep the United States government and the negotiations open. We tried to do that with a Unanimous Consent Request and it was blocked.

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

We were quite close to an agreement last night, but the lack of clarity from the White House was the main problem. Senate R’s do not want to move legislation without POTUS approval. But getting clarity on the administration position is like trying to nail jello to the wall.