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The right can't win by democracy (they're outnumbered by tens of millions). So they resort to gerrymandering and voter suppression to get a majority in congress despite having fewer votes. And even with all that, they still can't get anything passed, so they have to take hostages like this to force democrats to vote with them
I need to get my passport application in since these idiots are going to shut down the government until the next election >

Be quick... The passport office took months to recover last time it was shut down! >

They're just holding our economy hostage :/ >

At this point I'm ready for them to just let it collapse.  Tired of "being the adults in the room" and passing whatever bullshit they want whenever they throw a tantrum.  Like when they did this with Obama and got the NDAA passed with the provision to allow indefinite detention of American citizens and a budget increase for the military.  They've got no intention of helping normal folks or governing in the slightest anyway.
The right does this every chance they get.  Just threatening to take their ball and go home.  Fine, fuck'em, call the bluff.