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Reposting this in case anyone out there honestly thinks they should have any measure of sympathy for this monster, who apart from celebrating dead schoolkids, partied at the White House while 10,000,000 Americans were kicked off food stamps during the 2025 government shutdown.
I had a different kind of fun:
Since your spies didn't get appropriately compensated for four months, we had time to reassess which spies served your empire, and cleaned house.
So thank you Trump, for gifting the world a much needed break from your surveillance abroad.
This is why I would vote to have all reps be sequestered during a shutdown. No fundraising, no fancy brunches, no visiting your mistress, no podcasting.
fucking Josh Hawley looking like the guy who wasn't invited into the conversation but donkey laughs for attention
He's actually one of my senators, which is why I saved the photo originally. It's just quite appropriate to remember these bastards today too.
Can we have some dialog please?
I thought the info in the post and image was enough context.
But here you go: https://apnews.com/article/shutdown-republicans-senate-trump-white-house-8cac539f2a553ced68bc9e0b32bc7b94
The other user is probably referring to the support for Ukraine.
Ah, didn't realize that. Thank you for clarifying.