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To: Sdgla who wrote (1106935)	12/28/2018 11:57:47 PM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1588343

Trump's lies and corruption disgrace presidential legacies of Lincoln and Washington ......corrupt and fraudulent family foundation. Hush money to mistresses to help swing an election — felony violations of campaign finance laws. Seeking and embracing the help of an enemy to win an election. Repeatedly obstructing justice to cover up those crimes. Selling out American interests to patrons overseas. Profiting from the presidency. Helping foreign murderers cover up the murder of an American permanent resident. Attacking our allies. Destroying the international architecture that has been the foundation of our strength. Lying to or misleading the American people on average 10 times a day. Celebrating Nazis as very fine people. Building detention camps for children on our borders. Racist policies that turn away good people from our shores. Serial misogyny. Upwards of 20 allegations of sexual harassment. At least one accusation of rape from an underage minor. A massive, decades-long record of income tax fraud. Seventeen investigations into his activities. Virtually every major organization he has run for two decades under investigation.

To: Sdgla who wrote (1106935)	12/29/2018 12:00:53 AM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1588343

President Donald Trump’s delusion and pathological lies are once again impairing his ability to lead this great country. Funding the government should not be optional, and it should not be subject to the whims of an individual demanding $5 billion for a project that hasn’t been properly vetted and is exactly the kind of pork-barrel, pet-project funding we’d think someone trying to drain the swamp would oppose. Trump’s attempts to blame Democrats for this shutdown are laughable and dishonest to the point of pathology. The Senate has passed a continuing resolution that earned enough support from Democrats to pass but Republicans in the House refused to take up the proposal to temporarily keep the government open. Trump, also, must think the American people don’t remember what happened in January when a group of bipartisan lawmakers — led by Sens. Lindsey Graham and Dick Durbin — brought a plan to the table that included $2.5 billion for the construction of physical barriers on the border and a pathway to citizenship for about 2 million Dreamers. But we remember. Trump rejected the compromise in a spectacularly vulgar and unbecoming fashion, attacking a provision that would have allowed people with temporary protected status from countries like Haiti and El Salvador to remain in this country legally. Now, 11 months later, he wants to blame Democrats because in the Senate they didn’t tack on $5 billion to a funding bill for Trump’s wall. There is no one to blame for this shutdown but Trump and his erratic demands when it comes to immigration. He has been inconsistent, asking for one thing only to change his mind when Congress presents him with the offer. His decision to demand the funding for his wall was wishy-washy at best until after the Senate had already passed a continuing resolution without the money tacked on. That is not good leadership, and the American people, particularly federal workers, are the ones paying the price. It’d set an uncomfortable precedent if Congress gives into Trump’s demands. This is not how our country’s budget is supposed to work, and we would hope Republicans and Democrats could see the wisdom in that. We vehemently opposed the shutdown in January that was driven by Democrats who were attempting to force a resolution for Dreamers facing deportation. In no uncertain terms we chided leadership for their decision. We did that despite badly wanting relief for Dreamers whose lives were thrown into limbo when the president revoked the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that had provided a temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of young immigrants. ------Denver Post