Just shut down the U.S Government already!

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Mr Khan said:
I got spitting mad at some Republican Texan congressman who was trying to score political points by bullying a park ranger for keeping the WWII monuments closed (it's a liability thing, people). Posed as a constituent and sent him a scathing but well-worded (meaning no cursing or threats of harm).

I've been trying to be more even-tempered about politics, so fewer things have been making me really mad lately, but damn. The guy basically mocked a poor low-end park ranger who was just trying to do his job, knowing full well the ranger couldn't say anything back to him for fear of said job (which he likely isn't even being paid to do at the moment!). How horrible.

It's basically just a photo-op. They have to know that they can't actually get what they say they want out of this, so they're trying to extract as much out of it as they can, with as many high-profile events as they can contrive.

It's like their "we need to negotiate" statements. At this point, the Republicans have no leverage; any "deal" they make would be completely one-sided, because they have nothing to offer the Democrats, who already have what they want.