Obviously, the shutdown is a tactic for both parties, and they decide to play it based on the strategy that they think will get them somewhere. Or, as in the case of the democrats, they are desperate- but I do think they figure healthcare costs will cause many to freak. Freak they may, but Trump can still fix that before it causes him any lasting damage.
But what if the Afghans, Somalis, the rest of the non-American crew start some crap because they don't have any EBT? We expect it from other quarters. We expect traditional American racial divide, and I doubt most of us have paid much attention to the extent to which these entitlements have been going to different uses.
Meanwhile, ICE is trying to deport people. Well, what if the sort of people you want to deport, start making trouble because they don't have the EBT they expect? Easier to pick them out, and pick them up. Easier to say we are just deporting criminals, which they want to say. They want at least one extra bit of criminality because the criminality of coming here illegally is not enough, I guess.
Of course, the decision to allow a shutdown did not start off with this line of reasoning, but as it went on, I suspect whoever actually has the capability for strategic level thinking in the White House realized the Democrats had handed them a great situation.
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