There are a lot of people who are angry at Trump for *not* backing down on the border wall and sticking to his guns after backing down yesterday. One of those is Senator Bob Corker.
Apart from whatever you think of Trump’s decision, this is just stupid:
Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said Friday that conservative talk radio hosts were engaging in “tyranny,” criticism apparently aimed at figures such as Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter who pressed President Trump to only accept a spending deal that includes funding for a border wall.
“We have two talk-radio show hosts who basically influenced the president, and we’re in a shutdown mode. It’s just—that’s tyranny, isn’t it?” Corker said to reporters on Friday.
“Do we succumb to tyranny of talk-radio show hosts?” he continued. “I mean, this is a juvenile place we find ourselves. The reason we’re here is that we have a couple talk-radio hosts that get the president spun up.”
HUH? How is that tyranny? This guy RAN on the issue of immigration enforcement, specifically on the wall, and HE WON. Now, yes, Democrats had a good day in the House in the midterms, but it’s completely absurd to call this tyranny, when Trump is simply following through on his promise!
Here’s the background:
Earlier this week, the White House appeared to be ready to accept a stopgap spending bill without wall funding to keep the government running until Feb. 8. But after pointed criticism from nationally syndicated talk show host Rush Limbaugh and conservative columnist Ann Coulter warning how such a capitulation would play among his supporters, the president changed course, announcing he would veto any bill without wall funding.
Now, you may think it’s ludicrous that Trump is listening to Limbaugh and Coulter, that’s a different issue. But to call it “tyranny” is abjectly stupid and it shows how ridiculous politicians are when they don’t get their way. Trump was elected just like you were, Corker. Persuade him more than Limbaugh and Coulter have, and stop whining about “tyranny.”