Rep. Steve King Already Blaming Obama for a Government Shutdown That Hasn’t Happened Yet
In a clear and obvious case of putting the cart before the horse, Steve King once again shows his idiocy and starts blaming Obama for the government shutdown that the GOP wants to happen, but which hasn’t happened yet:
HARTMANN: Well apparently, is this true that you asked John Boehner for a blood oath that he would shut down government if you guys were not successful in killing off healthcare?
KING: Well no…And but the way I recall phrasing that, and I’m not going back and review the tape, is that if, I mean I stand on this side, I want to shut off all funding that would go to implement Obamacare. It’s entirely constitutional to do that, that’s how the Vietnam war was ended.
HARTMANN: Well Congress has the power of the purse, they can fund or shut off anything they damn well please.[…]
KING:…Did I call for Boehner to shut down the government, and no. In fact, Boehner can’t shut down, well I guess he could shut down the government if we agreed with him. But the first step would be we would put the rider on the appropriate bills that would prohibit the funding from being used to implement Obamacare but we would fund the government. And then under those scenarios, it’d be the president that would shut down the government, if he vetoed a bill because it didn’t include in it funding to implement Obamacare. That would be the president…
HARTMANN: Well if you guys don’t get the senate, that bill won’t get through the senate.
KING: If the house says its not going to be funded, it’s not going to be funded. That’s how it would be. But it wouldn’t be Boehner shutting down the government…
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