The Vice President and Rush Limbaugh Today

Above, Rush Limbaugh.

It is frustrating to see Democrats get 95% of their agenda items funded under a Republican President and Congress, especially after the last election. They're acting like scared rabbits (again) if the Democrats force a government shutdown, fearing that they would be blamed.

It is also frustrating to see namby-pamby leaders like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan put roadblocks in front of the Trump agenda items.

Well, at least we have Vice President Mike Pence getting asked the tough questions by Rush Limbaugh, as he did today.

An excerpt:

RUSH: If this is what happens, Mr. Vice President, why vote Republican? What is the point of voting Republican if the Democrats are gonna continue to win practically 95% of their objectives, such as in this last budget deal? 

THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, look, respectfully, Rush, I actually think this was, as the president said a little a while ago, I think this was actually a clear win for the American people. Look, you’ve had Washington, D.C., that has been, you know, paralyzed by gridlock and partisan infighting for many years, and in this new president you have someone who was able to bring people together and make a $21 billion increase in defense spending at a time of great challenge for America’s interests around the world. And that’s a — you know, he spoke about that today, surrounded by a lot of great members of the United States Air Force. And it was also a piece for years, Democrats in Washington insisted that any increase in defense spending would be matched with an increase in domestic spending. 

So you gotta grow government at home if you’re gonna, you know, invest in our national defense. This ended that. I mean, in a very real sense this was a game-changer because we’re just back to putting the safety, security, and the national defense of the American people first, and I think it sends, having just traveled around the Asian-Pacific representing the president over the last couple of weeks, I think this sends a decisive message to the world that under President Trump’s leadership we’re gonna make the strongest military in history even stronger. 

RUSH: If I’m the Democrats, $21 billion, 15 billion for defense that was not originally authorized, that’s a small price to pay for continuing to fund refugee resettlement, continuing to fund Planned Parenthood, continuing to fund sanctuary cities, continuing to fund the EPA, and not build the wall. The Democrats clearly think this is a big win, and they’re confident they can block Trump’s agenda after this spending bill for the rest of Trump’s term. There isn’t anything of the president’s agenda in this budget, and people are beginning to ask, when’s that gonna happen? If you’re gonna shut it down in September, why not now? 

THE VICE PRESIDENT: Yeah. 

RUSH: If you complain about 60 votes today, why not go budget reconciliation for 51 votes and smoke ’em?

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