Nancy Pelosi is telling the truth.
"This isn't just about them saying we should reduce the deficit," she said, adding: "This is an excuse. The budget deficit is an excuse for the Republicans to undermine government plain and simple. They don't just want to make cuts, they want to destroy. They want to destroy food safety, clean air, clean water, the department of education. They want to destroy your rights."
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"They do not like the government," Pelosi said. "They're riding an engine of popular support for, ok we have to reduce the deficit. And they're using that to destroy."
"The Speaker has said that between him and the president they have a different vision of America and that's how come their budget proposals are different," she sad. "Quite different...We get the sacrifice, they get the wealth."
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This extortion will go on until January 2013. In September, Rs will refuse to pass a budget and close the government.
The Republican party is a domestic enemy of the United States.
We are in a war. It's time to treat it for what it is.
The President correctly called for popular pressure yesterday. We will need more action in the streets.
The Republicans must learn to fear the might of the American people.
The budget deficit is an excuse for the Republicans to undermine government plain and simple. They don't just want to make cuts, they want to destroy. They want to destroy food safety, clean air, clean water, the department of education. They want to destroy your rights.
Fight back or lose what little you have and any chance ever to have anything.