waste of time. sure sounds like we re headed towards a government shutdown or national emergency. so february 15th, don, is when this current deal runs out. he has two options at the end of that, and i don t think there ll be a deal that he signs. he has two options, let the government shutdown again, two, declare a national emergency. i think given what happened to the republican brand we ve just endured, there s no way in heck he s shutting down the government again, which means a national emergency. and that ll be litigated through the courts. how will his base react to that, you think? i think they ll react well because it ll be a prolonged legal fight, but in the sort of nearest term he can say i got it even though democrats wouldn t work with me. okay, so i wanted to talk about and we touched on this. i don t understand the framing
towards a government shutdown or a national emergency. yeah, so february 15th, don, is when this current deal runs out. he has two options at the end of that, and i don t think there ll be a deal that he science. he has two options. one, let the government shut down again, two, declare national emergency. i think given what happened to the republican brand over this 35-day shutdown that he just endured, there s no way in heck that he s shutting down the government again, which means a national emergency. but in the near-term, he ll keep the government open. how will his base react to that? i think they ll react well, because it will be a prolonged legal fight, but in the nearest term, he can say, i got it even though democrats wouldn t work with me. so i wanted to talk with will hurd about this and we touched on it a little bit. and april, we were talking in the break. so i don t understand the framing of this. because i want the american people to be completely aware, there s