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“I know that I know nothing” – Socrates
“You don’t know nothing” – Baseball Legend Yogi Berra
Socrates may have been claiming ignorance, Berra was talking about baseball, but both may as well have been talking about the government shutdown.
So when will it end?
“You shouldn’t ask me because I’m the guy who said it’ll only last five days,” Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., said on Fox. “But I will tell you, a couple of Democrat senators recently indicated that they think this is going to go ‘til at least the first of November.”
However, Biggs added that he doesn’t “see an end in sight.”
GOVERNMENT ENTERS LONGEST FULL SHUTDOWN IN US HISTORY WITH NO END IN SIGHT
The government shutdown is now entering its fourth week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Whether you are Socrates or Yogi Berra, we don’t know “nothing.” Which technically means that we do know something.
However, I do know proper grammar.
The one thing that I do know in this case is that I don’t know anything about ending the government shutdown.
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN STALLS AS DEMOCRATS DEMAND OBAMACARE SUBSIDY EXTENSION
Regardless… Is it even possible to game out when the government shutdown may end?
Congressional Republicans believed that Democrats would fold after a matter of days once funding lapsed in the wee hours of Oct. 1. Then Republicans argued that Democrats would cry “uncle” once federal workers missed their first paycheck last week. Later, the GOP suggested Democrats would keep the government shuttered through the “No Kings” rallies around the country last weekend.
The GOP argued that Democrats needed to show their base that they were “fighting” against President Donald Trump.
“Now that they had their protests, I just pray that they come to their senses and re-open the government this week,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., says he doesn’t “see an end in sight.” (Getty Images)
House Minority…
