"In fact, a shutdown had been so unthinkable that the Office of Management and Budget did not issue guidance to agencies until dinner time, hours before funding would run dry. Around that time, when Paul took his protest public, exasperated lawmakers and staffers settled in for an all-nighter Thursday evening with the sole purpose of allowing federal employees to show up for work in the morning.
“This is the stupidest thing to happen to Congress in three weeks,” said one Senate GOP aide. “This is even more stupid than the name of the new Kardashian baby [Stormi]. This is dumber than a screen door on a submarine. This is even stupider than the kid who didn’t recognize Justin Timberlake at the Super Bowl.”
Adding to the absurdity was the pile-on from Paul's own party. The longer he dug in, the more annoyed Republicans got.
"You haven't convinced 60 senators or 51 senators that your idea is good enough for them to support," Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) upbraided Paul during a tit-for-tat on the Senate floor. "Go to work, build a coalition, make a difference. You can make a point all you want. But points are forgotten. There's not a whole lot of history books about the great points of the American Senate."
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/08/government-shutdown-dumbest-ever-400988
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