It's barely been an hour since Democrats
revealed a discharge petition strategy that will force Republicans who say they support a clean funding bill to reopen government to put up or shut up, but one of those so-called "moderate" Republicans has already folded his bluff:
Discharge petition uphill: GOP Nunes who supports clean CR tells me "not a chance" he'd sign it. Why would we give over to the Democrats?
— @CHueyBurnsRCP
Nunes has been among the most quotable of the two-faced Republicans who vote for a shutdown at the same time that they claim to oppose it,
saying things like...
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) sharply criticized his fellow House Republicans on Monday, saying it's "moronic" for them to let the government shut down over their opposition to Obamacare and calling them "lemmings with suicide vests."
“They have to be more than just a lemming," he said. "Because jumping to your death is not enough."
...but as his swift rejection of the Democratic discharge petition shows, Nunes is just another one of the GOP lemmings, cinching the strap on his vest.
Tell John Boehner: End this shutdown now
12:52 PM PT: Okay, Nunes just tweeted this: