Originally Posted by
Sink r8
No, I explained to her that the Republicans in Congress hate the President so much, that they can't bear the idea that he gets to govern a while, and so 100% of their energy is spent on obstructing anything and everything he does. They can't compromise, they can't negotiate, and they're held by the throat by a few radicals, so that they never can even entertain the idea of working towards the center, or they get yanked out of office.
It's unfortunate you took that teaching moment to turn it into an opportunity to fill her head with more disinformation. Instead you could have told her some of our representatives are actually trying to stand up for our country instead of allowing the least qualified man in history to occupy the office to slowly destroy a great nation.