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If they win the election, the GOP promises a permanent government shutdown

While it's quite common for presidential nominees to make promises to their constituents about what they'll do if elected to office, the Republican Party has decided to go a different route. In a statement released by the Republican National Committee (RNC) yesterday, the party promised that, if their nominee is elected president, they'll permanently shut down the federal government.

In the statement, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said this:

"If we win the next election, it's going to be a historic victory. Why is this you might ask? What is it Democrats always tell people? 'We're going to try to get things done to improve people's lives and in essence prove the government can be the source for some good and blah blah blah,' right? What is it us Republicans always say? 'Government can't be trusted; it's evil; it's pretty much worthless,' right? Yet when Republicans get elected to office, they still try to get things done on occasion, and if you really think about it, that's not consistent with our ideals. So, if the GOP nominee gets elected this coming election, our promise to the American people is this: we will permanently shut down the federal government. Our stance has been that the government sucks and is good for nothing, so if you elect our candidate, we're going to prove that to you by permanently shutting this whole operation down. Sure, Democrats want to show you what we can do as a government to make your lives better, but Republicans want to show you what we can't do to make your lives worse. What do you really want, America? Hope that things can get better, only for there to be a chance those dreams will be destroyed right before your very eyes, or to be told life sucks, and for that fate to be all but inevitable? Vote for us, America, and we'll prove to you the government is worthless, because we'll be the ones running it! God bless you and God bless the greatest country in the history of the world, the United States of America!"

Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz has since responded to the RNC's statement, saying, "Thanks, Reince; I couldn't have said it better myself!"

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