Schumer Shutdown Backfires On Democrats
I wouldn’t want to be a Democrat right now.
What am I saying, I wouldn’t want to be a Dem ever.
But right now they’re in a bind.
On one hand, Dems want to keep the government shutdown going until after Election Day. They’re counting on angry federal workers to deliver a Virginia victory. (And no, they don’t care that the workers may be out of money and ready to miss mortgage payments. Do you really think uber wealthy Democrats like Mark Warner have any idea what it’s like to struggle to pay their bills?)
On the other hand, their ridiculous chorus of Republicans control both houses of Congress and the White House so this is their shutdown isn’t working.
Don’t take my word for it. Here’s CNN:
Americans may have lost a lot of IQ points during covid but anyone can see that it’s the Democrats voting repeatedly to keep government closed.
It takes 60 votes to approve the clean continuing resolution - you know, the one that doesn’t provide healthcare to illegals and will re-open government. Republicans can’t pass it alone. So far only two Democrats - John Fetterman and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada have broken ranks. Angus King, of Maine, is an independent and he’s also voting to reopen the government.
The measure failed Tuesday - for the 13th time - by a vote of 45 to 54.
The left sees hungry Americans and broke members of the military as “leverage.” Normal Americans should be horrified.
Five common-sense Democrats could re-open government tomorrow, guaranteeing that SNAP payments continue and that our military and federal workers get paid.
Here in Virginia, with thousands of federal workers, Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine have voted against re-opening government, while trying to blame the Trump administration.
Someone tell them that their desperate attempts at gaslighting aren't working. Instead of ginning up Trump hatred, these two clowns are hurting their own constituents who are running out of money.
Food stamps, which go to more than 40 million of the poorest Americans, will run out on Saturday. It costs $9.2 billion a month to fund the SNAP program. Administration officials say they don’t have the authority to move funds around to cover the cost.
This is serious. Democrats need to stop playing games. Republicans are not going to agree to spend $200 billion to restore healthcare to illegals.
No American should go to bed hungry because snotty senators are stubbornly abusing the little power they have left after losing the last election.
