Congressional Democrats are marching in lockstep into the fourth week of a government shutdown, even as lawmakers brace for what could be the most painful point yet — a cutoff in federal food aid for more than 40 million people.
But Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are signaling that there will be no change in strategy: Democrats won’t provide the votes to reopen the government unless their demands over health care are met. And they’re increasingly hammering President Donald Trump for his failure to sit down to negotiate with Democrats, while instead embarking on his second foreign trip so far during the shutdown.
“This is all Trump,” a visibly frustrated Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont told CNN. “Trump’s not engaged. Republicans won’t negotiate,” Welch said, arguing that Trump’s trip to Asia this week as “an indication of how he could care less.”
Yep. Hordes of people will blame the democrats for not giving in.
Next year they’d be blaming them for increased healthcare costs.
Dealing with Republicans is almost always a heads I win tails you lose situation, where the fault always falls on either immigrants or democrats.
This shit aint helpful. Instead of pointing fingers at bogeymen, maybe keep on hammering home the point of why the Dems arent signing off. The Rs are in deed, blaming the dems. They are saying “they wont pass the bill” so we have to all keep on hammering "because they want tax credit and Medicaid protections for the people, among other things. The Rs could end this just as quickly. And this needs to said a hell of a lot more than “Those people over there are morons, unlike me, who is so smart!”.