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Posted on 11/08/2025 7:36:08 AM PST by John Semmens
The election success enjoyed by Democrats in New York City, New Jersey, Virginia, and California have buoyed optimism in the Party. Sen. Chris Murphy (Conn) said "the blue wave validates our strategy of keeping the government closed until our Party's demands are met. Essential personnel in areas of national defense and air traffic control are not getting paid. Sooner or later they will have to stop working for the government and get other jobs just to pay their bills. Folks dependent on welfare will balk at the Trump Administration's continued efforts to enforce the legislatively enacted work requirements for able-bodied recipients of this aid. The chaos that will ensue will force Trump to yield to our demand that the covid era's added health care subsidies be continued. We have a winning hand. All we need to do is to continue to raise the stakes."
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) agreed, saying "all over this country people are saying, 'Please Democrats, you haven't been strong in the past. Stand tall now, protect our freebies.' The Democrats now are winning because they're standing with the proletariat. If we cave in now and vote to reopen the government, I think it will be politically devastating to Democrats."
As a compromise, Republicans have offered three full-year spending bills and a willingness to rehire federal employees who have been laid off during the shutdown. "It's not enough," Murphy complained. "We've got them on the run. The Federal Aviation Administration has just been forced to reduce daily flights at 40 airports. This will greatly inconvenience those who need to fly for business or vacation travel. Eventually, the suffering will become unbearable and the Republicans will have to do as we say."
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said "continuing a government shutdown just because they had some good election outcomes seems like a really bad rationale to extend what is already the longest shutdown in history. We can talk about politically who's getting blamed, who isn't getting blamed, but in the end nobody wins, and least of all the American people. The debates about what to fund in next year's budget should be undertaken without the added pressure of the shutdown. The Democrats' insistence on getting their way under such duress demonstrates their indifference to both the general public and the public servants who work to keep government functions in operation."
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I am glad they think so!
Because I am glad the government is shut down! and hope is STAYS shut down!
keep up the good work dems! Hold strong!
LMAO
Hillary could be mayor of NYC right now, headed for governor!!
The dems are damn good at twisting people's minds and lying to put blame on the other party.
Wins or just stayed the same ? LOL
Only an idiot like Sen Murphy would say democrat wins in democrat strongholds validates their strategy with the rest of the country.
Great, keep going!
If the dems are saying the election results validate their election strategy, then they’re admitting responsibility for the shutdown. Nice to hear them take ownership of that.
When the media has your back, you can get away with anything.
They hide behind their bought off media.
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