Unfortunately, they're effective. The only person who was good with his messaging was Ronald Reagan. So if you're going to do something like this, you need to have a plan in place on how to handle the media. It can be done. But you have to have a strategy. And it won't be easy.
Name one time when a Republican government shutdown didn’t pick up seats for Republicans in the House and Senate. Hint it wasn’t under Reagan. You don’t know what you are talking about. You are just a spineless pussy like most RINOs.