IF, the republican party wanted to make an issue of it, they could. You can bet if the shoe was on the other foot, the dems would.
If nothing else, the shutdown was good to see people actually challenge something after all these years.
You forget one thing. The GOP’s guys probably do not live where they say they do. So why would they open that can of worms. In principle, I agree with you. The shutdown was great. I despise nothing more than parasitic government workers. I was hoping it would stay closed forever. I just wish people would have done what I did, ignore them. But we played right into their hands with demonstrations and showing how upset we were. We allowed them to get in our heads, we had rabbit ears. A big yawn from the people would have pulverized the Left, but it did not happen. Like I said, I wish it would’ve stayed closed forever, especially since I have never received one government dime in my half century on the planet.