Posted on 10/22/2025 11:29:40 AM PDT by Red Badger
Rep. Katherine Clark (D-CT), the number two ranking House Democrat, is admitting that allowing families to suffer under the shutdown is all about leverage.
“Shutdowns are terrible, and of course there will be families that are going to suffer,” she told Fox News Thursday. “We take that responsibility very seriously. But it is one of the few leverage times we have.”
She added: “It is an inflection point in this budget process where we have tried to get the Republicans to meet with us and prioritize the American people.”
So there you have it. Even though Republicans have made clear that they are willing to negotiate with Democrats on the health care issue… Even though President Trump has said this is a priority… Democrats refuse to open the government. They are openly admitting here — and this is the House Whip, the number two House Democrat behind Dollar Store Sombrero Obama (Hakeem Jeffries) — admitting they are willing to make American families suffer just to gain leverage.
This makes zero sense when Republicans have pledged, in good faith, to dive into this issue just as soon as Democrats lift the blackmail of this shutdown.
It gets worse. She knows the Obamacare tax credits expire in less than ten days, and she still won’t reopen the government to solve the problem. Her own words…
“The marketplace, the ACA [Obamacare] marketplace, open enrollment takes place on Nov. 1,” she admitted. “People are receiving their premium notices that they’re going to go to that marketplace and say, ‘I can’t afford this.’ That is a real crisis for American families.”
“And,” she says, “it drives up the cost of healthcare for every single person, no matter where you get your health insurance from.”
So, reopen the government and get to work on this.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Reduce the deficit.
The whole place is guilty of ripping off the grandkids.
Where do I go to get my leverage?
“they’re going to go to that marketplace and say, ‘I can’t afford this.’”
YOU STUPID LYING GOD DAMNED NO GOOD SOBS CREATED OBAMACARE. Just when you can’t hate the democrats and their media whores anymore...
DEMS PILED UP THE “BENEFITS” FOR TOO MANY PEOPLE TO THE POINT WHERE THEY THINK THEY ARE ENTITLED TO EVERY PENNY.
THEYA RE NOT.
SOMEWHERE—_SOMEONE IS BUDGETING HARD TO PAY THEIR TAXES.
SECTION 8 IS A SCAM
ILLEGALS WITH “FOOD STAMPS”IS A WORSE SCAM.
WHAT IS THE RATIO OF HARD WORKING AMERICANS’ FAMILY MEMBERS BEING IN LEGAL TROUBLE VERSUS ALL THOSE WHO LIVE “ON THE DOLE”???
That dog don't hunt. The illegal alien prioritization Democrats took was let out of the bag days ago.
Generation after generation living on welfare, Food Stamps EBT, SNAP, WIC, whatever it’s called at any given time, people have no incentive to get out and work for their own money.
Cold Turkey cut off their dependency and see how many will suddenly find a job...............
Demonicrats like Rep. Katherine Clark lie under oath, support having males in girls’ locker rooms, murder babies before they are born, and give aid and comfort to the domestic and foreign enemies of the United States.
So, Demonicrats allowing families to suffer is not surprising.
Rep. Katherine Clark (D-CT), the number two ranking House Democrat, is admitting that allowing families to suffer under the shutdown is all about leverage.
She is going to find out that the majority of Americans are tire of paying for these programs.
Day 22 of the shutdown and I have yet to see one place where it has affected me.
Because for Dems, illegal aliens are their ticket to a permanent power, and they will NEVER give that up..EVER..illegals give them congressional seats and eventually every single presidential election, so for Dems, this is the holy grail, this and abortion, but with illegals its all about power, they OWN illegals, and illegals know that
>>”But it is one of the few leverage times we have.”
Not our voters... Not leverage against the Republicans.
Well the democrats did vote to shut it down and keep it shut down again and again
Oh, look-Rep Clark just donated a tasty soundbite for some Republican mid-term ads-ay, que rico...
Another 3/5 compromise, but being sneaky about it this time.
Katherine Clark is from Massachusetts, not Ct. She has a “non-binary” child.
Run that ad on network tvv.
“Families will struggle” fear porn nonesense.
As stupid as FAT people on Tikkie-Tokkie whining about SNAP payments.
And finally lose weight.
“of course there will be families that are going to suffer,” she told Fox News Thursday. “We take that responsibility very seriously. But it is one of the few leverage times we have.””
Democrat says the quiet part out-loud: we’re deliberately making our primary constituency suffer to obtain “leverage” ... your suffering is worth it to us ..
She has a “non-binary” childI plead ignorance.
I don't know what a "non-binary" child is even if I saw one.
What does the sperm donor look like that produces a "non-binary" offspring?
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