When I was a teenager, I only paid a little attention to the news of the day — I was off playing football, trying to impress my girlfriend, and worried about what homework assignment I probably hadn’t completed for French class. Mais bien sûr.
I probably would have been aware of a government shutdown, but I also probably wouldn’t have spent a whole lot of time thinking about it because I had better things to do.
Now that I’m (just a little bit) older, however, and in the news business, I am acutely aware of what the Democrats just put the country through. A purposeless, useless, Kabuki theater 43-day cessation of many of the government’s core functions… For what?
What exactly did the Democrats accomplish? I can tell you:
Nada. Zilch. Zip. Niente. Nothing.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA-4) summed it up nicely:
The peaceful sunset outside my office window tonight is a reminder to me that God still has His hand of blessing over our nation. Thankfully, after 42 long days, we will soon get our vote to finally end the painful Democrat Shutdown — and get the American government open and… pic.twitter.com/6qrsDcW2V6
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) November 12, 2025
Thankfully, after 42 long days, we will soon get our vote to finally end the painful Democrat Shutdown — and get the American government open and operating again for the people.
Victory: Watch: Trump Signs House-Passed, Short-Term CR, Ending the Schumer Shutdown
What was it all for? The Democrats will tell you the Republicans just want to kill everybody and nuke their healthcare, but in reality, if Obamacare was all that, why are we still needing to subsidize it to such a crazy extent? In their useless shutdown, which mostly just caused pain for regular Americans like TSA security officers, air traffic controllers, and SNAP recipients, they were demanding a three-year extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, which would have cost about $65–70 billion over that period.
If Obamacare was such a big “f**ing deal,” Joe Biden, why isn’t it working better?
While Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and “Speaker Emerita” Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11) seem to be fading into the sunset (she has announced she will not run for reelection in 2026, and he is now reviled by his own party for “caving” by ending the Schumer Shutdown), it seems as if the old Democrat Guard is finally losing its grip on Congress, after so many decades of enjoying the fruits of power. New York Dem Rep. and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) has zero charisma and is a robotic replacement for Pelosi, who, even if she was a divisive extremist, still managed to keep her caucus in line like a bunch of sheep in a pen.
They can both take one song off their playlist — Timbuk 3’s 1986 hit The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades — because things aren’t looking so good for them now.
They’ve got Democrat Socialist soon-to-be-mayor Zohran Mamdani in New York. They’ve got AOC, they’ve got Bernie. Is this the future they’re willing to build on?
Meanwhile, their possible best hope for presidential material in 2028 is California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who was off cosplaying as president in Brazil this week and coming to terms on a meaningless climate deal with… Nigeria. Ok, Hair Gel, that’s going to solve the endemic problems like homelessness, crime, and total lack of affordability in your own state. You be you.
Yes, the elections on November 4 in Virginia, New Jersey, and for the anti-Democratic Prop. 50 in California were a bit of a wake-up call for conservatives. The fight is far from over, as I’ve often said. Nevertheless, I’d rather be in our shoes, where we have competent, smart figures like VP JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and so many others in our stable who will battle these crazed leftists and restore sanity to our country.
The Schumer Shutdown was a bust for the Democrats, and they should enjoy their meal of boiled crow for months for the pointless pain they tried to inflict upon our country.
You lost this round with your twisted gambit. Deal with it.
