Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) just became the second Democrat to say the quiet part out loud as he admitted the Schumer shutdown is "very unpleasant" but the "only moment of leverage" his party has.
Speaking to CSPAN, Coons was asked about the ongoing shutdown of the government by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and the Democrat Party, now on its 28th day.
Chris Coons on the shutdown:
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“Frankly, this is our only bit of leverage.”
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42 million Americans are going to go hungry & lose SNAP benefits THIS WEEKEND … so Dems can have “leverage.”
DISGUSTING.
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"Frankly, this is our only moment of leverage, and although a very unpleasant tool to use, it's gotten us focused on what we have to do to change direction on health care," Coons said, referencing the Democrats' lie about how millions of Americans would be thrown off healthcare in the coming years.
But here's what Coons doesn't say. The Democrat forgot to explain that the shutdown is because Republicans won't give billions to fund healthcare for illegal aliens.
In a post from our sister site Townhall.com, it noted that Coons' leverage comment is truly disgusting given the fact that "42 million Americans are going to go hungry and lose SNAP benefits this weekend… so Dems can have 'leverage.'"
Democrat House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (MA-05) was the first one in her party to admit that the suffering of Americans was giving Democrats "leverage," RedState reported.
My colleague Rusty Weiss wrote:
Clark stated that the party's highest priority right now is delivering on healthcare, something the second-highest-ranking House Democrat calls "our defining issue."
But listen to what the actual defining issue is. Leverage, at the expense of suffering families.
🚨 @WhipKClark, the number two House Democrat, on the Democrat Shutdown: "Of course there will be families that are going to suffer... but it is one of the few leverage times we have."
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"Shutdowns are terrible and, of course, there will be, you know, families that are going to suffer. We take that responsibility very seriously," Clark explained. "But it is one of the few leverage items we have."
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During his appearance on Fox News Tuesday afternoon, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) reacted to Coons' comment and said Democrats think they are playing a "political game," but it's not.
"They're looking at this like it's some sort of political game," Thune said. "Where there are winners and losers of the political game. Whereas, we look at this as real impacts on real families and people in this country."
"It becomes more real and the consequences become more real over time," he added. "I mean, what they just said, they said the quiet part out loud. These people are looking at this as a political game, Martha [McCallum], and it's not."
When someone admits the truth, Americans would be wise to listen. They are playing a game with you — you are expendable as long as they get their way.
Editor’s Note: The Schumer Shutdown is here. Rather than put the American people first, Chuck Schumer and the radical Democrats forced a government shutdown for healthcare for illegals. They own this.
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