Democrats just seem to keep digging that hole deeper when it comes to their government shutdown.
They want the American people to believe that this shutdown isn't their fault and that they "care" about the people, but everything they do shows the opposite. On Monday, they voted, yet again, against opening the government.
Republicans have a standalone bill to pay the troops and those federal employees who are reporting to work. So Democrats should want to support that if they care about our military and the workers, right?
Not so much. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) made it clear that he opposed such standalone legislation, calling it a "political ploy."
🚨WATCH: Jeffries tells @AndiNapier that he does NOT support legislation that the Senate is expected to vote on this week to pay federal employees and service members calling, it a "political ploy." pic.twitter.com/y0D9eQZhuE
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) October 20, 2025
“It appears to be more like a political ploy giving Donald Trump discretion over which employees should be compensated and which employees should not be compensated,” Jeffries said during a press conference in the U.S. Capitol. “All employees should be compensated, and that will happen when we reopen the government.”
He doesn't care if the workers get paid. He doesn't want the "hostages" removed from the board because he thinks it weakens his ability to use them to get what the Democrats want. Talk about a "political ploy." Meanwhile, he's still getting paid.
Notice also that he slipped up there, saying people will be compensated when "we" reopen the government. It isn't the Republicans keeping the government shut down, it's the Democrats. Even the liberal media is admitting that now, with people like ABC's Jon Karl acknowledging it. The Republicans are voting to pay all the employees — it's the Democrats who are not, who are holding them over the barrel to get what they want politically that they couldn't pass through normal legislation. President Donald Trump had to go around them to repurpose funds to pay our military about a week ago, so it's the Republicans prioritizing the people, not the Democrats.
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As Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) explained, what the Democrats are doing is shameful because there aren't even any politics to haggle over in the continuing resolution — it's a clean CR. He said this was the first time in history a party has shut the government down over a clean CR. So the Democrats don't even have the excuse of there being anything political in it that they don't like. Yet they're still not voting for it.
This is the FIRST TIME in U.S. history a party has shut down the government over a clean, nonpartisan CR funding bill.
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) October 20, 2025
It’s a selfish and dangerous political stunt — and Democrats have ZERO shame about the pain they’re inflicting on hardworking families, our troops, veterans,… pic.twitter.com/TGEdqp6FEe
The Democrats are placing their own political agenda ahead of those people. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) even offered them a vote on Obamacare subsidies if they voted to reopen the government, and they're still holding out. So they absolutely have no excuse. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) just wants to look tough to the leftist base to hold onto his seat.
If they think they're hurting Trump politically, think again. As CNN data analyst Harry Enten explained, Trump's approval rating has gone up.
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Meanwhile, Democrats can keep finding out just how low they can go in approval, as they lose more of the center as they skew further left.
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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