Democrats are now in a bad place when it comes to the Schumer Shutdown.
They're facing pressure from people to open the government, including from a big federal employee union and a large retail association.
If they thought it would adversely affect the Republicans, they were wrong. The Republican approval has gone up since the shutdown started. Democrats are considering proposing or going along with standalone bills to pay federal employees and/or cover things like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as a way out of the dilemma they've created.
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They're also losing the media.
We've noted some of the interactions, and they just had another couple of brutal examples. We covered how even CNN's Jake Tapper wasn't going along with the narrative pushed by Democrat Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01). He wouldn't let Stansbury get away with deflecting. There was also CNBC's Becky Quick, who took apart the arguments of House Minority Leader, Democrat Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08).
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When Democrats can't even hold onto Tapper, they're in a bad place.
Then came another CNBC pummeling that Squawk Box host Joe Kernen dished out to Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) on Wednesday.
Kernen put him over the grill.
“You’re always reasonable when you come on, and I’ve said that, and you’re almost conceding that you should not be shutting down the government, that the Democrats should not be doing that,” Kernen told the Vermont senator.
“You’re always reasonable when you come on, and I’ve said that, and you’re almost conceding that you should not be shutting down the government, that the Democrats should not be doing that,” Kernen told the Vermont senator.
“This is not the way to do it.”
Kernen put the question simply to Welch, "Are you ready to vote with the Republicans to open the government at this point, as a reasonable Democrat? Maybe others would follow you."
WOW. When even CNBC is BLASTING Democrat Senators over their government shutdown, you know it's bad:
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 29, 2025
CNBC: "Are you ready to vote with the Republicans to reopen the government at this point, as a reasonable Democrat?"
SEN WELCH: "You know, I'm not there yet..."
CNBC:… pic.twitter.com/5ehdcUQdCW
Welch claimed that he "wasn't there yet."
Then Kernen unloaded on him, "This is the right way to do it, senator? By people not getting paychecks at the TSA? This is extortion! You think this is the right way, you think in your conscience, you think this is the right way to do it?"
Bingo! That's exactly what it is: extortion.
Everything is secondary to Democrats getting what they want. It's just showing how little Democrats actually care about the people for whom they say they are working. With things like the TSA, that's potentially putting air traffic at risk, in addition to the people who may face SNAP issues.
Bottom line? You don't have a problem, and you don't need standalone bills if you fund the government and stop playing political games, as Sen. Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) noted in a powerful Senate floor speech Wednesday. The problem is that there aren't reasonable Democrats anymore, apart from maybe Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA).
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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