Now Democrats May Be Losing the Legacy Media

CNN's Jake Tapper is no friend to Republicans, and certainly not to President Donald Trump. But when he interviewed Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) on Tuesday, he laid out some stone-cold facts on the Congresswoman about the Schumer Shutdown, and she wasn't happy about that - not one bit.

But facts are stubborn things.

Even CNN isn't buying Democrats' lies about the shutdown anymore.

JAKE TAPPER: "This is ... a choice by Senate Democrats to not vote to open the government."

MELANIE STANSBURY: "No it is not."

TAPPER: "Yes it is." pic.twitter.com/b6BoHxA1wb
— GOP (@GOP) October 29, 2025

Let's take a look at what was said.

Jake Tapper: Should the Democratic Senators from New Mexico, your home state, vote to open the government, so that these SNAP funds are not at risk?
Melanie Stansbury: Let me be clear. The administration is choosing to starve American children with money that already have appropriated.

That statement about the administration choosing to "starve American children" is pure hysterical horse squeeze. Not one American child will be starved over this. The Congresswoman should be deeply embarrassed that she made such a hysterical claim.

JT: I'm not applauding there, applauding their attack...
MS (Talking over Tapper): This is a choice, by the White House. This is a choice by the White House.
JT: (Talking over Stansbury): This is also... Congresswoman, this is also a choice by Senate Democrats to not vote to open the government.
MS: No, it is not.
JT: Yes, it is! I understand why they're doing it. They're doing it because they want Medicaid funding restored, they're doing it because they want Obamacare premiums to be extended, past the end of the year. I understand the reasons.

This is why the Democrats are getting this kind of pushback, even from reliable allies like Jake Tapper. Of course Senate Democrats could open the government, any time they like, simply by voting to pass the continuing resolution (CR) that already passed the House. But they aren't.

MS: Let me just be clear. The money for contingency plans is sitting there. That is why the states are suing. The White House is withholding funds from children...
JT: Two to three weeks' worth of SNAP funds.
MS: ...to have food. It may not be a big deal to you...
JT: It is a big deal to me.
MS: (inaudible) Grandparents, for grandparents, who literally are feeding their children, who do not have money...
JT: My point is that it's a short-term solution.
MS: ...Those don't count? It doesn't matter! At the end of the day, people need to be able to feed their families. And Saturday is when those funds run out.
JT: If you feel so strongly, Congresswoman, why not ask the Senate Democrats from New Mexico to vote to open the government? So that the SNAP funds.

That, Detective, is the right question. Again, Senate Democrats could end this at any time. No changes. Nothing new. Just a CR, buying some time to work out the details in the next budget.

MS: I am here in the House of Representatives. It is shut down. I am fighting to get the government reopened. I am fighting to get funding put back into SNAP that is already existent (sic) and I am fighting for the American people. I am here. So show me a single Republican who is here. Not a single one is here to make sure that Americans are fed on Saturday. That is why I am here.

Of course, the House of Representatives has already passed the CR. The House passed the CR with ample time for the Senate to do likewise. There's nothing more the House can do. It's up to the Senate, where Democrats are blocking the CR.

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Jake Tapper is no friend to Republicans. He's certainly no fan of the Trump administration. But he obviously felt the need to push back, to mention some of those troubling facts, and we can give him some grudging credit for that.

As for Melanie Stansbury: Performances like this are why the Democrats are losing. This wasn't an interview. It was an attempt as a campaign speech, and even Jake Tapper isn't willing to sit still for that kind of grandstanding any longer.

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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