SENATE Democrats continued to organize a line on their deadlock with Republican Since the government’s shutdown went on its second day on Thursday,
Already, President Donald Trump It is said that he will meet with Russell WattThe director of the management and budget office, “to determine which of the several democrats agencies, most of which are a political scam, recommend cutting, and whether they will be temporary or permanent.”
It should not come as a surprise for the Senate’s minority leader Chak Shumar, who predicted part of his argument to make an exact opposite decision in March, when another continuous resolution was encountered that the House prepared without any democratic input.
“In fact, a shutdown gives the key to Trump and his minion, city and country,” Shumar told reporters a full six months ago. “A shutdown gives the executive branch – in this case, Trump, Ras Wout and Dog – which parts of the government and what parts are not.”
Presentation word. And those who have forgotten the Shumor when they have decided to stand firm and forced the Republican to try and force them to expand the increased subsidy in the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces ending at the end of the year at the continuous resolution of this week.
The main argument he had given at that time was that if the Democrats voted against a constant resolution, as could be ugly, it allows Trump to cut whatever is needed through the government’s efficiency department, then under the leadership of Elon Musk.
In response to a question, 74-year-old Shumor said, “I told my Caucus, there is no off-ramp.” Independent,
“The total off-ramp of a shutdown, how you shut down, is completely determined by the Republican House and the Senate, and it is completely determined because they have shown a complete blind command to Trump, Dogi, etc., they can keep us in a shutdown for months and months and months.”
This proved to be true. So far, Republican has refused to reopen the government. In fact, Sen John Cornin (R-Texas) said Independent That their components “like the idea that the government has been closed, they feel that it is very big anyway.” Republican has also refused to start negotiations and talks or discuss the hopes of expanding the subsidy of the increase of Democrats.
So what changed? Well, some things. For one, back, there were still in a catatonic state after losing to Democrat Trump. They had lost the Senate and the White House and failed to flip the House.
Democrats thought that they would need to pivit the centers on immigration and border and realized that Trump only wins narrowly, they needed to give them some rope. It will also explain why Democrats voted for many of Trump’s nominees such as Christie Nom, Marco Rubio, Chris Wright and Scott Besant.
But Shumar also faced massive results back home. Their approval rating fell into New York and Brooklyn native in the coming months in New York City,
Almost immediately, the Democrats began talking about the rape. Alexandria Okasio-Coortage (DN.Y.) staged a primary challenge against Shumar. Nancy Pelosi also criticized Shumor’s approach and House Minority Leader Hakim Jeffrees refused to offer him a lifeline.
But Shumar only needs to look at his former counterpart, the leader of the long -standing majority of the Senate, Mitch McConel, to see how to handle angry activists. On several occasions, Republican cursed the name of 83 -year -old McConel after working with the then Vice President Joe Biden to escape the government shutdown.
Still, no Republican dared to challenge McConel because no one understood the Senate. McConal crossed the tax deduction and re -shaped the federal judiciary including the Supreme Court for a generation. Orthodoxs could never give a legitimate primary challenge to him.
And the House always dislikes the Senate. This is why Democrats used to say, “Republicans are not enemies. They are protests. Senate is an enemy.”
Shumor found some things right in March. For one, Trump has become less popular, even in areas where he had once strongly voted like crime, inflation and immigration. Uncertainty around the economy and rising costs for Trump’s tariffs have approved their approval for Noseive.
“There was not much of these Republican appropriations, but they are very afraid of Trump, they went with,” he told reporters in March. “But what’s it will happen in September, I think there is a very good chance that Trump will not have to strengthen popularity. We can get him to work with us.”
In addition, Trump continued to reduce the civil service even without a government shutdown. And the courts gave him a green light to do so. After leaving the administration of Kasturi, he also continued to do so.
But he did a big miscalcol: Even Trump has become more unpopular, Republicans are not broken by them. Sen Lisa Murkovski (R-Lusca) voted for “a big, beautiful bill” despite her misunderstanding.
Sen Bill Cassidi (R-La.), A gastrointrologist and Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pension Committee Chairman, Robert F. Kennedy Junior has not been invited to resignation as Health and Human Services Secretary despite Public Health infrastructure.
And Trump forced Sen Thom Tilis (RNC) to retirement, as he opposed the deduction of a large, beautiful bill act to Medicid. If anything, it becomes more unpopular trump, GOP is close to him.
Shumor is still in the early stages of the shutdown and he can still win concessions. But if it is folded by people already after losing his job, then he can be in a bad place at the beginning of this shutdown.