Schumer relented one day after he vowed Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a government shutdown would be a worse option.
Who a government shutdown would hurt and what difference it would make are certainly up for debate. A lot of knee-jerk reactions on here…but genuinely, what do y’all think is going to be accomplished by shutting down the government?
For one, non-voters would suddenly a Republican-lead Congress fail to fund the government.
Secondly, it throws a spanner in the DOGE arguments of wasteful spending, because they wouldn’t be spending at all and people would be negatively impacted by it.
Lastly, the “it would give Trump all the power” argument sucks, because he already has it. Congress isn’t (openly) fighting his abuse of EOs, they’re effectively allow him to be a dictator. A tangerine tyrant, if you will.
Your first statement is questionable, voters decidedly punished Republicans for shutting down the government as the minority party in the past. I think a shutdown would give Trump the cover to blame everything that’s about to go wrong with the economy on the Democrats, and I don’t think it’s a good idea.
Who a government shutdown would hurt and what difference it would make are certainly up for debate. A lot of knee-jerk reactions on here…but genuinely, what do y’all think is going to be accomplished by shutting down the government?
For one, non-voters would suddenly a Republican-lead Congress fail to fund the government.
Secondly, it throws a spanner in the DOGE arguments of wasteful spending, because they wouldn’t be spending at all and people would be negatively impacted by it.
Lastly, the “it would give Trump all the power” argument sucks, because he already has it. Congress isn’t (openly) fighting his abuse of EOs, they’re effectively allow him to be a dictator. A tangerine tyrant, if you will.
Your first statement is questionable, voters decidedly punished Republicans for shutting down the government as the minority party in the past. I think a shutdown would give Trump the cover to blame everything that’s about to go wrong with the economy on the Democrats, and I don’t think it’s a good idea.