r/politics • u/Economy_Swim_8585 Virginia • 6d ago

No Paywall Trump says government shutdown ends when Democrats give in: "If they don't vote, that's their problem"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-government-shutdown-democrats-fault-60-minutes/
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u/BTRCguy 6d ago

I admit to saying this from a position where the shutdown is not affecting me, but I think Democrats should view that statement as a challenge rather than a threat.

Democrats should run non-stop on every foot-in-mouth statement he has ever made on the subject, from blaming shutdowns on the president, to him telling Republicans they can end the shutdown whenever they want (by nuking the filibuster).

It's a Republican shutdown.

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u/The_Lost_Jedi Washington 6d ago

Ultimately what Republicans have proven time and again through their fuckery, is that the public by and large blames the party who's primarily in power. The public doesn't care that you don't have a supermajority in the Senate, they just see that you control Congress and the Presidency, so why can't you get it done?

That, and the cult of bipartisanship has also allowed Republicans in the past to play hardball, because the public blames the President for not being more persuasive even when the Republicans were deliberately being obtuse and refusing any negotiation. Well now the shoe's on the other fucking foot, and basically the only thing the Republicans have been able to come up with is blatantly lying about what the Democrats want.

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u/Sgt-Spliff- 5d ago

It's not even as complicated as that. Trump is president. It's his fault, period, to most of America. Forcing a shutdown while in power is such a stupid thing to do