Insane Shutdown Strategy Revealed: Whip Clark’s Admission That ‘Families Are Going to Suffer’—And T

[American Girl]

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America, in a moment that exposes the radical left’s heartless tactics to cling to power, House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark admitted on camera that their shutdown strategy will cause American families to “suffer”—and she sees it as leverage for their open-borders agenda. During an interview, Clark casually said, “Of course there will be families that are going to suffer… but it is one of the few leverage times we have.” These people are sick—intentionally harming citizens to push amnesty and benefits for illegals, draining resources from veterans, seniors, and working families.



They want to destroy this country so they can rebuild a socialist one.

The Democrats are now admitting that they are intentionally causing American families to "suffer" with their reckless government shutdown.

What is wrong with them?

https://www.rightjournalism.com/insane-shutdown-strategy-revealed-whip-clarks-admission-that-families-are-going-to-suffer-and-they-see-it-as-a-win-video/

[DefiantMassRINO]

So, Dems are on record for hurting American families to reward illegal aliens for breaking the law?

That's mighty white of the Dems.

[mystery-ak]

John Nolte 22 Oct 2025

Rep. Katherine Clark (D-CT), the number two ranking House Democrat, is admitting that allowing families to suffer under the shutdown is all about leverage.

“Shutdowns are terrible, and of course there will be families that are going to suffer,” she told Fox News Thursday. “We take that responsibility very seriously. But it is one of the few leverage times we have.”

She added: “It is an inflection point in this budget process where we have tried to get the Republicans to meet with us and prioritize the American people.”

https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1981028917789028814

So there you have it. Even though Republicans have made clear that they are willing to negotiate with Democrats on the health care issue… Even though President Trump has said this is a priority… Democrats refuse to open the government. They are openly admitting here — and this is the House Whip, the number two House Democrat behind Dollar Store Sombrero Obama (Hakeem Jeffries) — admitting they are willing to make American families suffer just to gain leverage.

This makes zero sense when Republicans have pledged, in good faith, to dive into this issue just as soon as Democrats lift the blackmail of this shutdown.

It gets worse. She knows the Obamacare tax credits expire in less than ten days, and she still won’t reopen the government to solve the problem. Her own words…

“The marketplace, the ACA [Obamacare] marketplace, open enrollment takes place on Nov. 1,” she admitted. “People are receiving their premium notices that they’re going to go to that marketplace and say, ‘I can’t afford this.’ That is a real crisis for American families.”

“And,” she says,  “it drives up the cost of healthcare for every single person, no matter where you get your health insurance from.”

So, reopen the government and get to work on this.

All Republicans and President Trump want is to continue to fund the government at present levels. That’s what a continuing resolution (CR) is. The GOP is offering a clean CR — nothing added, nothing subtracted, no gimmicks, and Democrats refuse to sign on, hoping, per the Minority Whip, that suffering families will give them leverage.

That’s obscene.

Let’s see how long the Democrats continue to hold out. Polling shows the shutdown has not hurt Trump at all. Compared to previous shutdowns, it’s hardly in the news. Further, Trump holds all the leverage as he uses the shutdown to fire useless bureaucrats and cut useless partisan government programs that benefit Democrats.

Today’s Democrats are okay with…

    Families suffering financial hardship
    Men in women’s locker rooms
    Men in women’s sports
    Men in women’s bathrooms
    Nazi tattoos
    Murder fantasies about little kids
    Exposing kids to drag queens
    Releasing violent felons into the streets
    Open borders
    Not vetting millions of third-worlders that enter illegally

Democrats are the party of illegal aliens, violent felons, groomers, and making families suffer.   

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/22/nolte-number-two-house-democrat-admits-families-suffering-under-shutdown-create-bargaining-leverage/

[mystery-ak]

So suffering people are a bargaining chip...is this the same dolt that said *we will go back to work when the planes start falling from the sky*?

[mountaineer]

https://twitter.com/emilybrooksnews/status/1981052876395880750

[mountaineer]

So suffering people are a bargaining chip...is this the same dolt that said *we will go back to work when the planes start falling from the sky*?

Dems love suffering. It's good for business.

[Hoodat]

Please do not cave, GOP.  Please.  I'm begging you.  Don't give them anything.  No compromise.

[Fishrrman]

Hoodat sez:
"Please do not cave, GOP.  Please.  I'm begging you.  Don't give them anything.  No compromise."

Agreed that there should be no compromise.

However, I sense the dem-communists have become so radicalized that they aren't going to concede, either.

Perhaps some "cracks" will appear in the dem-communist senators in the week (or weeks) to come. We'll have to wait and see.

The only way to REALLY fix this may be for the Senate Republicans to go nuclear and amend the filibuster rules. They don't have to completely blast it away (although I've been an advocate of doing that in this forum for years and years now). But it needs to be changed so that spending bills can be "forced to a vote" after a specified number of roll calls and/or after a specified length of "final debate" is conducted.

This should be applied particularly to military spending bills (which ought to be "severed" from all other legislation and passed as a standalone item).

Nuke it...!