February 13, 2025
Clown show: Democrats vow to shut down the government, to protest Trump ... shutting down the government
By Monica Showalter
Banana republic lately?
Here's what's cooking in the Democrat cauldron:
Democrats in Congress are growing louder with threats to force a shutdown in March to put the brakes on President Trump’s and Elon Musk’s efforts to overhaul the federal government by freezing spending and dismantling agencies.
A growing number of Democratic lawmakers think the March 14 deadline for funding the government gives them the best leverage to pressure Trump and Musk to back off their plans to pick apart the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and other agencies.
But they are divided over how hard to push the threat of a shutdown, fearing Democrats might get blamed for a funding lapse that would furlough hundreds of thousands of federal workers and interrupt government services across the country.
Democrats say they traditionally try to do everything to avoid shutdowns but now warn one may be inevitable if Trump doesn’t rein in Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
“I never support a shutdown, but I can see where it could happen in this situation. It’s an extreme situation,” Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.) said. So let's get this straight: They want to shut down the government, to protest Trump for ... shutting down the government.
And we thought Joe Biden's exit meant no more third world idiocies.
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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/02/clown_show_democrats_vow_to_shut_down_the_government_to_protest_trump_shutting_down_the_government.html
