The pointless government shutdown is over — but Schumer and Dems’ psychodrama only just getting started
By Rich Lowry
Published Nov. 10, 2025, 6:41 p.m. ET
Our long national nightmare is over, but the Democratic psychodrama isn’t.
The longest shutdown in US history — with increasing pain points across the country, whether among travelers or SNAP recipients — is ending, while the Democratic recriminations are just getting started.
“It’s complete BS,” was a relatively mild take on the deal from one congressional progressive.
As a rule of thumb, government shutdowns are bootless exercises. They rarely work because the party that causes the shutdown, thinking that it will provide leverage, invariably gets blamed for the shutdown and then — surprise! — ends up in a worse position than where it began.
Democrats managed to escape the worst political fallout from their weeks-long refusal to fund the government. Otherwise, their tactic failed, and predictably so.
No Democratic senators have been seen wearing T-shirts saying, “I caused disruption and heartache for millions, and all I got was a meaningless promise for a lousy vote,” but they would be apt.
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