Pollster says Democrats launched shutdown to tank Trump’s economy
November 13, 2025 | Mariane Angela
Pollster Matt Towery said Wednesday that Democrats are deliberately triggering the weeks-long government shutdown to sabotage President Donald Trump’s economic record.
The House ended the historic shutdown Wednesday night by approving a bipartisan spending bill 222–209, despite Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and most Democrats opposing it. Appearing on “The Ingraham Angle,” Towery said that Democrats started the shutdown with a clear political motive, arguing that the party banked on weaker data to undercut the White House.
“It was the Democrats who started this whole thing. They did it to hurt the Trump economy. Because as long as they could keep this shutdown going, they could hurt the economy. And so the economic numbers, when they come out, won’t look as good,” Towery told Laura Ingraham.
Towery rejected the idea that the fight centered primarily on health-care subsidies. He said the standoff served a broader strategy to damage Trump’s standing with voters.
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