Shutdown

Democrat Ro Khanna - who voted against reopening the government - says he has "never been for a shutdown" and blames Republicans for not negotiating. KHANNA: "I've never been for a shutdown..." BARTIROMO: "You voted to keep the government shut down." https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/2000584496446423419?s=20

RUSH TRANSCRIPT: CORTEZ: “In health care subsidy extensions. You know speaker, John sind refuse to engage in that debate. He kept Republicans home for over a month to so that they would not negotiate and figure out a problem on healthcare. President Trump vice president band stated the same thing: they stuck their heads in the sand for the entirety of a 30 day, government shutdown, where we were urging them to come to a solution on extensions of a eight premium subsidies. I hear what they’re saying about subsidizing that. Industry, I don’t I mean lord knows I’m not in favor of that, but, as you mention there’s urgency to this issue,” reporter: “It work for mobile right now or floating around that you might be able to get behind this” CORTEZ: “I mean. I don’t understand why we can’t just do a clean extension of what we just had in place earlier this year. I think that that I think that that is the easiest and most accessible, no nonsense thing for us to do, especially as the years coming to an end. Let’s extend it if they want to fight about it, they can fight about it later, but but I just don’t understand why. In the meantime, we can prevent a lot of people. Suffering by doing a clean extension of these subsidies, while Republicans figure out what their health care plan is” reporter: “INAUDIBLE” CORTEZ: “we have to remember who’s in charge of the house, the Senate and the White House Republican. Majority. Other states and every vice president good qualities we have exerted as Democrats every point of leverage that we’ve had in on. To try to demand. On the table. Meanwhile people are sure. Open enrollment is happening right now and they’re going to be. That are effective and aren’t doctors aren’t able to afford their prescription drugs because of some petty fight washing, and I think it is. Lack of urgency, and the lack of here. So, indicative of how disconnected people are from the real life people are. People are going to die and I I don’t understand why they can’t just extend these subsidies so that we can save people’s lives while they figure out whatever their political food fighters is” reporter: “An extension with those abortion restrictions better than no extension at all” CORTEZ: “An extension with abortion restrictions kills. Women, so no I’m not going to allow this Republican majority to kill women in this country so that they can try to do whatever their their victory. Lap is, I I will not accept women and the lives of as some political cost, for them being able to extend these things. Reproductive care is healthier period. We’re not going to do this thing where we say you know, people get health care, but women can’t or people from this geographic place can’t or that geographic place can lead to legislate us Americans and we to legislate for this country”

RUSH TRANSCRIPT: RUHLE: “I’m curious for someone like you whose advocacy does is centered around focused around a central issue, in this case, reproductive freedom. How has these conversations about affordability swirl, and you see it becoming very motivating for an electorate, but you also hear campaigns saying, listen, we lead with affordability. We talk about affordability, we address affordability. But then we do this one two punch where we talk about the fact that all of this is connected to this administration, all of this is connected to this presidency. They’re not actually separate questions. They are one and the same. How you bring an issue like yours to the fore in the run up to a midterm, that is going to be enormously consequential, not just for partizan politics, but for our very democracy.” TIMMARAJU: “I’m glad you asked. So I think both mikey sherrill and Abigail Spanberger did a brilliant job of this. You know, you can actually use the Republicans preoccupation with issues like abortion right now. They’re about to gut an aca deal around their extremism on abortion as an example of how they don’t care about affordability. Right. So you can talk about affordability. This is the primary issue. I also support your fundamental freedoms, but my opponent cares so little about affordability that they’re willing to tank health care and the affordability of your health care on the back of an ideological fight that would gut your freedoms. So it’s actually part of a larger conversation with voters about how out of touch Republicans are and Donald Trump and his administration are. And I wanted to make a note about Trump and his approval ratings. We’ve known all along that where voters are with Trump, Republicans in Congress do not share the same cover that Trump does around these issues. So what’s happening right now in Congress, around the aca and around affordability overall is going to be really, really damaging. And I think it’s also why you’re seeing so many defections.”

Scott Bessent: "The other thing that was not helpful was the longest government shutdown in history. It was 1.5% hit to the GDP, 9,500 flights cancelled. And, you know, the Democrats didn't care that they hurt the American economy and anything to stop Donald Trump."

John Fetterman *TAUNTS* left-wing party over primary threat "Ooh, ooh, oh, I hope, promise. I hope so — because I guarantee whoever they put up, they're going to make me look the reasonable guy that's going to work with both sides together and find a way for Pennsylvania." https://x.com/i/status/1991971728906502295

“In increasingly polarizing times I just want to be normal, and I just want to have common sense."

43 days of a government shutdown, and schools stayed open, students went to class, and teachers got paid. Makes you wonder...do we really need @usedgov at all?