Total and Complete Surrender: Democrats’ Schumer Shutdown Cave Endangers Leftists, Emboldens GOP Walking into Midterm Elections
Congressional Democrats on Monday, the third day of the government shutdown, completely caved to the Republicans—getting absolutely nothing policy-wise for their efforts.
And perhaps they jeopardized their midterm election chances in a volatile voting year, hurting House and Senate Democrats’ chances alike. But it also provides Republicans with a much-needed overarching theme for the midterm elections, which is that Democrats favor illegal aliens over Americans, while Republicans put Americans first. Party-wide, top Republicans on Monday were fired up after the Schumer Shutdown ended in absolute utter failure for the Democrats.
“Millions of Americans have watched Democrats resist and obstruct President Trump at every move and they watched Democrats put politics above people by voting for this shutdown,” Ronna Romney McDaniel, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), told Breitbart News on Monday afternoon. “For the Democrats who chose once again to jeopardize government funding, November is going to be a wake-up call.”
President Donald Trump and Republicans on both sides of Capitol Hill are jubilant after this complete and total victory, as Democrats offered unconditional surrender just three days into their ill-advised government shutdown strategy to try to push for an amnesty for illegal alien recipients of the expiring DACA program. As the government reopens Monday evening after the Senate first passed a government funding bill followed by the House, Republicans party-wide are salivating at the political opportunities that lay ahead in November of this year.
“The pathetic Schumer shutdown has made one thing crystal clear to all Americans heading into the 2018 midterms elections,” Dave Bossie, the president of Citizens United and former deputy campaign manager for President Trump’s 2016 general election campaign, told Breitbart News. “The Democrats’ number one priority is to protect 700,000 illegal aliens ahead of 300 million Americans. President Trump is fighting for all Americans first. His priority is making sure that 300 million Americans are far more wealthy, far more secure, and far more optimistic about the future than they were during Barack Obama’s failed presidency and Nancy Pelosi’s failed tenure as House Speaker.”
Democrats were on a roll before this shutdown, barreling toward what appeared to be an inevitable shot at taking back the majority in the House of Representatives in November’s midterm elections–until they shut the government down on Friday night.
They had won Virginia’s contested gubernatorial election in a blowout in November, then won a special election for U.S. Senate in Alabama. Then they won a statehouse race in Wisconsin before shutting the federal government down–a battle they have by all accounts now lost badly.
Now, Democrats have emerged walking into the midterms with serious brand damage–as they are now known as the party of illegal aliens over American citizens in this debate, particularly as Republicans frame themselves as the defenders of America and Americans first. But more importantly, the Democrats have cast themselves as the party of chaos, instability, and uncertainty while Republicans can frame themselves as the party of certainty, steadiness, and stability.
Ed Rollins, the co-chairman of the Great America Alliance which is backing many GOP candidates nationwide this year, said in an interview:
The premise of [Democrats] shutting the government down was they tried to add legislation that wasn’t there, and they just didn’t have the votes for it in the House and the Senate—and under this circumstance they look foolish. They totally inconvenienced the country. They basically added to the disgust the country has—you got an 18 or 16 percent approval rating in Congress and this behavior continues to go on. If you want DACA, you ought to put a bill through and see if they can pass it. If you want immigration reform, put a bill up and see if you can pass it. But at the end of the day they can’t do that. But they just delayed this for a couple weeks here, and I think to a certain extent the longer this goes on the more damage it does to them.
As such, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC)—the official party arm charged with winning House elections and holding the majority for Republicans—is much more confident in their mission moving into this year.
“Democrats in the House and Senate put soldiers, children, and seniors at risk shutting down the government over a deadline that is still over a month away,” John Rogers, the NRCC’s executive director, told Breitbart News. “Worse is that the illegal immigration debate has absolutely nothing to do with funding the government. It’s sad that they are playing politics with people’s lives, and I think voters will see through this political ploy.”
The Schumer Shutdown is perhaps even more beneficial to efforts by Republicans to unseat Senate Democrats in the midterm elections and embolden their U.S. Senate majority. The GOP already had a favorable map walking into the midterms, and moderate Democratic senators like Joe Manchin in West Virginia, Heidi Heitkamp in North Dakota, Claire McCaskill in Missouri, and Joe Donnelly in Indiana were already feeling the pain ahead of their re-election bids this year in states in which Trump trounced Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2016’s presidential campaign.
All of those four red state Democrats voted against the government shutdown on Friday night, joined by newly elected Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL)—who just won a special election in Alabama at the end of last year amid all the troubles that came out about conservative GOP nominee Roy Moore. But other Democratic senators up for re-election in Trump victory states–like Florida’s Bill Nelson or Wisconsin’s Tammy Baldwin or Montana’s Jon Tester or Michigan’s Debbie Stabenow or Pennsylvania’s Bob Casey–felt serious pain for nearly 72 hours as they saw their votes to shut down the federal government front and center in the national news—and empowered their 2018 GOP opponents.
“There’s simply no spinning this if you’re Caving Chuck,” Jason Miller, who was communications director for President Trump’s 2016 White House campaign, told Breitbart News. “The Schumer Shutdown is going to cost several Senate Democrats their jobs come November.”
The Great America Alliance, which Rollins chairs, has endorsed many of these red state Senate Democrats’ GOP opponents. “They are,” in a real bad spot after this walking into the midterms, Rollins said of those Democrats. “I’ve never believed you knock anyone out with one punch, but I think it’s a pattern. Each and every one of these vulnerable Democrats has a pattern. There’s a very clear line between what Republicans want and what Democrats want. Republicans want less government and want you to keep more of your taxes and immigration that takes the right people in and keeps out the wrong type of people. Democrats want to spent money on everything and want a policy that lets anyone and everyone come in—an amnesty policy. Overall, that’s part of the formulation of who they are—and they do this not just on one vote but on all sorts of a series of votes.” http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/22/total-and-complete-surrender-democrats-schumer-shutdown-cave-endangers-leftists-emboldens-gop-walking-into-midterm-elections/
Democrats deliberately threw the federal workforce, the military, and the entire economy under the bus just to get applause from illegal aliens and their base. But instead of applause, the loons are cursing democrats because they didn’t go further out on a limb than they did. Schumer, on the other hand, is waving around the guarantee he got from McConnell today even though it’s damn near the same thing that McConnell promised him before the shutdown. I guess the purpose of this entire exercise is to demonstrate beyond all doubt that Democrats are batshit crazy.
The Democrats asked for unanimous consent to pay the military, McConnell objected.
The Democrats asked for unanimous consent to keep the government open another day so that they could continue negotiating, McConnell objected.
The Democrats asked for unanimous consent to keep the government open for three more days so that they could continue negotiating, McConnell objected.
McConnell refused to pay the military and he shut down the government.
Facts.
Democrats voted to shut down the Government for Nothing.......They really got nothing they didn't already have.
The real fact here is that Schumer and his fellowship of fools CAVED!
Actually, 4 GOP Senators voted WITH Democrats and then, McConnell objected to any compromises. FACTS.
Except a shortened timeline and a promise of bipartisan negotiations sans Trump. Except that...
Thanks for your opinion.
There were several Democrats that voted with Republicans.....so what.......
I think Democrats are begining to realize that they are no longer going to get everything done their way.......If they want that.......Then they need to win a whole bunch of elections......and regain a SuperMajority......Which BTW.....If DACA was such a Critical Thing to have......Why didn't Democrats take care of the Dreamers when they had a Supermajority and the White House?
Hmmmmmm......Nah....They wouldn't do that ......
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In addition, they thought that Obama was going to Transform American into their Progressive Utopian Welfare State......leading to plenty of suckers to take the bait...depending on them to keep their dependency Programs Active....and therefore keeping them Poor....but Putting on the show of Punishing the Rich......
Thank God the American People wised up.....by taking about 1000 seats away from the Dems......and Electing Donald J. Trump.
Ya gotta remember that during the 2012 elections, the Obama team handed out thousands of "free" cells phones - for their votes.
Yep....They sure did....Remember this idiot......
Well perhaps the first cause would be that 'Dreamers' weren't even a twinkle in Obama's eye when the Democrats had the 'Supermajority'.
Another fact would be that the 'Supermajority' that you're speaking of in reality lasted less than 3 months. Conservatives seem to conveniently forget the near collapse of the world economy that was going on during that time. Congress was a tad busy at the time desperately trying to keep our head above water.
Oh and lest you forget, even without a 'Supermajority' in the Senate, they DID pass a bipartizan immigration law in 2013. It went to Boehner's House to die...
Thank you so much for elevating the level of debate.
I don't remember it because it is a lie.
Q: Has the Obama administration started a program to use "taxpayer money" to give free cell phones to welfare recipients?
A: No. Low-income households have been eligible for discounted telephone service for more than a decade. But the program is funded by telecom companies, not by taxes, and the president has nothing to do with it.
The president has no direct impact on the program, and one could hardly call these devices "Obama Phones," as the e-mail author does. This specific program, SafeLink, started under President George Bush, with grants from an independent company created under President Bill Clinton, which was a legacy of an act passed under President Franklin Roosevelt, which was influenced by an agreement reached between telecommunications companies and the administration of President Woodrow Wilson.
Wilson Phones, anyone?
In other words.....it wasn't a priority to use them as a pawn at the time......OK....Got it....
Democrats in Congress should have been "busy" preventing the Housing Bubble instead of doing this......
You do realize that the "Obamaphone" program started years before Obama came into office and is not taxpayer funded don't you? Just as with all long debunked far right wing rants and lies, this is easily checked out.
Oh......you are so welcome...
Hey....I learned something new today.....Thanks.....Just wondering did Obama ever give an interview or speech clarifying the Program......or did he take full credit for it?
Also....to clarify....it isn't "Taxpayer" funded "Directly".......However, the cost is passed on to phone Customers......Very Little is really Free in this World.....
No. Please don't presume to put words in my mouth. I said what I meant.
I'm pretty sure that the housing bubble burst during the Bush Administration. Our discussion is about the events while the Democrats had a Supermajority during a short time in the 111th Congress, remember?
In fact, YOU set the parameters.
So why post a bad faith deflection?
Obama isn't Trump. He didn't react to each and every word his opponents spoke about him. If Obama had given an interview or a speech about each and every lie told about him by the likes of Hannity and O'Reilly, he would have spent his whole presidency speaking to the media. It was just another fabricated load of crap thrown at the wall by the monkeys and unworthy of his time. Of course, that doesn't keep the uninformed from dredging it up ad nauseam when they have nothing of relevance to add.
I love how Democrats only Blame Bush for the Housing Bubble and fail to Mention the Role of Congress.....
Bravo....
Really? What exactly are you claiming that I avoided? I answered the only question that you posed.
We all know that Obama didn't clarify the situation because of Time Constraints.....Please....
I detest the bad faith conservative tactic of deflecting from the topic of the discussion and pretending that they made a relevant revelation.
Since you refuse to discuss this in good faith, I'll leave you to pound sand.
Really? Do I have to point it out? Here is a clue....
If you don't want to address the role that Democrats in Congress played in the Housing Bubble it's OK with me....and BTW...thanks for letting me set the parameters.....very sweet of you.
Thanks....I was just about to ride off into the dessert sunset......uhh...but technically it will be my horse doing the sand pounding.....
I have to smile, after all this time getting knocked about by the GOP, the DEMs decide to take a stand and dig in. Only problem is they picked the wrong subject to dig in on and lost all that gumption it took years to build.
That aside, there were no winners in this and the only losers were as usual, us.
I think that the families of the 9 million kids covered by CHIP think they're winners in this. Come to think of it, since 9 million kids are now covered, we win too.
I'm going to have to take a nap after this. All this winning REALLY is exhausting.
All this winning makes me want to go to work!
Later.....
How many people remember the Teamsters Strike against UPS in 1997? This was essentially the exact same thing. The Teamsters refused the contract deal offered by UPS, then went on strike for a couple of weeks, and then accepted the ORIGINAL deal. The Democrats refused the deal from Republicans, shutdown the government for 3 days, then accepted the ORIGINAL deal! If you are going to do something stupid at least get something out of it instead of absolutely nothing outside of pain and suffering for yourself and everyone else.
He did it again!
