We're not down and out for the count. For a party of dreamers everyone's acting like Debbie and Donnie Downers. We can recover from this but sowing division and discord throughout our party isn't the answer. Get up, dust yourselves off and get to work!
From what Iām seeing internally about the shut down this was a calculated step to basically make the GOP eat shit next year.
Trump & the Republicans were never going to pass ACA subsidies. Trump was poised to keep the government shut down indefinitely, which would have forced people to starve, airports all over the country wouldāve shut down during the holidays and no matter what any party came up with, he was never going to sign anything with ACA subsidies in it.
Now what ends up happening is the Dems can take up this fight at the beginning of the year. And when the Republicans donāt vote on forwarding ACA subsidies (which you know will happen) they own people losing their healthcare across the country. The House can now also seat their new democratic member and they can release the Epstein files, which is gonna make things a lot worse for Trump & the GOP
The senators that voted for it are either retiring, or they donāt have to worry about reelection for a number of years. And with peopleās short-term memories, it wonāt matter.
Everyone has to remember, yes this deal sucks. But the Democrats hold no power in Congress. And with a stupid motherfucker in the White House, who doesnāt care if people go hungry or die, they were never gonna get anywhere. That is why it is imperative that we win the midterms next year.