Cross-posted from https://lemmy.ml/post/27194393:

House dems are PISSED at what Schumer just did. This is the case where outside voices are maximally helpful - when people on the inside of the party want him out. Let’s build continued pressure. This will not happen overnight, it will happened when we keep the pressure consistently high

  • kinkles@sh.itjust.works
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    15 hours ago

    The big problem with a gov shutdown is, somehow, the US populace can sniff out who caused it (according to a politics podcast I listen to.) So if democrats collectively stood their ground it very likely would have looked bad for them, not republicans.

    I honestly don’t know which outcome, shutdown or no, would have been better. Like others are saying, supposedly a shutdown government would have also given Trump/Musk power to do things without congressional oversight. It’s a shitty situation either way.