Senator Durbin explained why he defected from the Democrats. He actually admitted the truth about the strategy they are using:

“I cannot accept a strategy which wages political battle at the expense of my neighbor's paycheck or the food for his children.”

There's the truth! pic.twitter.com/O1BvhlCOtu

— Media Lies (@MediasLies) November 10, 2025

As eight Democrats have voted to reopen the government, CNN quietly admits that this entire charade is because of the Democrats.

"The democratic filibuster has been broken."

They've always known who carried the blame, but chose to run cover for the Democrats. pic.twitter.com/cFvt9CyD81

— Media Lies (@MediasLies) November 10, 2025

All they wanted to do was create the illusion that they were "fighting back" against Trump to pacify the Trump Derangement Syndrome crowd into going out and voting for them again in the midterms. And it worked too, so I guess kudos to them for tricking the Democrat sheep again. But now that the election's done, no need to pretend any longer that they're capable of fighting Trump as the clear minority party, so enjoy those new higher premiums from your ****ty Democrat healthcare that ruined healthcare for everybody else in the country.

Here's one of your triumphant Democrats from the recent election that previewed what was coming.

REPORTER: Some in your party look at your election and say that is permission to hold the line in Congress and refuse to fund the government or fold on the shutdown. Should congressional Democrats view your victory that way?

ABIGAIL SPANBERGER: Absolutely not. pic.twitter.com/VZAOuHeKq8

— Ken Klippenstein (NSPM-7 Compliant) (@kenklippenstein) November 9, 2025

Once again, Trump made your party look weak and made your resistance look like idiots.

Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg will make a move about this shining moment of political courage which we can add to the concordtom anti- fascist playlist

This is what happens when you protest without an end goal or any demands https://t.co/M2RCT1igYq

— Hasan 👁‍🗨 (@flackospalace) November 11, 2025

This is what happens when you VOTE AGAINST yourself.

Farmers, Ranchers, and most of the South.

MAGA for MORONS!

Shutdown was about Trump, it was never about healthcare.

This is funny but I think framing it as the Dems fumbled and lost because they're so incompetent isn't really accurate, it's closer to a boxer taking a dive because for behind-the-scenes reasons there's more money in losing the match. https://t.co/gJJBA4dre3

— Nate Holdren (@n_hold) November 11, 2025

REPUBLICAN Rep. @chiproytx is rightly APPALLED that @SenatorHagerty & @MarshaBlackburn and others snuck a provision to let senators sue taxpayers for $500,000 MINIMUM for being investigated as part of Trump’s insurrection into the government funding bill.

Insane corruption. pic.twitter.com/8nQ5qctrxU

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) November 12, 2025

Anarchistbear said:

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Shutdown was about Trump, it was never about healthcare.

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Shock of all shocks to people on this board, but I agree.

The Left was so pissed at Schumer in March when he voted for the CR that he had to cancel his book tour.

R's had the power of Reconciliation this funding cycle, which shut D's and their spending priorities completely out.

Schumer/The Left found a great political issue to hang their hat on (ACA Covid Subsidies)...but it was just that - a political issue. Only @20% of their 1.5 Trillion spending package was for ACA subsidies, and even that was 10 years of spending. The other 80% was simply left wing spending they didn't get during Reconciliation.

Sadly, The Left fell for the ruse, believed the company line about ACA and now feels abandoned (when they really were just manipulated/used).

21 States did not send their SNAP data to the Trump Administration to verify immigration status.

21 of the 21 have Democrat Governors.

Now why do you think they are resisting?

Because the fraud in the SNAP data is staggering.

Illegals are getting it.

The fraud is staggering.

— C3 (@C_3C_3) November 13, 2025

🚨 HOLY CRAP — CNN reports Chuck Schumer secretly tried to KEEP the shutdown going until THANKSGIVING.

Schumer called Dem governors + party leaders asking for backup to drag it out for WEEKS.

His strategy?

❌ Wreck Thanksgiving travel
❌ Withhold troop pay
❌ Freeze federal… pic.twitter.com/5EXc8tYHcx

— Michelle Maxwell ™ (@MichelleMaxwell) November 17, 2025

The Schumer Shutdown was supposed to last until after Thanksgiving.

PAC-10-BEAR said:

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🚨 HOLY CRAP — CNN reports Chuck Schumer secretly tried to KEEP the shutdown going until THANKSGIVING.

Schumer called Dem governors + party leaders asking for backup to drag it out for WEEKS.

His strategy?

❌ Wreck Thanksgiving travel
❌ Withhold troop pay
❌ Freeze federal… pic.twitter.com/5EXc8tYHcx

— Michelle Maxwell ™ (@MichelleMaxwell) November 17, 2025

The Schumer Shutdown was supposed to last until after Thanksgiving.

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Wouldn't have worked. Democrats have been canceling Thanksgiving ever since they were told they were gonna kill Grandma in 2020 while Gavin was dining at the French Laundry.