From now on, whenever you hear "DOGE did this" or "DOGE did that", or "Trump did this" or "Trump did that" - just remember they're doing it with the blessings of this Republican Congress, because they can put a stop to this at any time of their choosing.
So far they've been showing principled opposition at best. They should be on the news/socials 24/7 exposing Republican bullshit, but you hardly hear of them. Oftentimes they're even bending the knee, like Newsom's new podcast whose first guests were Charlie Kirk and Steve Bannon. A masterclass in dick sucking if I've ever seen one.
I'd expect better from the opposition than to sit on their asses all day claiming "but what can be done?". They should easily win the battle of ideas but instead they are still losing popularity, and are even lower that the party that's doing illegal shit everyday and throwed the country in a recession in less than a fucking month.
You defending them is doing a disservice to everyone.
If the govt shut down then repubs could put everything they want to ax on the table and hold the entire govt hostage repeatedly on every individual issue.
If they don't allow repubs to hold the govt hostage they're traitors.
No winning for Dems in that situation besides grandstanding, which only works if Dems are united and they aren't.
Right now the dem strategy seems to be to let Republicans do whatever they want and see how bad it gets in the hope that voters reject Republicans next time around.
As I mentioned in my previous comment (did you read it?) that strategy of doing nothing doesn't work, as they are losing popularity faster than the republicans. People see them idling and smiling while the GOP destroys the country and they don't like that, at all.
No, chneu is right. We know the stock market is crashing, and a recession is coming. No point giving the Republicans a government shutdown as an excuse. The Democrats have simply forced the Republicans to lay in the bed they've made.
After all, Trump keeps saying he has a mandate, right? Let the voters experience the consequence of their vote. Things have to get worse before they're going to be able to get better.
A govt shutdown is far, far worse for everyday Americans than some polling. What Trump and Co are doing now is nothing compared to what they can do if they can hold every single budget item hostage. The "traitors" understand this and made the less bad decision. By keeping the govt open it takes a huge amount of power away from MAGA.
Things are already going to get real bad. Why let Republicans have absolute control over the budget too?
A shutdown may have forced the Republicans to make concessions, but instead they'll continue to do whatever they want in the foreseeable future, and now with the Democratic party's blessings.
Don't fool yourself, the Dems that voted for the bill didn't do it with the American people in mind, nor even their own party. It was purely out of self-interest and to catter to the new king.