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Let's be honest, if ten years ago taught us anything it's that the public would probably blame the Republicans for the shutdown. They keep shutting the government down, getting blamed, losing elections as a result, then forgetting and once again shutting the government down. Why the hell should the Democrats save Republicans from the consequences of their own actions?? You know Democrats aren't going to get any credit for keeping the lights on when they swoop in and vote with the GOP on their asenine budget. Why would you rather take the high road in order to help the Republicans than take the low road for once and let the GOP's obvious lack of ability to govern bite them in the ass? What kind of a Democrat goes out of their way to save the GOP from itself?
DOGE is already pretty unpopular for everyone but die hard MAGAs why would you swoop in and do that job for them and take the blame?
But Democrats won't take the blame, we've been through this before and that concern almost never plays out. We're gonna pull our punches because they're already pretty unpopular and, what, that's good enough? Are you kidding?
Just because you said it doesn’t mean I agree with you.
You don't have to agree with me because I'm referring to extensive polling conducted after recent shutdowns instead of just pulling hypothetical reactions of out of my ass in order to give cover to Schumer.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_United_States_federal_government_shutdown
https://news.gallup.com/poll/246341/republican-favorability-down-views-democrats-steady.aspx