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WTF? @SenSchumer please grow a spine. And quickly,
wrote Susan Rice, who served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and then as national security advisor during President Barack Obama's administration It's hard for me to see a world where Democrats would literally be the ones to prevent the funding of the government, when it comes so much more naturally to them than it does to us,
Republican Senator Kevin Cramer of North Dakota told reporters This president has put us in a position where in either direction lots of people's constituents are going to get hurt and hurt badly,
Senator Martin Heinrich of New Mexico told reporters on Thursday A shutdown would give Donald Trump and Elon Musk carte blanche to destroy vital government services at a significantly faster rate than they can right now,
Never, never, never, never shut the government down, ... it's an easy rule."
he said, adding ... He did There are no winners in a government shutdown,
Schumer said in a floor speech While the consequences of a shutdown are real, Democrats bear no responsibility in fact or in public perception if they continue to support a clean CR or clean 30-day CR. However, supporting the MAGA plan will sap momentum that is building against Republicans,
said the memo, which NBC News obtained from a congressional Democratic source who received it For sure, the Republican bill is a terrible option. It is not a clean CR [continuing resolution]. It is deeply partisan. It doesn't address far too many of this country's needs. But I believe allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option,
Democrats need to decide if they're going to support funding legislation that came over from the House or if they're going to shut down the government,
There are members of Congress who have won Trump-held districts in some of the most difficult territory in the United States, who walked the plank and took innumerable risks in order to defend the American people, in order to defend Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare. ... ... Just to see some Senate Democrats even consider acquiescing to Elon Musk, I think it is a huge slap in the face, and I think that there is a wide sense of betrayal if things proceed as currently planned,