by ZeroHedge News Staff at ZeroHedge
How quickly the tone of the Democratic Party has changed in the past week. Only a few days ago they were boasting about a “blue wave” after winning a small number of elections that they were guaranteed to win regardless. Some even cited the ongoing government shutdown as a catalyst for their victories in NYC, New Jersey and Virginia. This might have emboldened a number of leftists to carry the shutdown further.
The Democrat strategy has been rather rudimentary: Create chaos, foment instability and mob violence, demand Republicans cave to their demands, rinse, repeat. It has worked many times in the past, so why wouldn’t it work now. Except, Republicans didn’t fold this time.
Ten Senate Dems have realized the folly of their party’s methodology and have decided to work with conservatives to reopen the federal government with, essentially, the same agreement that Republicans put on the table at the very beginning of the shutdown fight.
A clean bill with funding through September 2026. Federal workers fired during the shutdown will be reinstated. Retroactive pay for furloughed workers. No extension of ACA tax credits until a “possible” floor vote in December.
The vote in the Senate has sparked an angry fervor within the Democratic Party with many…
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