Trump needs to capitalize on ‘No Kings’ Democrats in Congress
Democrats are obsessed with showing their radical base that they will FIGHT
The Senate voted on Sunday to break the stalemate that had dragged the country into a weeks-long government shutdown — by agreeing to conditions first posed by Republicans before Democrats, under the leadership of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), decided to scream and shout and shake it all about.
In other words, the Democrats shut down the government for absolutely no reason. They kept the government closed while somehow simultaneously complaining that a closed government was forcing millions to go without SNAP benefits and causing flight delays as the nation trudged toward Thanksgiving week and that we must therefore reopen the government no matter the price.
In the end, this was a Democratic shutdown from which the Democrats gained absolutely nothing. But we also have to understand that we now live in a world where the Democratic Party is motivated less by concrete wins and losses and more by demonstrating to its radical base that its politicians are willing to fight. Call it a “No Kings” protest in Congress.
Read the rest of my latest column for Washington Examiner here.