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'They own what happens next': Enraged AOC slams Senate Dems over 'inexplicable abdication'
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I have been thinking about this and im no longer sure this was a bad move. With what trump is doing now in tearing apart the government. It can be fought in the courts. With a shutdown he would have cart blanche to furlough anyone he wants and keep paying his insiders and the courts could not say boo because shutdown. Further he could say all bad effects are because of the democrats because shutdown. At least now the courts can fight it and the bad effects are all from his poor decisions.
I'm glad someone is saying this.
While I understand people don't want to give Trump any wins, choosing the shut the government down is the wrong hill to die on. Given the chaos that DOGE has caused, and the executive branch throwing around their power completely unchecked, shutting down the government would plunge america into chaos.
I wouldn't be surprised at all if Trump had a plan to frame the government shutdown as "government inefficiency" and use it to grab much more executive power.
Let the Republicans take the blame for bring it all down.
Oh wait, you're right. The Democrats would never blame them either.
I mean, does it really matter?
Even if the Democrats are blaming Trump for the shutdown, what do you think would be Trump's next move after Congress refuses to fund the government?