Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is under intense fire after openly admitting that the federal government shutdown is working to the Democrats’ advantage. His blunt comment — that the crisis is “getting better for us every day” — has triggered a wave of backlash from Republicans and the Trump White House, as frustration mounts across the country.
The remark came during a private meeting, where Schumer told fellow Democrats that the prolonged shutdown was actually benefiting their party politically. The shutdown is now well into its second week, with no clear end in sight.
The deadlock began after talks collapsed over Democrats’ demand to restore taxpayer-funded health care for illegal immigrants. Republicans have repeatedly rejected the proposal, calling it “reckless and unfair to taxpayers.”
“Every day gets better for us,” Schumer said, according to Punchbowl News. “It’s because we’ve thought about this long in advance, and we knew that health care would be the focal point on Sept. 30, and we prepared for it… Their whole theory was — threaten us, bamboozle us, and we would submit in a day or two.”
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