Repercussions on ending the shutdown

[pfitz59]

If the Dems do vote to reopen, and ACA goes away they will have strong ammo going into the midterms. People are hurting 'now' and perhaps its time to kick the blame to the GOP goons. There will be a reckoning.

[Attilatheblond]

1. NEVER give in to bullies

They will only kick you harder next time.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Trump will continue to blame Democrats

And Republicans will be rewarded for playing terrorist politics. There better be a way out of this mess or everyone is fucked.

[Lancero]

4. He's been blaming Democrats since the start of this, despite the Republican majority.

We're about to validate every claim he made about it being "The Democrats!" keeping the government closed.

[gab13by13]

3. Are you serious?

Explain that to the 50,000 Americans who will die without the Obamacare subsidies, that the decision was political, sorry.

[Demsrule86]

5. No they will not. If the ACA goes away it is done

We get nothing and millions die. This is a bad deal and Democrats will be blamed. No one will trust us. Why should they.

[valleyrogue]

6. No. The shutdown isn't going to end because of the House. n/t

[Cirsium]

7. wait...

Supposedly we cave in order to save SNAP, because the children, but we are going to eliminate healthcare for the children because elections?

[Demsrule86]

11. Snap is already done.

[Silent Type]

8. Little disappointed we got nothing from shutdown. Heck, at least 2 weeks ago we could have claimed victory

and put the blame on GOPers if they didn’t follow-up on a one or two year extension of subsidies. All 250 of our delegation should have stood on Capitol steps, declared victory, etc.

I’m assuming latest goes through.

[Demsrule86]

10. Jeffries is against it. If he holds the line it

Won’t pass.

[Silent Type]

12. So we'll have headlines, "Dems in Disarray." Not sure it's good having Democrats disagree on this, at this point.

[Demsrule86]

9. We will be blamed for caving but

More importantly once the ACA IS GONE, we won’t get it back

[TBF]

13. We have plenty of "ammo" -

Trump is backed in a corner from election losses, people are losing SNAP, air traffic controllers aren't being paid. Let him marinate - don't bail him out. My god.

I've never seen such crappy negotiation. Hold.the.line.

[choie]

14. Yeah, you know what the reckoning is going to be?

People will vote against the Democrats for capitulating.

[Bluetus]

15. Cold comfort. Do you understand that in order to pass the ACA, we needed 60 Dems

or Dem allies like Lieberman. We only had 60 for a short period of a few months, and with bullshit like this, we have zero prospects of getting back to the 60 point for another generation at least.

[Ani Yun Wiya]

16. The ACA is not going away.

Just the subsidies that were enacted temporarily in 2021.