The GOP and White House are "cackling with glee", calling Dem capitulation "losers and pussies"

[Arazi]

For anyone wondering how this administration is going to spin Dems folding 🙄

“Multiple Trump aides and allies … reveled in the relief from a shutdown that even President Trump acknowledged was getting Republicans killed politically”.

Sheesh
zeteo.com/p/senate-dem...

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) 2025-11-11T01:23:37.543Z

[Irish_Dem]

1. Troops love it when their leaders get them humiliated in front of the enemy.

[johnnyfins]

2. Yep. Does wonders for morale and almost

Never leads to voter apathy...

[BannonsLiver]

15. Wait, you're not excited about a clean CR and the promise of a doomed vote on ACA subs next month?

Im not understanding how people aren’t inspired by that, especially with Lawerence’s amazing commentary last night.

[Arazi]

3. I'm so psyched to work my ass off for Dems for the midterms

NOT!

[displacedvermoter]

4. Well, yeah...

[Whyisthisstillclose]

5. What? They aren't licking their wounds after a "huge victory for the Dems"? I'm shocked!

[NCDem47]

6. Aides and allies say what I was thinking of my own party.

Don't Dems know how bullies work/think when they beat someone up?

[BannonsLiver]

14. It's actually worse than that.

In our politics bullying is respected/rewarded and the bullied, much less so. So there’s that.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

7. The only positive I can see coming out this shit storm is that Mikey Johnson is

now saying he doesn't know if or when he'll bring up the ACA extension, which means never, and when people can't afford health ins. anymore and the economy really, really tanks, people are going to point their fingers at the repukes, this is what Congressional Democrats should be hammering 24/7 far and wide.

[Bettie]

8. But...but....we've been told that this

is somehow a win for Democrats!

But, the whole thing did rid many of us of that pesky feeling of hope after the election.

[Vinca]

9. They call us losers and pussies anyway, so it's business as usual.

[lapucelle]

11. Weird, misinformed, anti-Democratic Party hot takes are nothing new from Medhi Hasan.

The deal forces Johnson to pass the two Democratic funding bills that Senate Democrats have been trying to bring to the floor for months and that were finally passed last night, and a humiliated Trump will be made to sign them into law.

SNAP and the VA will be fully funded until the end of the fiscal year (September 30, 2026), with an increase in appropriations to SNAP.

Republicans lost the threat of hungry kids and abandoned veterans as a bargaining chip in the next go-around in January.

And the Epstein files will once again become the top story.

Sorry, but Hasan's amplification of Republican talking points, while hardly surprising, is incredibly misinformed.

[Boo1]

12. Too many

Can't see the forest for the trees.

Getting ACA subsidies with republican control wasn't going to happen. Expecting otherwise is delusional.

You have the promise of a vote, which will fail, but in the end you either have republicans on record or they dont have the vote and you hammer them with it. It will also cause internal strife with folks like MTG.

You also have snap funded, as you said and plenty of chances is to revisit the fight.

Trumps poll numbers were crished during it as well, and those won't recover just from it ending.


They shut down the government for 40 days, the longest shutdown ever. They couldn't keep it shut down forever. Will people lose Healthcare? Yes. Will people die? Yes. Those things were decided when Republicans took power, nothing democrats could do to stop it.

[Mossfern]

30. Welcome to DU

[hamsterjill]

16. I'm sorry, but "a humiliated Trump"???? Are you actually serious when you use that phrase?

That statement alone tells me so much.

Trump does not feel anything. Nada. Zip. Zilch. So, he does not know HOW TO BE humiliated. He's a psychopath bully. He will sign bills and take full credit for it all.

[lapucelle]

17. Why be sorry about a humiliated Donald Trump who will be forced to sign a Democratic funding bill

(that had been stuck in committee for months) that not only secures SNAP until the end of the fiscal year, but also increases its funding?

All for the guy who was holding out for a "clean CR".

NB
I never allow Republican narratives to shape Democratic messaging, most especially so when the Republican narrative is counterfactual to reality, as it frequently is.

[Arazi]

21. I think the problem is believing there's gonna be a "humiliated" Traitor

He and his fellow thugs know they kneecapped the Dems. There’s zero humiliation on their side of the aisle.

The opposite actually

[lapucelle]

26. That the Republicans "kneecapped the Democrats" is not only false,

but it is also a Republican talking point.

Sorry, but I don't allow Republicans to frame the Democratic message, especially not when the Republican message is counterfactual to reality, as it frequently is.

[hamsterjill]

29. Thank you.

Truth is truth.

[fujiyamasan]

34. There's a gaslighting campaign going on now

What are we supposed to do now? Sing the praises of the glorious brave 8 that bucked the party?

[hamsterjill]

28. Because your thinking is flawed when you believe that Trump is going to be humiliated.

He doesn't know how to be humiliated, so he (himself) won't feel humiliation, and his followers are still going to see this as a victory for him. He will smile at the cameras and take credit for ending the shutdown. And the Average Joe will probably buy it.

Meanwhile, this action has pissed off many Democratic voters (like myself) and taken away the momentum that had been gained by last weeks elections (in my opinion, of course). But the all around mood and the polls reflect that as well. Many (if not most) are not happy about the eight Senators caving.

What does NB mean?

It's usually the media who is shaping the message. I care what the voters are hearing and believing, and I think it' pretty much the general consensus that Democrats need to do better and work harder on their messaging. I sincerely hope that they will begin to do that in a forceful and clear manner.

[lapucelle]

31. Sorry, but I don't buy into the theory that any misperception on Trump's part serves as reality

or that Trump's failure to secure a clean CR counts as a victory for him, especially not when he will be forced to sign Democratic
appropriations bills that guarantee funds to hungry kids and veterans into law.

Given what I have been reading on social media, it is true that some people absolutely suck at messaging and need to work harder not to amplify Republican and anti-Democratic Party talking points. They also need to take steps to be better informed.

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NB is the Latin nota bene. It's used to emphasize something important.

Cui bono is also a Latin phrase commonly used. It means, "who benefits".

So who benefits from Republican talking points being amplified in liberal spaces?

Cui bono?

Not Democrats.

[hamsterjill]

32. Given what I've read recently on social media.

There are many who don’t see the reality that we are living through.

Have yourself a wonderful afternoon!

[Quiet Em]

10. Cackling with glee over millions of people losing their health care insurance.

I can assure you that the people are not cackling with glee.

They are showing everyone who they are. Despicable, deplorable creeps.

[BannonsLiver]

13. Of course they are.

But hey, we’re getting a clean CR and a promise of a doomed vote next month!

[Sogo]

19. As opposed to letting the clock run out on open enrollment as of Dec. 15, after which time

rates and coverage are locked in to begin January 1?

[Arazi]

20. You think that vote is happening before 12/15?

lol

[Sogo]

18. Who cares what those MOFOs say?

It's clear they are evil bastards who don't give a sh!t about the American people.

[LR3]

22. Well, we were winning the public opinion battle, driving down Repubs favorability,

hanging premium increases on the opposition, spotlighting the Repubs cruelty, winning elections in landslides, and hurting Repubs even according to the Orange Dingus.

Obviously we had no option but to capitulate.

[EdmondDantes_]

23. Trump also called US troops suckers and losers and insulted John McCain for being captured and tortured

I don't worry much about Trump calling people names.

[Takket]

24. unconditional surrender when you are WINNING the battle will result in statements like that

Well deserved. Absolutely the most stupid thing I've ever seen this party do.

[tonekat]

25. My phone gets several money begs a day...

...from Dems. These are as welcome as the goddamn "Hello, hello?" calls that come in.

[durablend]

33. "I have insurance premiums to pay"

"Sry no money for donations"

[CrispyQ]

27. The shutdown was killing the repubs & we saved them.

Actually, I think shutting the govt down was a stupid dem gamble that didn't pay off. IDK where they got the idea the repubs would agree to extend the ACA tax credits, but when you use the only leverage you have, which was shutting the govt down, then IMO they should have held strong & not caved. Has Trump released all the SNAP benefits? If not, then WTF?

When I was a kid & a young adult I thought the dems were the smart party. Now? I'm kind of embarrassed at how badly we've been played the past 45 years. I have hope in the younger gen dems who aren't burdened by sentimental & kind feelings toward their long-time colleagues.

[Initech]

35. MAGA republicans are sadistic psychopaths.

They're the bullies who beat you up for your lunch money and then shove you into your locker. They're the restaurant reviewers who write 1 star reviews. They're the professional complainers. They would take candy from a baby and then have that baby deported by ICE.

[mzmolly]

36. I guess "pussies" want children

to eat and federal employees to return to work.

On the other hand... https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/government-shutdown-latest-house-senate-vote/

...

Jeffries says Democrats will offer amendment to extend health care tax credits for 3 years
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told reporters that Democrats will offer an amendment during the House Rules Committee meeting to extend the expiring health care tax credits for three years.

"House Republicans, welcome back from your taxpayer-funded seven-week vacation," the New York Democrat said ahead of the meeting. "You now have an opportunity to actually take some action in an area of this health care crisis by working with Democrats before the Rules Committee this evening to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits."

...

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat, will be sworn in at 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to House Speaker Mike Johnson's office.

The House is expected to begin voting on the funding bill to reopen the government soon after that.

Grijalva's swearing-in will not affect the two-vote margin Republicans currently hold.

She will be the decisive signature on a petition to force a vote on releasing files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

[Arazi]

37. These comments are in regards to Senators who caved

The House is up now. Let’s see what they do

[mzmolly]

38. I understand the frustration.

[2 Meow Momma]

39. I don't give a fuck what they say.

It would matter if anyone except super maga idiots respected their opinion...so it doesn't matter.