How to counter the Shumer Shutdown talking point

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1. Or point out that they could use reconciliation with zero democratic votes

They refuse to do this because they don’t want to vote for a budget resolution featuring a trillion dollar deficit that they created with their stupid tax heist.

That’s entirely on republicans.

They don’t need democrats to keep the government running. They need democrats to do it in a way that lets them avoid responsibility for their fiscal mismanagement .