Is This What Democrats Are Waiting for Before Ending the Shutdown?

The Schumer Shutdown has now entered its second week, with Democrats stubbornly refusing to fund the government unless they get their way on $1.5 trillion in far-left spending demands. It’s the same old playbook: manufacture a crisis, blame Republicans, and hope the media runs interference. But this time, even some in the press seem to be growing skeptical of the Democrats’ political theater. So why keep the government closed?

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According to GOP leaders, the timing is no coincidence. They believe Democrats are intentionally stalling to align the shutdown drama with massive anti-Trump protests planned for Oct. 18 in Washington, D.C., and other cities nationwide. The left is turning a budget standoff into yet another coordinated attack on the president.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

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