What Democrats are Saying
Democrats are openly talking about how political leverage matters more to them than the impact of the shutdown on their own constituents.
“If you reopen the government... we lose our leverage….”
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont)
“Every day gets better for us.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York)
“Of course there will be families that are going to suffer… but it is one of the few leverage times we have.”
House Minority Whip Katherine Clark
What Americans are Saying
The American people gave President Trump a mandate to save our country. They are demanding Democrats stop siding with illegal aliens over the American people and pass a clean CR into January or later.
Letters to the Editor
Arizona Sentinel | Robert Wilson
“Americans want to see policies that improve the lives of working Arizonans, but our two Arizona Democrat Senators are disappointingly blocking that.”
New York Sentinel | Kimberly Morella
“Senate Democrats continue to play political theater with our lives.”
Ohio Sentinel | Dennis Crouch
"This is an intentional crisis, created by the Democrats to hold the American people hostage..."
Pennsylvania Sentinel | Michael Spangler
"I asked myself “Is this shutdown really about health care, or something else?”
Virginia Sentinel | Michael Kramer
"Senator Kaine, your party’s shutdown is directly impacting Virginians."
New York Sentinel and Veteran | Robert Lott
“Service members and my fellow veterans are being told to wait while Democrats fight for people who broke the law to be here.”
Arizona Sentinel | Corey Hotchkiss
“They’ve become the party that puts Arizonans last.”
California Sentinel | Colleen Waugh
“Senate Democrats are blocking reopening the government, and holding the American people hostage - in exchange for an outrageous $1.5 trillion spending increase.”
Massachusetts Sentinel | John DiBitetto
“Shutting down the government over health care for undocumented immigrants isn’t a noble stand. It’s putting American Citizens last.”