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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (3 children)

If Dems are so bad then why did they shutdown the government to save ACA.

https://youtu.be/Mnhnix2wU0c

[–] CorneliusTalmadge@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Oops someone didn’t hear the senate passed the budget with the ACA cuts.

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hey hey hey! The crossed the aisle to create a historic bipartisan agreement to reopen it!

Checks notes: ah yes, see? Brilliant negotiations! The gop got everything, and the dems got assurance that they will have a vote on the aca benefits! I mean, the vote will just be no, but come on, what skill! Truly, no one could have squeeze more from the deal!

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the repubs got more than their initial ask: delta 8 THC is outlawed and now states cannot use alternative funding to pay out SNAP benefits in the future when this inevitably happens again.

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The dems are truly masters of the art of the deal. All it took was a little bit of immiseration and they got some votes and an excuse to let the republicans set up their plan to cut welfare. They didn’t even have to miss thanksgiving.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago

The DNC and gop were getting nervous as the ATC was calling out sick and worst, resigning.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago

the DNC saw it as a sacrificial lamb, just because the recent elecitons had all DEM wins, they are hoping to ride out that honeymoon til the 26th. besides the 8 that supported the end of the shutdown, there were 13 other dems that are up for re-election next year.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

That news disagrees with their dogma, so it's fake news.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Because they shutdown the government because people were clamoring for some semblance of resistance, and there was an election coming up. They capitulated as soon as they could after the polls closed.