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Democrats have finally said out loud what conservatives have warned for years: they are willing to use American families as bargaining chips. House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark admitted the shutdown is “one of the few leverage times we have,” a chilling confession that exposes the cynical calculus behind this manufactured crisis. This isn’t politics as usual — it is deliberate hostage-taking of everyday people to force a partisan wish list.
Now that confession has real-world consequences: millions of low-income Americans face losing nutrition assistance because Democrats refuse to untie their demands from basic funding. SNAP serves roughly 42 million Americans, and states are warning that contingency funds will run out if the shutdown persists, threatening November benefit payments and leaving mothers and children scrambling. The left’s posture — prioritize policy wins over people’s meals — is morally indefensible and politically reckless.
Republican lawmakers on the front lines are calling the Democrats’ bluff and exposing the cruelty of these tactics, and Rep. Buddy Carter has been unapologetic in condemning the Democrat leadership’s refusal to negotiate. Carter told national outlets that Democrats “do not want to get serious” and are putting partisan theater ahead of paying troops and protecting seniors, a plainspoken rebuke many Americans feel in their bones. Conservative lawmakers are right to call out this cruelty and to demand that funding essential services not be held ransom.
Meanwhile, federal employees and everyday taxpayers are already paying the price for this political stunt as furloughs and layoffs ripple through the government. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers are either furloughed or working without pay, and agencies face chaotic staffing cuts that threaten public safety and essential services. This manufactured chaos was avoidable — Democrats chose it — and now must answer for every missed paycheck and shuttered program.
Conservative leaders have offered commonsense fixes: pass clean continuing resolutions that protect troops, Social Security, and nutrition programs while policy debates continue at the bargaining table. Senators and House Republicans have repeatedly voted to keep the government open and to shield vulnerable Americans from political gamesmanship, urging Democrats to stop using families as leverage and return to negotiation. The American people deserve governing, not grandstanding, and Republicans are right to demand reopening before any further policy horsetrading.
This moment is a test of who truly puts Americans first. Patriots on the right will keep fighting to reopen the government, protect benefits, and expose the left’s willingness to inflict pain for power. We will not be silent while Democrats treat hardworking Americans as collateral damage; it’s time they stop the theater and start governing.
