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Rep. Mike Lawler didn’t mince words on Newsmax’s Wake Up America, blasting Democrats for deliberately sowing dysfunction and keeping the government shuttered while Americans pay the price. Lawler accused congressional Democrats of holding ordinary citizens “hostage” by bowing to their far-left base instead of passing commonsense, short-term funding to keep the lights on.
Lawler laid bare the hypocrisy: Senate and House Democratic leaders who once pledged to keep government funded are now agonizingly waiting for permission from the radical wing of their party to act. He urged them to sign a clean continuing resolution and to join Republicans in a narrow, time-limited fix for expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies — a practical compromise that puts Americans ahead of politics.
This isn’t accidental governance — it’s an “absolutely unforced error,” Lawler warned, one born of political theater rather than problem-solving. He made clear that Republicans have shown willingness to negotiate a temporary extension of ACA subsidies while refusing to let Washington’s spending circus make permanent what has failed families for years.
Meanwhile, the damage is not theoretical. Other Republicans on Wake Up America have pointed out how the shutdown is already hurting service members, Border Patrol agents, and essential programs like WIC that millions of moms and babies rely on — the very people Democrats claim to champion. The spectacle of politicians playing games in D.C. while families and front-line workers suffer is exactly why voters are furious.
Conservatives should applaud Lawler’s clarity: stand for accountability and real solutions, not ransom demands from the left. That means Republicans should hold firm against permanent expansions of failed policies, push for targeted, temporary fixes where necessary, and expose the Democratic strategy of trading American livelihoods for political headlines.
If voters want governance instead of grievance, now is the time to make their voices heard — call your representatives, demand a clean CR, and tell Democrats to stop weaponizing the federal government for political theater. Patriots who care about hardworking Americans must back lawmakers who will defend the people, secure the border, and reform bloated programs rather than giving in to the chaos the left wants to unleash.
