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Sen. Roger Marshall didn’t mince words when he went on Fox News Live to call out Democratic lawmakers for their latest demands as Congress races toward a possible funding lapse. Conservatives watching know this isn’t a negotiation — it’s a theatrical campaign stunt dressed up as governance, and Marshall explained why Republicans won’t be bullied into capitulating.
Democrats are insisting on immediate extensions of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies and reversals of Medicaid changes before they’ll even consider a short-term funding bill, effectively holding the budget hostage to partisan wish lists. This is classic Democrat politics: weaponize popular programs to force a permanent expansion of federal power and spending.
Republican leaders responded sensibly by offering a clean continuing resolution to keep the government operating through Nov. 21, giving both parties breathing room to negotiate actual policy without a hostage crisis. Senate Republicans have made it clear they won’t trade a clean CR for partisan riders, and they’ll need a handful of Democrats to cross the aisle if they want to keep things open — a reasonable, responsible ask.
Meanwhile, Senate Democrats led by Chuck Schumer are playing brinkmanship, openly warning that they’ll risk a shutdown rather than accept a funding bill without their health-care demands. This isn’t leadership — it’s a high-stakes gamble that uses federal workers and ordinary Americans as collateral damage in a political scorched-earth strategy.
Republicans like Marshall are right to call this what it is: an attempt by Democrats to extract permanent policy victories by threatening chaos. Conservatives should be proud to defend a clean funding approach that preserves oversight and prevents the expansion of Big Government under the guise of emergency bargaining.
If a shutdown happens, the consequences will be real — federal agencies shutter, millions of workers face furloughs, and vital services get interrupted while career politicians posture in Washington. Americans paying taxes deserve better than to have their paychecks and services turned into bargaining chips for a partisan agenda.
This moment is a test of resolve for Republicans and patriots alike: stand firm for limited government and accountable spending, or cave and normalize the Democrats’ tactic of endless demands. Hardworking Americans sent Republicans to Washington to stop runaway spending and restore common-sense priorities, not to cave to hostage-taking every fiscal year.
Let Democrats own the consequences of their scorched-earth posture. Conservatives will keep telling the truth: responsible governance means funding government without surrendering fiscal sanity, and voters will remember who played politics and who stood up for the country.
