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House Speaker Mike Johnson didn’t mince words on The Story, warning that Democrats are intentionally using hardworking Americans as political leverage while the government remains shut. He rightly called out the cynical calculation: inflict pain on ordinary families to score points with radical elements of the left. This is not politics as usual; it’s a disgraceful exploitation of people who go to work and pay taxes.
Across the country federal employees have been forced to stand in food bank lines and families face the very real prospect of losing SNAP and WIC benefits as the shutdown drags on. Republican leaders have documented how essential programs risk running dry within days, and ordinary Americans are already feeling the consequences. That is the human cost of Washington’s gamesmanship, and it’s on the Democrats who refuse a clean continuing resolution.
Enough of the partisan theater: the House passed a clean, nonpartisan CR to reopen the government, while Senate Democrats stall. Speaker Johnson and other Republicans have kept their word and offered a practical, immediate solution to stop the bleeding. Meanwhile, Democrats are catering to their far-left base instead of addressing the needs of families who are being hurt right now.
Make no mistake, this is intentional. As Republicans have pointed out, leading Democrats openly referred to using the public’s suffering as leverage, and Senator Schumer’s dismissive comments about the shutdown getting “better for us” expose a cold political calculus. Americans should be outraged that party elites would gamble with children’s lunches and veterans’ pay to appease activist factions. Political victories are meaningless when they are built on other people’s misery.
The answer is simple and moral: reopen the government now with a clean funding bill and then debate policy on a sober, full timetable — not hostage-taking. Republicans have given that option and are standing ready to restore paychecks and benefits; Democrats must stop pretending this crisis is a negotiating tactic. If leaders across the aisle truly cared for the country, they would put people first instead of placating their most extreme donors and activists.
Patriots who care about work, family, and the dignity of provision must demand better from Washington. This is a moment to choose between compassion and cynical politics; Speaker Johnson is on the side of everyday Americans, and conservatives should rally to ensure relief comes quickly. Hold the obstructionists accountable in the voting booth and on the phone lines to their offices until our institutions serve the people again.
