Charlie Hurt Explains How Democrats Who Forced Shutdown Betrayed Their Core Values

Fox News Host Charlie Hurt said Thursday that Democrats “betrayed their core identity” by forcing a government shutdown.

The shutdown continues after lawmakers failed to pass a temporary funding bill, triggering a federal government closure at midnight Wednesday. In an appearance on “The Ingraham Angle,” Hurt said Democrats now look “absurd” for pushing the shutdown over demands for health care concessions, especially while millions of Americans lose access to basic services during the standoff.

“The real problem here, trying to take them all very seriously, even though they have not earned getting taken seriously. You know, the whole point, the whole problem for them is for Democrats, they believe that the government is the answer to all of our problems,” Hurt told host Laura Ingraham. “And if you’re going to then turn around and shut the government down, it kind of defeats the whole purpose of what the purpose of your party is, which is that the government is the answer to all your problems.”

At the center of the dysfunction, Hurt said, is Chuck Schumer, who’s bending to pressure from the far left and scrambling to protect himself from a potential primary challenge.

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