Another Democrat Just Said The Quiet Part Out Loud About The Schumer Shutdown

Posted • October 28, 2025: Last week, Democratic Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) said her party planned to use the suffering inflicted on Americans by the Schumer Shutdown as "leverage" against Republicans in negotiations on re-opening the government. It was a refreshing, albeit appalling, moment of honesty. Clark knew what she said was terrible because she later tried to walk it back, claiming what she said wasn't what she meant. Now her colleague, Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), has offered more proof that Democrats have every intention of using the suffering of Americans as political leverage during the Schumer Shutdown. —— Chris Coons believes that denying Americans their SNAP benefits may be “unpleasant,” but it’s worth doing because it gives Democrats political “leverage.” Absolutely deranged. Yes, Republicans have the majority. And Republicans have voted at least a dozen times to reopen the government. But they do not have the 60-vote majority required to pass a Continuing Resolution (CR) in the Senate, and Coons knows this. (…)

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