Well, that shutdown didn’t last long:
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer waved the white flag Monday, paving the way for an end to the three-day government shutdown many have named after the New York Democrat — and prompting liberal fury and conservatives’ mockery.
Democratic lawmakers initially refused Friday to support a continuing resolution to fund the government — unless the measure included amnesty for an estimated 800,000 individuals who qualified under the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to remain in the U.S. with the parents who brought them here illegally.
But that changed on Monday as Schumer conceded, saying he would allow a vote without the DACA amnesty provision included. Republican leaders agreed, in return, to hold a Senate vote on an amnesty bill in February.
What did they get for abandoning their “deeply held principles” that illegal alien amnesty was more important than keeping the federal government running?
Democrats came away with two important things from the shutdown:
1.) Jack
2.) Squat— BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) January 22, 2018
A few more reactions from Twitter:
Shutdown Schumer caved-military paychecks saved; @POTUS holds-Schumer folds. Lessons learned-Schumer burned; Build the wall-or lose it all.
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) January 22, 2018
The Media, Democrats & Twitter now have egg on their face after promoting #TrumpShutdown Now it the truth comes out that it was #SchumerShutdown as he embrasingly walks it back after realizing he just committed political suicide for Democrats #SchumerSellout Sen. Chuck Schumer
— Deplorable Melissa (@sweetatertot2) January 22, 2018
You’re a #Loser @SenSchumer and @realDonaldTrump is the #Winner!! We’re taking OUR COUNTRY BACK!#SchumerShutdown just turned to #SchumerSellout 😂🤣#MAGA#POTUS pic.twitter.com/dXfq65W3st
— MAGA 🥀 Amy 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸 (@alozrasT11) January 22, 2018
"Democrats CAVED" and #SchumerSellout are both trending!
Which is vexing given that @TheDemocrats and the Media sold the #GovtShutdown as a #TrumpShutdown.
Oh! and the cherry on top was Trump was supposedly a TERRIBLE NEGOTIATOR! cc: @JoeNBC, @morningmika, #MorningJoe pic.twitter.com/tSGgta2NN3
— Boston🇺🇸Bobblehead (@DBloom451) January 22, 2018
For Democrats to cave so fast the internal polling most be even worse than we think. Did no one on the Democratic Party’s leadership team think to themselves “Hey, maybe caring more about the fate of some illegal aliens over those of the American people may not be a winning electoral strategy”?
Let’s let Willy explain just what Sen. Schumer earned from his little shutdown stunt:
(*Seriously, I have no idea how that whole Bills Mafia Folding Table thing came about and would like some Bills fan to explain it to me. SooperMexican, perhaps?)
Tags: amnesty, Border Controls, Chuck Schumer, Democrats, Illegal Aliens, shutdown