Ben Shapiro: Govt Shutdown Is “Not That Big A Deal”

“Chris Murphy, the execrable senator from Connecticut, Democrat, he put out a statement, quote, ‘Remember what this is all about. Trump wants Democrats to agree to raise the debt ceiling so he can pass his massive corporate and billionaire tax cut without a problem. Shorter version, tax cut for billionaires or the government shuts down for Christmas.’

“So Democrats are now opposing a clean continuing resolution. House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, suggested Wednesday, Democrats will oppose any federal spending bill that strays from the deal that was announced the day before because they understand that they sort of have Republicans boxed in.

“Politically speaking, what they believe is that if the government shuts down, Republicans will be blamed. Why? Because Republicans were perfectly willing to back the bipartisan deal until Elon Musk pointed out the flaws in the deal, and then Donald Trump and JD Vance didn’t like the public blowback on the deal and decided to walk back the deal.

“And so Democrats, like, why would we help you out? What exactly would be the purpose? So if there is a government shutdown, who will be blamed is sort of the question.

“I think that on the right side of the aisle, there’s a generalized perception that the left will be blamed. Democrats will be blamed for the continuing resolution’s failure. Democrats will be blamed for the ensuing partial government shutdown.

“Again, government shutdown isn’t the end of the world. We’ve done it before. It’s not that big a deal. When I say it’s not that big deal, it is for the people who are furloughed, but, typically, they don’t last all of that long.” – Ben Shapiro, on today’s podcast.