Now that the government shutdown is finally coming to an end, people are starting to ask why it went on for as long as it did.
By now, it’s understood by most people that the Democrats were trying to go to war over Obamacare subsidies because they wanted healthcare coverage for illegal aliens. It’s more than just that, however.
At the end of the day, this was really all just about more of the same old Democrat ‘resistance’ to Trump.
Brit Hume of the FOX News channel recently made this point. He is not always right, but he nailed this one.
Transcript via Real Clear Politics:
BRIT HUME, FOX NEWS: Well, this whole shutdown was a fool’s errand from the start. This strategy has been tried a number of times before where you try to use the government shutdown and the pressure to get the government reopened as a lever to get something done you couldn’t get done by the normal process because you didn’t have the votes. It has never worked.
It was never going to work. And, you know, the Democrats, yes, there was some polling that indicated that the Democrats were less, were getting less of the blame than the Republicans. But remember this, key elements in the Democratic Party, American Association, American Federation of Government Employees, the Teamsters Union, the Airline Workers Union, the Pilots Union, they were all urging that the Republican measure, the temporary measure, be passed.
And, of course, as the air traffic situation began to get worse and the deprivation of SNAP benefits set in, it became absolutely untenable, which when you think about it, it really was from the start. It really wasn’t about enhanced ACA benefits. It was about Democrats wanting to position themselves in resistance and opposition to Donald Trump in every way they could do or appear to do.
Here’s the video:
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Brit Hume finally said it straight: ’ .
He’s right. There was never a world where Democrats could use a… pic.twitter.com/DwVdWvGINF— M.A. Rothman (@MichaelARothman) November 11, 2025
We are actually going to have to go through another round of government funding again right after the new year. Are Democrats going to try to pull these shenanigans again? Don’t be surprised if they do.
Everything they do is about wasting time as long as Trump is in office. They’re hoping they can keep him from doing too much until they have a shot at taking back the House in 2026. That’s all it is.
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