'Go Hide Underground': Left Furious as Dem-Voting Senator Says Shutdown ‘Didn’t Work’

Democrat-aligned senator who voted to reopen the government admits the party's shutdown strategy 'didn't work

Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, admitted to MSNBC on Monday that the Democratic Party’s federal government shutdown strategy has failed.During an interview with MSNBC’s "Morning Joe," King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, stated that the Democratic Party’s two-fold strategy of standing up to President Donald Trump and getting Republican lawmakers to negotiate with them on Obamacare subsidies "didn’t work.""It’s now the longest shutdown in …

Angus King: 'Standing Up to Donald Trump Didn’t Work'

Monday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Sen. Angus King (I-ME) said the Democrats "standing up" to President Donald Trump with a government shutdown "didn't work."

'Go Hide Underground': Left Furious as Dem-Voting Senator Says Shutdown ‘Didn’t Work’

U.S. Senator Angus King of Maine, an independent who votes with Democrats, was one of eight senators who crossed the aisle late Sunday night to vote to advance legislation to reopen the federal government, with no guarantees Obamacare subsidy funding would be restored. There is a brewing “widespread backlash” against those on the left who voted to end the shutdown, just days after massive Democratic Election Day wins many believe sent a strong m…

Angus King Makes It Worse By Speaking

Independent Senator Angus King told MSNBC's Joe Scarborough that part of the reason he supported breaking from Democratic leadership and opening up the government was because standing up to Trump was not working. It was working, idiot. Last Tuesday's election told you so. All credible polls told you so. Well, Joe, you have to go back to what the strategy was at the beginning of the shutdown. There were two goals, both of which I support. One was…