Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez explain their votes on the shutdown

Democrats Are Screwing Up the Shutdown

Democratic leaders have focused far too much on process and decorum while explaining the government shutdown to voters. By instead emphasizing politics over bureaucratic machinations, Bernie Sanders and AOC are showing how it should be done. Centrist Democrat leaders like Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer are emphasizing that the shutdown is Donald Trump’s fault because he was inflexible about negotiating. (Nathan Posner / Anadolu via Getty Ima…

Democrats Fret Over Shutdown Messaging

Playbook: “When Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) dropped their three-minute video on Wednesday explaining the stakes of the shutdown, it instantly set ablaze Democratic group chats and X accounts, inspiring no small amount of wishcasting that these two figures could be the voice of the Democratic Party at this moment.” “But on a deeper level, it revealed that the party — as represented by House Minority Lead…

'Illegal, outrageous, unconstitutional,': Bernie slams Trump shutdown cuts

“You have a president who is acting unconstitutionally and illegally,” says Sen. Bernie Sanders on Trump using the shutdown to cut funds for blue states. “You didn't vote for Donald Trump? Well, we're going to take away funding that was supposed to go to your state.”

Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez explain their votes on the shutdown

Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez explain their opposition to the stopgap legislation that led to a government shutdown, citing concerns over health care costs.