Democrats not seeing political reversal from shutdown: Byron York
Byron York, the Washington Examiner’s chief political correspondent, argues that democrats may not suffer a major political reversal in the midterm elections despite the government shutdown and the public inconvenience it caused. He suggests that Democrats have not experienced substantial reversals as Republicans led the negotiation and the strategy that harms the party tying reopening to conditions has been winning in public perception.York warns that Republicans may be misconstruing the political dynamics, which can blur accountability in the eyes of voters. The piece also touches on related questions, such as whether President Trump has the authority to pay TSA workers during a DHS shutdown, and notes that Congress is on recess until April 13, making this one of the longest shutdowns in history. The article includes a video and links to recommended stories.
Democrats not seeing political reversal from shutdown ‘because of something Republicans did’: Byron York
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York argued that Democrats may not suffer substantially in the midterm elections despite criticism that they were responsible for the government shutdown.
“It seems that they have not suffered a lot of political reversals because of this, even though you had millions of people greatly inconvenienced and suffering at the airports,” York said on Fox Business’s Kudlow on Tuesday.
York said his “theory” is that Democrats will face minimal electoral impact from the shutdown, despite Republicans being the party willing to negotiate.
“[Republicans] started to negotiate with the Democrats,” York said. “The party that loses the shutdown is the party that attaches conditions to reopening the government. The party that wins the shutdown is the party that says ‘No, stop right now, we’re not going to talk right now, you will open the government first, and then we’ll talk about your issue.’”
York emphasized that this is a winning strategy; however, he argued that Republicans may be getting their wires crossed.
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“When you start negotiating with the other side, the picture gets kind of muddy in the public’s mind. They see the two parties bickering and think maybe they’re both to blame.”
Congress is currently on recess until April 13, stalling further action to reopen the government. The current partial government shutdown marks the longest in history.
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