{"id":2038818,"date":"2023-09-20T14:14:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T18:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-gop-scrambles-democrats-seek-to-win-messaging-war-on-government-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2023-09-20T14:17:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T18:17:18","slug":"as-gop-scrambles-democrats-seek-to-win-messaging-war-on-government-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-gop-scrambles-democrats-seek-to-win-messaging-war-on-government-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats aim to triumph in messaging battle as GOP faces chaos over government shutdown."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fas-gop-scrambles-democrats-seek-to-win-messaging-war-on-government-shutdown%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2038818&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>House Republicans Struggle\u2063 with Spending \u2064Deal \u200bas Democrats Seize the Moment<\/h2>\n<p>As House Republican\u200c leaders scramble to unify their conference\u2064 on \u200da government spending deal, Democrats are seizing\u200c the \u200cmoment to paint themselves as the responsible\u200d party in the chamber and place all \u2063the blame on the GOP\u2019s \u2063shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>Progress on appropriations bills has\u200d been at a \u2062standstill over the last two weeks as members within the\u2064 Republican Party disagree on topline\u2062 numbers and push for\u200b the inclusion of certain provisions in exchange for their support. Democrats, for \u2064the most\u2064 part,\u2062 have stayed out of the\u200c drama \u2014 instead letting Republicans take the reins and, if necessary,\u2062 the blame for a\u200c possible government shutdown.<\/p>\n<h3>Will House Democrats Come to\u200b the GOP&#8217;s Aid?<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cHouse Republicans are leading the country towards a government shutdown\u2063 because their only \u2062priority is to hurt\u200d President Biden politically and \u200dto help reelect Donald Trump. It is who they are,\u201d House Democratic \u2062Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (D-CA) said on Tuesday. \u201cThe contrast could not be more \u2062clear: House\u200d Democrats are fighting for everyday Americans and House Republicans are \u200cfighting\u200b for Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House Democrats began circulating a memo\u2064 with talking points for lawmakers to use as the\u200c deadline nears, instructing members to frame the GOP as \u201cplotting\u201d a government shutdown. The party is even coining the incident\u200c as \u201cThe Great MAGA\u2063 Shutdown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExtreme MAGA Republicans are endangering our national security by \u200cthreatening to shut down the government.\u2064 If they get their \u2063way, our troops will be forced\u2063 to serve without\u200b pay and critical investments in safety and security will be at risk,\u201d the\u200c memo sent by Democratic Policy\u200c and Communications Committee states. \u201cIf House Republicans follow through on\u200b their threats to shut down the government, they will hurt working families\u200b and small businesses across the country. The American people can\u2019t afford an extreme\u2062 MAGA Republican shutdown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The White House also sent out \u200ca missive to House Democrats on Wednesday outlining \u200bthe negative effects of a \u2062government shutdown, such as a pay freeze for law enforcement officers,\u200c complications with FEMA disaster \u200crelief response, and more. And their message is the same: If those things happen, Republicans\u200b are to blame.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf extreme House Republicans fail to ram\u2063 through their\u2062 radical agenda, they\u200d plan to take their frustration \u200cout on \u200bthe American people by forcing a government \u2063shutdown that would undermine our economy\u200b and national security, create needless uncertainty \u200cfor families and businesses, and have damaging consequences across the \u200ccountry,\u201d \u2062the memo states.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic groups are also \u2064involving themselves in the messaging war, \u2062launching a series of ad campaigns against \u2064vulnerable Republicans seeking \u2063reelection in districts President Joe Biden won in\u200d 2020. The House Majority PAC \u2064is set\u200d to release a new ad over the weekend hitting out\u200b against House Republicans \u200cthat will air nationally and in the districts of Reps. Juan Ciscomani (AZ), Ken Calvert (CA), John James (MI), Mark Amodei (NV),\u200b Anthony D\u2019Esposito (NY), Mike Lawler (NY),\u2064 Marc Molinaro (NY), and Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR).<\/p>\n<p>The \u200d$500,000 ad campaign includes spots during a\u200c series of \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-gop-scrambles-democrats-seek-to-win-messaging-war-on-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"Democrats aim to triumph in messaging battle as GOP faces chaos over government shutdown.\">highly anticipated college football games<\/a> on Saturday, accusing the lawmakers of being responsible for a possible government shutdown. The ad campaign will be released in conjunction with Democratic-aligned groups League of\u2064 Conservation Voters and\u2064 Climate \u200bPower.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of working to grow\u200c the middle \u200cclass, MAGA Republicans are threatening to shut down the\u200b government,\u201d House Majority Forward Executive Director \u200cAbby Curran Horrell \u2062said in a statement. \u201cAmericans must make their voices loud and clear, and tell their representatives to stand against cuts\u200d to health care, clean\u2063 energy jobs, and Social \u2064Security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Congress has until Sept. \u206430 to pass the\u200b budget \u200dfor the next fiscal year,\u200c after which the\u2064 government will run out of money and shut down until \u200ca deal \u2062is \u200bmade. By then, \u200blawmakers must advance 12 \u2064appropriations bills in\u2064 each chamber before sending their final product to the president\u2019s\u200c desk for approval, setting \u200dthe stage for an arduous process as House Republicans and Senate Democrats disagree on\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-gop-wrestles-with-spending-deal-will-house-democrats-come-to-their-aid\/\" title=\"Will House Democrats support GOP in spending deal?\">top-line spending numbers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If\u2062 Congress \u200ccan\u2019t pass all 12 of its bills before the end of the month, lawmakers will typically agree to a \u200bcontinuing resolution that allows the government to \u2064operate at the same spending \u200dlevels until\u200b a new agreement is made. Memes of the House Freedom and Main \u2062Street caucuses unveiled their own CR proposal over the weekend \u2064that would keep the government funded throughout October and bring \u2063spending to $1.59 trillion \u2014 the spending level set in the bipartisan debt ceiling deal signed into law in June.<\/p>\n<p>However, more than \u200da dozen House \u2063Republicans have come out \u200bin opposition to the deal, sending GOP \u200dleaders back to the drawing board in order to\u2064 get all\u200b corners of\u200c their \u200bconference to agree.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear when the House \u200bplans to reconvene to vote\u2064 on any\u200c spending legislation, throwing the House into uncertainty as GOP leaders scramble\u2062 to unify their party. Members were \u200dadvised on \u200bTuesday afternoon to \u200dkeep their\u2064 schedules \u201cflexible\u201d over the coming days, with a possibility lawmakers may\u2064 need to meet over the\u2062 weekend\u2062 for votes.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How\u2063 are Democratic groups, such \u200cas the House\u2064 Majority PAC, targeting \u2062vulnerable\u2062 Republicans\u200d seeking reelection in districts won by President Joe Biden\u2064 in 2020 to place responsibility for a potential government shutdown on them<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Waves, amplifying the Democrats&#8217; message that the GOP&#8217;s\u200c internal struggles with spending deals could\u2064 lead to a government\u2063 shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>While House Republicans are frantically trying to find common ground within their \u200cranks, Democrats are taking advantage of the situation to position themselves as\u200b the responsible party in \u200cthe chamber. They are eager to shift all the blame onto\u200c the \u200bGOP for\u2063 any potential government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>The impasse on appropriations bills has brought progress to \u2062a \u2063halt over the past couple of weeks. Disagreements \u2062among Republicans \u200cover topline numbers \u200dand the inclusion of certain provisions have\u200c resulted \u200din a \u200bdeadlock. Democrats, for \u2062the\u200d most part, \u2062have chosen to stay out of the drama, allowing Republicans \u200bto take the lead and \u2063shoulder the blame if a government shutdown becomes a reality.<\/p>\n<p>House Democratic Caucus\u200d Chairman Pete \u200dAguilar (D-CA) made his party&#8217;s stance clear when he stated, &#8220;House Republicans are leading the country towards a government shutdown\u2063 because their\u200c only priority is to hurt President Biden\u2063 politically and to\u2064 help reelect Donald Trump. It is who they\u200b are.&#8221; Aguilar highlighted the sharp \u2062contrast between House Democrats, who are advocating for everyday Americans, and House Republicans, who\u2063 are perceived to be fighting\u200c solely for Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>To further\u2062 their \u200bnarrative, House Democrats \u2062have circulated a memo containing\u2062 talking points for lawmakers to use\u2063 as\u200d the deadline nears. The memo instructs members to frame the GOP as actively working\u2064 towards a \u2064government shutdown. The incident is \u2064being branded as &#8220;The Great\u200b MAGA Shutdown.&#8221; By doing \u2062so, Democrats hope to portray extreme\u2062 MAGA Republicans\u200d as a threat\u2062 to national security, suggesting that their actions could lead to a government shutdown that would jeopardize the pay of military personnel and critical investments in safety and security. The memo firmly\u2064 places the blame \u2063on House Republicans, characterizing them as a party that prioritizes extreme MAGA \u200dideologies over the well-being of working families \u200band small businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has also joined in denouncing the \u2062potential negative consequences of a government shutdown. In a missive directed at \u2063House Democrats, the White\u200c House highlighted the \u200cadverse effects, such as a pay freeze for law enforcement officers and complications with FEMA disaster relief response.\u200c The message remains consistent: if these detrimental outcomes occur, Republicans will bear the\u200d responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic groups have \u2064seized the opportunity to \u200cescalate the messaging war by launching a series of ad \u200ccampaigns targeting vulnerable\u2064 Republicans seeking reelection in \u200ddistricts won by President Joe Biden in 2020. The House Majority PAC is\u2062 set to release a new ad \u2063over the weekend, which will \u2063air nationally \u200cas well as\u2063 in the \u200ddistricts of specific representatives. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-campaign-hits-trump-for-not-telling-fauci-youre-fired\/\" title=\"DeSantis criticizes Trump for not firing Fauci.\">campaign takes aim<\/a> at the targeted lawmakers, placing blame on them for the potential government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>The $500,000 ad campaign includes spots during highly anticipated college football \u2064games on\u2062 Saturday, aiming to \u200ddraw attention to the responsible\u200d role House Republicans would play in a government shutdown.\u2064 By targeting vulnerable incumbents in key districts, Democrats hope \u200cto persuade voters that these lawmakers \u200dare responsible for potential economic and\u200b national\u200c security disruptions resulting from a government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2063 conclusion, House Republicans find themselves struggling \u2062to reach a consensus on a\u2062 government spending deal. Democrats are capitalizing on this\u2064 internal strife, positioning themselves as\u2063 the responsible party in the chamber. They are actively painting House Republicans as the instigators of a potential \u2064government shutdown, citing their prioritization of political gains over the well-being of the American people. Democrats, \u200bthe White House, and various \u200dDemocratic groups are employing messaging strategies to\u2063 place the blame squarely on House Republicans,\u2062 warning of the potential dire consequences that a government shutdown could bring. As \u2064the\u200b situation unfolds, the question remains: will House Democrats \u200ccome to the GOP&#8217;s aid, or will they continue to exploit this moment to score political points?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republican leaders are rushing to unite their conference on a spending deal, while Democrats take advantage of the opportunity to portray themselves as the responsible party and shift all blame onto the GOP. 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