{"id":2488196,"date":"2025-09-18T13:43:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-look-stupid-trying-to-shut-down-the-government-byron-york\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T13:45:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:45:19","slug":"democrats-look-stupid-trying-to-shut-down-the-government-byron-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-look-stupid-trying-to-shut-down-the-government-byron-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats \u2018look stupid\u2019 trying to shut down the government: Byron York\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fdemocrats-look-stupid-trying-to-shut-down-the-government-byron-york%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=2488196&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--><p>The article from the Washington Examiner features Chief Political Correspondent Byron York&#8217;s commentary on the Democratic party&#8217;s response following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. York criticizes Democrats for pushing to shut down the government despite the recent tragedy, saying their actions &#8220;look stupid.&#8221; He predicts Senate Minority Leader chuck Schumer will proceed with efforts that could led to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-up-to-mccarthy-democrat-senator-on-threat-of-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"&#039;Democrat Senator: McCarthy Holds Key to Government Shutdown&#039;\">government shutdown due<\/a> to ongoing budget and spending disputes, emphasizing that government deadlines must be addressed regardless of recent events.<\/p>\n<p>York also discusses political fallout from Kirk&#8217;s death, focusing on the shooter Tyler robinson, who authorities say <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >held leftist views<\/a>. York argues that the left is in denial about Robinson&#8217;s motives and is reluctant to acknowledge political violence from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-independent-journalist-tayler-hansen-a-riot-that-turned-deadly-what-i-witnessed-at-the-us-capitol-riot\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Independent Journalist Tayler Hansen: A Riot that Turned Deadly, What I Witnessed at the US Capitol Riot\">left-wing extremists<\/a>, attributing this to their belief that the MAGA movement represents the primary threat of extremist violence. He notes Democrats are trying to avoid alienating the left wing of their party while continuing political conflicts that may seem &#8220;petty&#8221; against the backdrop of a serious and tragic event. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democrats &lsquo;look stupid&rsquo; trying to shut down the government after Kirk&rsquo;s death: Byron York&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> Chief Political Correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/byron-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Byron York<\/a> said Democrats &ldquo;look stupid&rdquo; trying to shut down the government following the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>York said he thinks Senate Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chuck Schumer <\/a>(D-NY) will shut down the government, despite the recent assassination of Kirk, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3801410\/charlie-kirk-utah-valley-university-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shot and killed <\/a>last week while speaking at an event in Utah.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3813631\/charlie-kirk-slaying-wake-up-call-pushing-maga-back-to-trump\/\">Kirk slaying a &lsquo;wake-up&rsquo; call pushing MAGA back to Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3813427\/brigitte-macron-provide-court-evidence-disproving-candace-owens-transgender-claims\/\">Brigitte Macron set to provide court evidence disproving Candace Owens&#8217;s transgender claims<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3813290\/benjamin-netanyahu-addresses-rumors-involvement-charlie-kirk-murder-hinting-qatar-spread\/\">Netanyahu addresses &#8216;rumors&#8217; about involvement in Charlie Kirk murder, hinting Qatar may be behind their spread<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;It does look stupid but I think they are going to continue to do it in part because government really does have deadlines, these are actual arguments, and congress has to do something whether the atmosphere is tragic or not,&rdquo; York said on <em>The <a href=\"https:\/\/hughhewitt.com\/video\/byron-york-tries-to-explain-the-democrats-decision-to-engage-in-another-schumer-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hugh Hewitt Show<\/a> <\/em>Wednesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Republicans need the support of at least seven Senate Democrats to break the filibuster and keep the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-schumer-pushes-2t-spending-plan-as-govt-nears-default\/\" title=\"Sen. ... pushes T spending plan as govt. nears default\">government open past<\/a> the Sept. 30 deadline.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In March, Schumer voted to keep the government open and convinced enough Democrats to go along with him. Now, he is saying that &ldquo;the situation is much different.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>York said he thinks Democrats will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scalise-didnt-expect-republican-gas-stove-bill-revolt-but-understands-frustration\/\" title=\"Scalise surprised by GOP stove bill backlash, acknowledges frustration.\">continue pushing back<\/a> on the spending bill despite recent events.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The everyday fight that constitutes so much of government and, that&rsquo;s what this is, do look particularly petty in comparison to a huge life and death event that we just witnessed,&rdquo; York said.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He also said Schumer has been &ldquo;really nervous about alienating the left side of his party.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since Kirk&rsquo;s assassination, there has been speculation about the suspect, Tyler Robinson&rsquo;s political beliefs, but authorities have said Robinson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3809990\/charlie-kirk-shooting-tyler-robinson-seven-charges-death-penalty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">subscribed to leftist ideology<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>York said the left is in &ldquo;complete denial&rdquo; of Robinson&rsquo;s actual motive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They are just twisting themselves into pretzels to try and deny what is right in front of their face by the way in Tyler Robinson&rsquo;s own words, so again beliefs can be even more stubborn than facts,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3812478\/conservatives-feud-over-what-charlie-kirk-would-have-wanted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CONSERVATIVES FEUD OVER WHAT CHARLIE KIRK WOULD HAVE WANTED<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>York agreed with Hewitt that Democrats haven&rsquo;t been &ldquo;reading the room&rdquo; since Kirk&rsquo;s assassination.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been having this debate for a while on the nature of political violence, and the one thing we have seen has been just complete denial on the left that there was political violence on the left because they believe with all their heart that MAGA is a violent extremist authoritarian movement, and that January 6 typifies MAGA,&rdquo; York said. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That is what it&rsquo;s about and they talked away the Butler assassination attempt on President Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats &#8216;look foolish&#8217; pushing shutdown after Kirk&#8217;s death: York<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3984,"featured_media":2488197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25259742847301-e1758212022786.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[37928,3685,39629,5894,35785],"class_list":["post-2488196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-byron-york","tag-democrats","tag-government-shutdown","tag-politics","tag-us-government"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25259742847301-e1758212022786.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2488196"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2488200,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488196\/revisions\/2488200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2488197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2488196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2488196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2488196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}