{"id":2493912,"date":"2025-10-02T15:21:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T19:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politico-minimizes-democrat-government-shutdown-as-lowkey\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T15:23:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T19:23:29","slug":"politico-minimizes-democrat-government-shutdown-as-lowkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politico-minimizes-democrat-government-shutdown-as-lowkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Politico Minimizes Democrat Government Shutdown As &#8216;Lowkey&#8217;"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fpolitico-minimizes-democrat-government-shutdown-as-lowkey%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=2493912&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 discusses the current U.S. federal government shutdown and highlights how the media, particularly Politico, is treating it differently compared to past shutdowns. Historically, shutdowns trigger widespread media hysteria blaming Republicans for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >harming social <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/erickson-let-david-slay-goliath\/\" title=\"ERICKSON: Let David Slay Goliath\">safety net<\/a> programs<\/a>. Though, this time, the coverage is more subdued, with Politico describing the shutdown as &#8220;lowkey.&#8221; The article argues this change in tone is as Democrats are responsible for the shutdown due to their refusal to continue funding unless health insurance subsidies-including benefits for undocumented immigrants-are included. Republicans oppose these subsidies, causing a standoff. The article claims the shutdown is largely a political move by Democrats to demonstrate opposition to former President trump to their base, but as Republicans have no incentive to agree, the conflict seems futile. This reality, the article suggests, explains why the media is less sensational in its coverage this time.  <\/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<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iMDd8TQjVjM&amp;list=RDNSiMDd8TQjVjM&amp;start_radio=1\" target=\"_blank\">Forbes\/YouTube<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/02\/politico-minimizes-democrat-government-shutdown-as-lowkey\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Politico%20Minimizes%20Democrat%20Government%20Shutdown%20As%20%E2%80%98Lowkey%E2%80%99&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/02\/politico-minimizes-democrat-government-shutdown-as-lowkey\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Politico%20Minimizes%20Democrat%20Government%20Shutdown%20As%20%E2%80%98Lowkey%E2%80%99&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/02\/politico-minimizes-democrat-government-shutdown-as-lowkey\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/02\/politico-minimizes-democrat-government-shutdown-as-lowkey\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Politico%20Minimizes%20Democrat%20Government%20Shutdown%20As%20%E2%80%98Lowkey%E2%80%99&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/02\/politico-minimizes-democrat-government-shutdown-as-lowkey\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Anybody who&rsquo;s been through a federal government &ldquo;shutdown&rdquo; in the past knows two things: 1) outside of Washington shutdowns go largely unfelt by the average American, and 2) the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/somebody-tell-susan-glasser-to-sit-back-and-relax-this-time\/\" title=\"Somebody Tell Susan Glasser To Sit Back And Relax This Time\">dying news media<\/a> will cover the stall with hysteria, plus blame Republicans. Which is why it&rsquo;s really interesting to see that this particular shutdown is not getting that same treatment by the media this time.<\/p>\n<p>No, in fact, Politico, the most Washington-drama-obsessed news publication of them all on Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/playbook\/2025\/10\/02\/the-wrong-shade-of-red-00591578\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">described the current shutdown<\/a> as &ldquo;lowkey.&rdquo; The reason for the discrepancy is painfully obvious &mdash;&nbsp;Democrats are undeniably at fault for this one and for very, very indefensible reasons.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-439530506\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A typical shutdown goes like this: Republicans and Democrats have a fundamental disagreement on some funding issue, and the media immediately get to work amping up sob stories about seniors not getting their Social Security checks because Republicans oppose one thing or another. The point is to portray Republicans, with an undeserved reputation for opposing government spending, as sociopaths dead set on starving grandma.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s conspicuously not the case this time around. No, there is hardly a peep about the safety net and welfare programs running dry. To the extent that there is, it goes like this NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/shutdown-affects-wic-program-moms-kids-rcna234975\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a> this week on federal food &ldquo;assistance,&rdquo; in which the only partisan mention (aside from a brief quote from a Trump admin official) is of both Republicans and Democrats acknowledging the program is running out of money. The outlet showed little interest in finding out why.<\/p>\n<p>We know why. Democrat leaders have declined to continue the government for one reason &mdash;&nbsp;to show their irrationally angry base that they&rsquo;re &ldquo;fighting&rdquo; President Trump. They say on record that it&rsquo;s actually because they won&rsquo;t fund a budget that doesn&rsquo;t include health insurance subsidies for low-income Americans, but that&rsquo;s a farce, and even if it were the real reason, Republicans rightfully oppose it because it <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/02\/dems-want-medicaid-for-millions-of-biden-era-migrants-but-use-sneaky-wordplay-to-pretend-they-dont\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">includes money for people in the country illegally<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But as to the real reason &mdash;&nbsp;&ldquo;fighting&rdquo; &mdash;&nbsp;it&rsquo;s a bridge to nowhere. Republicans have no incentive to support yet more welfare subsidies, no less because so much of it would go to noncitizens, so Democrats are effectively throwing punches at a ghost. Shutting down the government was such an obviously bad strategy that Kamala Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/30\/keep-listening-to-kamala-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">endorsed it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone knows this, including the media. That&rsquo;s why this shutdown feels so &ldquo;lowkey.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Eddie Scarry is the D.C. columnist at The Federalist and author of &#8220;<a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0FR8XCMYC\">Traitors: The Democrat Party&rsquo;s Collapse into Anti-American Filth<\/a>.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Eddie Scarry<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Visit on Twitter<\/span>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eScarry\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-decoration-none\">@eScarry<\/a>           <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/eddiescarry\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Democrats<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">government shutdown<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Kamala Harris<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/media\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Media<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/politico\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">POlitico<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Credit Forbes\/YouTube Share on Facebook, Twitter, Truth Social, Email. 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