{"id":2502033,"date":"2025-10-22T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T21:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-whip-under-fire-for-dismissing-families-that-are-going-to-suffer-amid-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T17:45:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T21:45:22","slug":"democratic-whip-under-fire-for-dismissing-families-that-are-going-to-suffer-amid-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-whip-under-fire-for-dismissing-families-that-are-going-to-suffer-amid-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Whip under fire for dismissing &#8216;families that are going to suffer&#8217; amid 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%2Fdemocratic-whip-under-fire-for-dismissing-families-that-are-going-to-suffer-amid-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=2502033&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 reports on controversy surrounding Democratic Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) after she described the ongoing government shutdown as &#8220;leverage time&#8221; for her party, despite acknowledging that families will suffer due to the shutdown. This remark, made during a Fox News interview, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-ticking-off-the-right-people-activists-are-fuming-over-trumps-all-of-government-approach\/\" title=\"It&#039;s Ticking Off the Right People: Activists Are Fuming Over Trump&#039;s &#039;All...Of...Government Approach&#039;\">sparked strong criticism<\/a> from Republican lawmakers, who accused Democrats of using the hardship faced by Americans as a political tool.Several Republican senators and leaders condemned Clark&#8217;s comments on social media, labeling the Democrats&#8217; approach as exploitative and shameful.<\/p>\n<p>The White House also released a statement condemning the Democrats for &#8220;gleefully wielding the suffering of Americans&#8221; to push political agendas, citing delays at airports, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >unpaid federal workers<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-border-patrol-chief-says-biden-harris-never-once-called-him\/\" title=\"Former Border Patrol Chief claims Biden and Harris never reached out to him\">strained social services<\/a> as fallout from the shutdown. Democratic leaders like Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders were quoted as seeing the shutdown as political leverage.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the backlash,Clark attempted to shift blame onto Republicans,highlighting the impact of healthcare crises and accusing Republicans of prioritizing tax cuts for billionaires over vulnerable Americans&#8217; well-being.<\/p>\n<p>the piece highlights the escalating partisan tensions over the government shutdown, with Republicans accusing Democrats of deliberately prolonging the impasse for political gain, while Democrats focus on criticizing Republican policies.  <\/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\">Democratic Whip under fire for dismissing &lsquo;families that are going to suffer&rsquo; amid shutdown<\/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<div id=\"Brid_2379833\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Minority Whip <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3830477\/house-democrats-roasted-over-government-shutdown-selfie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Katherine Clark<\/a> (D-MA) drew condemnation from Republican colleagues for suggesting that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3858857\/trump-easing-democratic-pressure-as-shutdown-deadline-approaches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ongoing government shutdown<\/a> is &ldquo;leverage time&rdquo; for her party despite its negative effects on federal workers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Shutdowns are terrible. Of course there will be families that are going to suffer,&rdquo; Clark said in a recorded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/no-2-house-democrat-says-healthcare-drives-partys-strategy-shutdown-heads-next-week.amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview with Fox News<\/a>. &ldquo;We take that responsibility very seriously, but it is one of the few leverage times we have.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3860155\/top-house-gop-appropriator-tom-cole-concedes-new-spending-deal\/\">Top House GOP appropriator concedes Congress will need new spending deal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3859687\/mike-johnson-trump-white-house-renovation\/\">Johnson says those upset about White House ballroom have &#8216;Trump Derangement Syndrome&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3859465\/watch-live-house-gop-leadership-holds-press-conference\/\">WATCH LIVE: House GOP leadership hold a press conference<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>While the clip was originally published by Fox News last week, several Republicans shared the clip Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re saying the quiet part out loud,&rdquo; Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) wrote on X. &ldquo;The Schumer Shutdown is all politics.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HOUSE DEMOCRAT: &#8220;Of course there will be families that are going to suffer&hellip; but it is one of the few leverage times we have.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SCHUMER: &#8220;Every day gets better for us.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re saying the quiet part out loud.<\/p>\n<p>The Schumer Shutdown is all politics. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YUfdGKQFA3\">pic.twitter.com\/YUfdGKQFA3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Markwayne Mullin (@SenMullin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenMullin\/status\/1981033010209096020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They continue to say the quiet part out loud. Democrats are using American families as pawns in their sick game. <\/p>\n<p>Absolutely reprehensible. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pi5jaSb6iM\">https:\/\/t.co\/Pi5jaSb6iM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senator Katie Boyd Britt (@SenKatieBritt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenKatieBritt\/status\/1981031524859322550?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;They continue to say the quiet part out loud. Democrats are using American families as pawns in their sick game,&rdquo; Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) wrote. &ldquo;Absolutely reprehensible.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Democrats are openly admitting they&rsquo;re weaponizing this shutdown and exploiting the suffering of hardworking Americans for their own political games,&rdquo; Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) wrote. &ldquo;This is shameful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Making the American public suffer is just &lsquo;leverage&rsquo; for Democrat leaders,&rdquo; Sen. John Husted (R-OH) wrote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democrats are openly admitting they&#8217;re weaponizing this shutdown and exploiting the suffering of hardworking Americans for their own political games. This is shameful. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6ylyf9NbCP\">https:\/\/t.co\/6ylyf9NbCP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senator Cynthia Lummis (@SenLummis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenLummis\/status\/1981037067908837524?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Making the American public suffer is just &ldquo;leverage&rdquo; for Democrat leaders. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LFuEdQdJwV\">https:\/\/t.co\/LFuEdQdJwV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jon Husted (@JonHusted) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonHusted\/status\/1981035464795533554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Democrats don&rsquo;t care that Americans are suffering from the government shutdown. This is shameful,&rdquo; Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yet another example of how the #SchumerShutdown is all about political leverage for Democrats. American people are getting in the crossfires of this mess and Democrats don&rsquo;t care,&rdquo; Shelly Moore Capito (R-WV) wrote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhipKClark?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WhipKClark<\/a> says the quiet part out loud. Democrats don&rsquo;t care that Americans are suffering from the government shutdown. This is shameful. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CIlRZHI4Sj\">https:\/\/t.co\/CIlRZHI4Sj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senator Bill Hagerty (@SenatorHagerty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorHagerty\/status\/1981031616462917962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yet another example of how the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SchumerShutdown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SchumerShutdown<\/a> is all about political leverage for Democrats. <\/p>\n<p>American people are getting in the crossfires of this mess and Democrats don&rsquo;t care. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1mkilxd3qH\">https:\/\/t.co\/1mkilxd3qH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shelley Moore Capito (@SenCapito) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenCapito\/status\/1981034010584219754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) hadn&rsquo;t publicly commented on the clip, but he shared some of the aforementioned posts on his own X account.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) set out a television monitor outside of his office to replay the clip of Clark over and over.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Utterly shameful! The Democrats OPENLY ADMIT they are causing the shutdown&mdash;and using hardworking American families as their LEVERAGE,&rdquo; Johnson wrote on X.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Utterly shameful! The Democrats OPENLY ADMIT they are causing the shutdown&mdash;and using hardworking American families as their LEVERAGE. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/boosLESCYP\">https:\/\/t.co\/boosLESCYP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson\/status\/1981049465906577885?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This clip is now on repeat outside Speaker Johnson&rsquo;s office <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JZC53coSRi\">https:\/\/t.co\/JZC53coSRi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/enDYk0p3FP\">pic.twitter.com\/enDYk0p3FP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Emily Brooks (@emilybrooksnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emilybrooksnews\/status\/1981052876395880750?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The White House also issued a statement on the clip Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As Democrats gleefully wield the suffering of Americans as a weapon in their demented political games, they&rsquo;ve plunged the nation into chaos,&rdquo; the statement said. &ldquo;More than a million federal employees aren&rsquo;t getting paid, Americans are facing excruciating delays at airports, food stamp funding is drying up, small businesses are teetering on collapse, and tourists are shut out of their nation&rsquo;s capital.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Then the statement quoted Democratic Senators like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who said of the shutdown, &ldquo;Every day gets better for us.&rdquo; Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) suggested that if &ldquo;you reopen the government and we lose our leverage.&rdquo; Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) predicted that a bill that would pay the military, TSA agents, and law enforcement during the shutdown &ldquo;just gives the President more leverage.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is Democrats&rsquo; disgusting playbook: inflict maximum pain on Americans to cling to power. While President Trump takes decisive action to ensure service members get paid and critical nutrition assistance programs for low-income women and children remain funded, unhinged Democrats are doing anything they can to stop him,&rdquo; the White House statement said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t be fooled: the Democrat Shutdown isn&rsquo;t about an honest policy dispute. It&rsquo;s a malicious, calculated, twisted assault on our nation and its citizens &mdash; and Democrats must end it,&rdquo; the White House added.<\/p>\n<p>Clark reworded her messaging in a series of X posts on Wednesday in order to shift the blame to Republicans in Congress.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Families are being crushed by the Republican health care crisis, and Trump responds by building himself a golden ballroom.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>The split screen is staggering. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DRgLiBw33z\">pic.twitter.com\/DRgLiBw33z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katherine Clark (@WhipKClark) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhipKClark\/status\/1981036586276974995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&ldquo;It&rsquo;s going to be a nightmare.&rdquo;&#8304;&#8304;The most vulnerable people in America are losing health care so Republicans can pay for billionaire tax cuts.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F5BLjpzcON\">https:\/\/t.co\/F5BLjpzcON<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katherine Clark (@WhipKClark) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhipKClark\/status\/1981021513076621541?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Families are being crushed by the Republican health care crisis, and Trump responds by building himself a golden ballroom,&rdquo; Clark wrote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3859679\/marjorie-taylor-greene-urges-obamacare-off-ramp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>MTG URGES OBAMACARE &lsquo;OFF RAMP&rsquo; AS GOP BLEEDS HEALTHCARE SUPPORT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The most vulnerable people in America are losing health care so Republicans can pay for billionaire tax cuts,&rdquo; Clark wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> has reached out to Clark for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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>Democratic Whip criticized for downplaying families&#8217; 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