{"id":2505167,"date":"2025-10-31T08:32:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T12:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/public-blames-republicans-more-than-democrats-for-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T08:32:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T12:32:39","slug":"public-blames-republicans-more-than-democrats-for-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/public-blames-republicans-more-than-democrats-for-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Public blames Republicans more than Democrats for shutdown"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fpublic-blames-republicans-more-than-democrats-for-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=2505167&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>A recent ABC News-Washington Post-Ipsos poll reveals that teh public holds Republicans more responsible than Democrats for the ongoing government shutdown, with 45% blaming President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans, compared to 33% blaming congressional Democrats, and 22% unsure. Despite efforts by Trump management officials and GOP leaders like House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune to shift blame onto Democrats-especially amid concerns over the impending expiration of the Supplemental Nutrition assistance Program (SNAP) funding-the shutdown has persisted for 31 days, making it one of the longest in U.S. history.Senate Democrats have blocked a continuing resolution (CR) passed by the House, causing legislative gridlock as negotiations with Senate Minority Leader Chuck schumer hinge on including provisions for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/garrett-downplays-posts-celebrating-kirk-death-all-the-questions\/\" title=\"Garrett Downplays Posts Celebrating Kirk Death: All The Questions\">extending obamacare tax subsidies<\/a>. Public opinion polls have shown little change, indicating narrow GOP gains in swaying blame for the shutdown remain insufficient.  <\/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\">Public blames GOP more than Democrats for shutdown ahead of SNAP funding deadline<\/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_2387988\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The public continues to blame<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\"> Republicans<\/a> more than Democrats for the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\">government shutdown<\/a> despite the GOP&rsquo;s best efforts to convince the people otherwise.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/en-us\/ABC-News-Washington-Post-Ipsos-Poll-October-2025\">ABC News-<em>Washington Post<\/em>-Ipsos poll<\/a> released Thursday, 45% of respondents said President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are responsible for the shutdown, while 33% said congressional Democrats are responsible, and another 22% were not sure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3870087\/gop-split-senators-push-restore-food-stamps-despite-shutdown\/\">GOP split: More senators push to restore food stamps despite shutdown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3870140\/joni-ernst-unused-buildings-spirit-halloween\/\">Joni Ernst has novel approach to solving government&#8217;s unused buildings problem: Spirit Halloween<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3869802\/mark-warner-fumes-republican-only-senate-briefing-boat-strikes-trump\/\">Warner fumes that Republican-only Senate briefing on Venezuela boat strikes &#8216;corrosive&#8217; to democracy and &#8216;dangerous&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The survey comes as leading figures in the Trump administration, such as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, have <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3866813\/sean-duffy-government-shutdown-airports-nasa\/\">hit the airwaves<\/a> about the consequences of the shutdown, including nationwide airport delays, as they seek to keep Senate Democrats <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3869757\/jd-vance-democrats-childlike-behavior-government-shutdown\/\">on the defensive<\/a> for not backing the House-passed continuing resolution to end the shutdown.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Congress, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) have battled to do the same. The shutdown is entering its 31st day, marking one of the longest on record.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3867155\/government-shutdown-fallout-shifts-federal-workers-welfare-recipients\/\">a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chuck-schumer-will-trigger-senate-reconciliation-process-for-4t-biden-infrastructure-plan\/\" title=\"Chuck Schumer Will Trigger Senate Reconciliation Process For T Biden Infrastructure Plan\">government welfare program<\/a><\/a>, is set to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3868376\/thune-unloads-democrats-blame-game-snap-funding-lapse\/\">expire Saturday<\/a>, a development Republicans have further tried to capitalize on to push Democrats into voting the CR across the finish line.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Graphic of the funding deadlines ahead of Nov. 1. (Created by Grace Hagerman\/Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;SNAP recipients shouldn&rsquo;t go without food. People should be getting paid in this country. And we tried to do that 13 times! You voted &lsquo;no&rsquo; 13 times!&rdquo; Thune said on Wednesday. &ldquo;This isn&rsquo;t a political game. These are real people&rsquo;s lives we&rsquo;re talking about, and you all have just figured out, 29 days in, that, &lsquo;Oh, there might be some consequences?&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But despite their best efforts, Republicans have only managed to sway public opinion by the narrowest of margins, according to polls. A <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >poll released<\/a> at the<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/tablet\/2025\/10\/02\/oct-1-2025-washington-post-shutdown-poll\/\"> beginning of October<\/a> showed results similar to the survey released on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8203;&#8203;The poll from the <em>Washington Post <\/em>found 47% of respondents said they blamed Republicans in Congress or Trump, while 30% said Democrats were to blame. Twenty-three percent said they were unsure of who was responsible.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3869016\/snap-deadline-shutdown-pressure-trump-democrats\/\"><strong>LOOMING SNAP DEADLINE AMPS UP PRESSURE ON BOTH TRUMP AND DEMOCRATS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The shutdown was triggered at the start of October when Senate Democrats blocked the passage of the CR passed by the House. Thune needs five more Democrats to join Republicans in the upper chamber to push the CR across the finish line.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The legislation has stalled as Thune remains in a gridlock with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY),&nbsp;who argues provisions extending Obamacare tax subsidies must be attached to the CR to gain his support.&nbsp;<\/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>Public blames GOP more than Dems for shutdown before SNAP deadline<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2505168,"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\/10\/AP25294673054108-e1761668906512.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5894,3756,5123],"class_list":["post-2505167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-politics","tag-republicans","tag-shutdown"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25294673054108-e1761668906512.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505167","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2505167"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2505171,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505167\/revisions\/2505171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2505168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2505167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2505167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2505167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}