{"id":2508849,"date":"2025-11-10T15:31:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T20:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bitter-civil-war-among-dems-part-of-larger-battle-in-party-york\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T15:31:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T20:31:58","slug":"bitter-civil-war-among-dems-part-of-larger-battle-in-party-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bitter-civil-war-among-dems-part-of-larger-battle-in-party-york\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Bitter civil war&#8217; among Dems part of larger battle in party: York"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fbitter-civil-war-among-dems-part-of-larger-battle-in-party-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=2508849&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 ongoing internal conflict within the Democratic Party, highlighted by a recent split among Senate Democrats over efforts to reopen the government amid a shutdown. Washington Examiner&#8217;s Byron York describes it as a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soccer-legend-pele-dead-at-82-after-health-battles\/\" title=\"Soccer Leg... Pel\u00e9 Dead at 82 After Health Battles\">bitter civil war<\/a>&#8221; between the party&#8217;s progressive wing, which largely wanted to prolong the shutdown, and a smaller group of centrists who voted with Republicans to end it. This <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >division reflects longstanding tensions<\/a> within the party that are expected to continue, especially through the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-democrats-move-to-be-first-in-presidential-primaries-ousting-nh\/\" title=\"Nevada ... Move To Be First In Presidential Primaries, Ousting NH\">presidential nominating process<\/a>. Criticism has been directed at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, though he did not join the bipartisan vote.The shutdown fatigue among the public forced Democrats to eventually relent,while the party has used the situation to bring healthcare issues back into national focus. The article notes that Democrats will need to refine their messaging on healthcare to appeal to voters in the 2026 elections.  <\/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\">&lsquo;Bitter civil war&rsquo; among Senate Democrats part of larger battle in party: Byron York<\/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_2397824\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s<\/em> Byron York said Monday the split among <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3880606\/senate-path-reopen-government-democratic-split\/\">Senate Democrats working with Republicans<\/a> to reopen the government marks the latest in-party feud, predicting the in-fighting is &ldquo;not going away.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>York said it is &ldquo;incredible&rdquo; how much changes over just a few days. Many said on Wednesday that the Democratic Party has &ldquo;new momentum&rdquo; after its <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3876184\/democrats-2025-election-victories-big-and-small-races\/\">sweeping victories<\/a> in the 2025 elections. Five days later, however, the party was back in a &ldquo;bitter civil war&rdquo; after multiple Senate Democrats joined a 60-40 test vote to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\">reopen the government<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3881563\/warnock-ossoff-cite-heath-care-costs-rejecting-shutdown-deal\/\">Warnock, Ossoff cite heath care costs in rejecting shutdown deal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3881562\/bill-targets-traumatic-brain-injury-treatments-veterans\/\">Bill targets traumatic brain injury treatments for veterans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3881564\/town-of-palmyra-violated-wisconsin-open-meetings-law\/\">Town of Palmyra violated Wisconsin Open Meetings law<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Well, these are tensions that always existed inside the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\">Democratic Party<\/a> between its progressive wing and a dwindling number of people who call themselves &lsquo;centrists,&rsquo; and we just saw it. We basically have 40 Democrats in the Senate who wanted to hang tough and keep this shutdown going forever, apparently, and seven or eight of them who decided it was time to give in,&rdquo; York said on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fox-news\/\">Fox News&rsquo;s<\/a> <em>America&rsquo;s Newsroom<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s the fight inside the Democratic Party, and it&rsquo;s not going away all through their presidential nominating process,&rdquo; York said.<\/p>\n<p>Many Democrats are focusing their criticism on Senate Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY) and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3880851\/ro-khanna-moulton-schumer-senate-democrats-cave-on-shutdown\/\">calling for his replacement<\/a>, though he was not among the Democrats who voted with Senate Republicans. Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D-CA), who is speculated to have his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3875781\/newsoms-big-proposition-50-win-turns-him-to-leading-2028-white-house-contender\/\">sights on the White House<\/a>, did not mention Schumer in his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CAgovernor\/status\/1987767064988430435?s=20\">criticism of Democrats on X<\/a>, but said &ldquo;[t]he American people need more from their leaders.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>York also said the end result of the Senate&rsquo;s vote to end the shutdown has been clear &ldquo;from day one,&rdquo; being that the party losing a government shutdown tries to attach conditions to reopen the government. He added that the party attaching conditions is the same party that &ldquo;always ends up giving up&rdquo; due to the public&rsquo;s shutdown fatigue.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This one went longer than most, and the public is really tired of it,&rdquo; York said.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3880519\/spanberger-election-not-excuse-democrats-shutdown\/\"><strong>SPANBERGER SAYS HER ELECTION WIN &lsquo;ABSOLUTELY NOT&rsquo; EXCUSE FOR DEMOCRATS TO DRAG OUT SHUTDOWN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3880701\/senate-democrats-voted-republicans-reopen-government\/\">The eight senators<\/a> who joined Republicans on the 60-40 vote were Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL), John Fetterman (D-PA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Angus King (I-ME). Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was the lone Republican senator who did not join his colleagues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday night, <em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s<\/em> Samantha-Jo Roth said one thing the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3880916\/democrats-put-healthcare-back-at-center-shutdown-fight-samantha-jo-roth\/\">Democrats succeeded<\/a> in with the shutdown is putting healthcare back in the national spotlight. She added that the party would need to determine its messaging on this topic and whether it could do so in a way to win voters ahead of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-elections\/\">2026 elections<\/a>.<\/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>Senate Democrats&#8217; bitter split signals ongoing party feud<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2508850,"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\/11\/AP25309807921261.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[34944,3685,40559,32838,3859],"class_list":["post-2508849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-civil-war","tag-democrats","tag-party-division","tag-political-battle","tag-york"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25309807921261.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508849","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2508849"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2508853,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508849\/revisions\/2508853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2508850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2508849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2508849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2508849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}