{"id":2509667,"date":"2025-11-12T11:56:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/byron-york-says-shutdown-was-an-anti-trump-protest-by-democrats\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T11:57:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:57:57","slug":"byron-york-says-shutdown-was-an-anti-trump-protest-by-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/byron-york-says-shutdown-was-an-anti-trump-protest-by-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Byron York says shutdown was an &#8216;anti-Trump protest&#8217; by Democrats"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fbyron-york-says-shutdown-was-an-anti-trump-protest-by-democrats%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=2509667&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>Byron York, Chief Political Correspondent for the Washington Examiner, discussed on the Hugh Hewitt Show the differing views among Democratic senators about the reasons behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-left-wing-group-begins-working-to-unseat-dem-lawmakers-after-shutdown-surrender\/\" title=\"Major Left-Wing Group Begins Working to Unseat Dem Lawmakers After ... &#039;Surrender&#039;\">recent 41-day government shutdown<\/a>. While eight Democratic senators voted with Republicans too reopen the government by passing a continuing resolution, Senate Minority Leader chuck Schumer opposed it, citing the ongoing healthcare crisis as the main issue.York pointed out that Democrats do not have a unified stance; some senators indicated in a New York times article that the shutdown was primarily a protest against former President Trump rather than a concrete effort to address healthcare issues like Obamacare subsidies. These enhanced Obamacare subsidies, expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic, are set to expire at the end of the year, with notable budget and coverage implications. Senator Jeanne Shaheen indicated that a bill to address the subsidies might be introduced by mid-December,perhaps with bipartisan support,as rising healthcare costs affect many Americans,including Republicans and Trump supporters. The continuing resolution passed will keep the government funded until January 31.  <\/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\">Byron York says shutdown was an &lsquo;anti-Trump protest&rsquo; by Democrats<\/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_2397970\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner <\/em>Chief Political Correspondent <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-memo\/3881712\/why-democrats-fought-so-long-before-caving\/\">Byron York<\/a> suggested that Democratic senators no longer agree on why <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-memo\/3883649\/the-changing-history-of-the-shutdown\/\">they shut down the government<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Eight Democratic senators joined their Republican colleagues in voting to pass a continuing resolution that would reopen the government after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-senate-votes-to-end-41-day-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"Breaking: Senate Votes to End 41-Day ... ...\">41-day shutdown<\/a>. However, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) still voted against it because it does not address the &ldquo;healthcare crisis.&rdquo; York explained on the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xyhUUvAaajo\"><em>Hugh Hewitt Show<\/em><\/a>  on Tuesday that the Democrats &ldquo;don&rsquo;t agree&rdquo; on healthcare being the reason why they shut down the government.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3883173\/democrats-regroup-senate-obamacare-talks-shutdown-defeat\/\">Democrats &lsquo;regroup&rsquo; for Senate Obamacare talks after shutdown defeat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3883294\/sean-duffy-slams-awol-buttigieg-im-cleaning-up-your-messes-sit-this-one-out\/\">Sean Duffy slams &#8216;AWOL&#8217; Buttigieg: I&rsquo;m &#8216;cleaning up your messes. Sit this one out.&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3883115\/no-kings-leader-democrats-support-chuck-schumer\/\">&#8216;No Kings&#8217; leader to cut off support for Democrats who back Schumer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;There appears to be an argument brewing among Democrats over why they shut the government down. And they don&rsquo;t agree with each other on why they did what they did,&rdquo; York said.<\/p>\n<p>York cited a <em>New York Times<\/em>&nbsp;article that quoted Democratic senators saying they supported the shutdown to oppose &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/11\/10\/opinion\/government-shutdown-democrats-republicans.html\">Trump&rsquo;s authoritarianism<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I guess all that stuff they said about Obamacare and subsidies and healthcare for millions of Americans, etc., they didn&rsquo;t actually mean it,&rdquo; York said. &ldquo;And that this was more of a just kind of a generalized anti-Trump protest, which makes it even less sense because there was absolutely no actual goal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The premium Obamacare tax credits were enhanced under the Biden administration amid the COVID-19 pandemic. These credits are set to expire at the end of this year, nearly 2 1\/2 years after former President Joe Biden declared the pandemic over. However, Schumer maintains that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thune-knocks-jeffries-over-obamacare-subsidy-demands\/\" title=\"Thune knocks Jeffries over ... subsidy demands\">government shutdown centered<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >extending healthcare subsidies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3480412\/house-gop-weighs-save-obamacare-tax-credits\/\">Congressional Budget Office<\/a> report estimated that permanently extending the enhanced credits would cost the government $383 billion. However, if they permanently expire, the number of Americans without health insurance would rise by an average of 3.8 million annually until 2034.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) projected that a bill on the Obamacare subsidies deadline, meant to expire at the end of this year, could be expected in &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3881325\/democrat-senators-stand-by-vote-to-end-shutdown\/\">mid-December<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to have a vote, and I believe there are a number of Republicans who are going to join us in trying to address healthcare costs for Americans,&rdquo; Shaheen said. &ldquo;We believe there are a lot of Republicans &mdash; including a lot of Trump supporters &mdash; who want to see us do something about this because their costs are going up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-memo\/3881712\/why-democrats-fought-so-long-before-caving\/\"><strong>WHY DID DEMOCRATS FIGHT SO LONG &mdash; BEFORE CAVING?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shaheen said the defecting senators have &ldquo;kept leadership informed throughout&rdquo; negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>The continuing resolution would keep the government funded through Jan. 31.<\/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>Byron York: Shutdown was an &#8216;anti-Trump protest&#8217; by Dems<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2509670,"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\/schumer-jeffries-for-collage.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[57582,37928,3685,5894,5123],"class_list":["post-2509667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-anti-trump-protest","tag-byron-york","tag-democrats","tag-politics","tag-shutdown"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/schumer-jeffries-for-collage.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509667","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\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2509667"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2509672,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509667\/revisions\/2509672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2509670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2509667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2509667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2509667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}