{"id":2584023,"date":"2026-03-26T10:56:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T14:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-arent-acting-as-if-they-bear-shutdown-blame-sarah-bedford\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T10:58:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T14:58:00","slug":"democrats-arent-acting-as-if-they-bear-shutdown-blame-sarah-bedford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-arent-acting-as-if-they-bear-shutdown-blame-sarah-bedford\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats aren\u2019t acting as if they bear shutdown \u2018blame\u2019: Sarah Bedford"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fdemocrats-arent-acting-as-if-they-bear-shutdown-blame-sarah-bedford%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=2584023&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 Washington Examiner reports that Democrats aren\u2019t acting as if thay\u2019ll bear <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-19-hospitalizations-rising-in-north-falling-in-south-and-the-media-is-silent\/\" title=\"Covid-19 Hospitalizations Rising In North, Falling In South, And The Media Is Silent\">political blame<\/a> for the ongoing Department of Homeland Security shutdown, which has stretched to nearly six weeks. The piece notes that Senate Majority Leader John Thune rejected the latest funding offer, and investigations editor Sarah Bedford says Democrats don\u2019t appear to face consequences from voters for the disruption, suggesting they\u2019re not changing course. Bedford also highlights backlash against Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and questions whether he remains the right leader for the moment. The report mentions Trump\u2019s openness to a $5 billion ICE cut if the SAVE Act advances and notes that roughly 100,000 DHS employees remain unpaid.  <\/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\">Democrats aren&rsquo;t acting as if they will bear &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donalds-says-harris-needs-to-blame-herself-over-lack-of-voter-enthusiasm-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Donalds says Harris needs to \u2018blame... herself over lack of voter enthusiasm - ...\">blame&#038;rsquo<\/a>; for DHS shutdown: Sarah Bedford<\/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_2543234\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> investigations editor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/sarah-bedford\/\">Sarah Bedford<\/a> said <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4503905\/democrats-staffing-shortages-nws-doge\/\">Democrats<\/a> don&rsquo;t seem to act as if they will face serious consequences from voters for the ongoing shutdown.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security shutdown has lasted almost six weeks, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Wednesday <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4503493\/john-thune-rejects-new-dhs-funding-offer-democrats-not-even-close\/\">rejected the latest offer<\/a> to fund it. He told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that Democrats are &ldquo;asking for things that have already been turned down&rdquo; and claimed the party is &ldquo;going in circles.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4503766\/gop-ad-blitz-blankets-senate-map-promos-trump-tax-law\/\">GOP ad blitz blankets Senate map with promos for Trump tax law<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4503688\/watch-live-trump-nrcc-union-station-dinner\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump speaks to House Republicans at NRCC&#8217;s Union Station dinner<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4502665\/missouri-democrats-lose-mid-decade-redistricting-challenge-gop\/\">Democrats lose challenge to Missouri&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >mid-decade redistricting pushed<\/a> by GOP<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Bedford said &ldquo;No&rdquo; when political commentator Hugh Hewitt asked whether Democrats realize they are &ldquo;losing&rdquo; the country&rsquo;s Transportation Security Administration funding. She added that it seems the Democratic Party is &ldquo;taking the opposite lesson.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Republicans have accused them, I think quite credibly, of moving the goal post on what a DHS funding deal could look like,&rdquo; Bedford said on <em>The Hugh Hewitt Show<\/em>. &ldquo;They don&rsquo;t seem to be acting in this situation as if they believe they&rsquo;re going to shoulder any political blame for the long lines we&rsquo;re seeing at airports and the other knock-on effects of the DHS shutdown.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x5P2Jd4WM1s?si=juGfOSyU9dn3gMtK&amp;start=1136\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>Bedford added that Senate Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY) is facing &ldquo;an enormous amount of backlash&rdquo; from the Democratic base over the shutdown, noting that he has twice agreed to deals to reopen the government in President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> second term in office. She said there is talk that Schumer may not be &ldquo;the man for the moment,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4503406\/warner-deflect-endorse-schumer-leader-look-stupid\/\">raising questions about his leadership position<\/a> within the party.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4503587\/john-fetterman-mantra-my-vote-not-for-sale\/\"><strong>JOHN FETTERMAN&rsquo;S UNAPOLOGETIC MAVERICK MANTRA: &lsquo;MY VOTE IS NOT FOR SALE&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And again, you do have Democrats acting as if they don&rsquo;t think that they&rsquo;re going to pay a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rand-paul-there-is-zero-chance-trump-will-be-convicted-impeachment-a-partisan-hearing\/\" title=\"Rand Paul: There Is \u2018Zero... Chance Trump Will Be Convicted, Impeachment A \u2018Partisan... Hearing\">political price<\/a> for this shutdown, and so there&rsquo;s not a ton of incentive or pressure on Schumer right now to accept what might be considered by the [Democratic] base a bad deal,&rdquo; Bedford said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump signaled that he is open to a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4500003\/trump-5-billion-ice-funding-cut-save-act\/\">$5 billion cut for Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> if the Senate passes the SAVE America Act, along with other amendments, on Sunday. He also pressed Republican senators to eliminate the filibuster and skip their two-week Easter recess, set to begin at the end of this week.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 100,000 DHS employees <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/national-security\/4502184\/dhs-100000-employees-unpaid-amid-shutdown\/\">are going unpaid<\/a> amid the shutdown.&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>Dems act like they won\u2019t pay DHS shutdown price.<\/p>\n<p>Want more options or a version that mentions Bedford?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2584024,"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\/2026\/03\/AP26057655021845-e1774529305684.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[6442,3685,5894,43883,5123],"class_list":["post-2584023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-blame","tag-democrats","tag-politics","tag-sarahbedford","tag-shutdown"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26057655021845-e1774529305684.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584023","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=2584023"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2584027,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584023\/revisions\/2584027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2584024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2584023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2584023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2584023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}