{"id":2586063,"date":"2026-04-01T10:26:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-not-seeing-political-reversal-from-shutdown-byron-york\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:28:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:28:58","slug":"democrats-not-seeing-political-reversal-from-shutdown-byron-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-not-seeing-political-reversal-from-shutdown-byron-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats not seeing political reversal from shutdown: Byron 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\">18<\/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-not-seeing-political-reversal-from-shutdown-byron-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=2586063&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, the Washington Examiner\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-blasted-for-airing-royal-familys-dirty-laundry-in-oprah-interview-whine-athon\/\" title=\"Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Blasted For Airing Royal Family\u2019s Dirty Laundry In Oprah Interview: \u2018Whine-athon\u2019\">chief political correspondent<\/a>, argues that democrats may not suffer a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >major political reversal<\/a> in the midterm elections despite the government shutdown and the public inconvenience it caused. He suggests that Democrats have not experienced substantial reversals as Republicans led the negotiation and the strategy that harms the party tying reopening to conditions has been winning in public perception.York warns that Republicans may be misconstruing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beyond-the-border-crisis-a-red-curtain-stretches-southward\/\" title=\"Beyond The Border Crisis, A Red Curtain Stretches Southward\">political dynamics<\/a>, which can blur accountability in the eyes of voters. The piece also touches on related questions, such as whether President Trump has the authority to pay TSA workers during a DHS shutdown, and notes that Congress is on recess until April 13, making this one of the longest shutdowns in history. The article includes a video and links to recommended stories.  <\/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 not seeing political reversal from shutdown &lsquo;because of something Republicans did&rsquo;: 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_2548263\" 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\/author\/byron-york\/\">Byron York<\/a> argued that Democrats may not suffer substantially in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-election\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11675\">midterm elections<\/a> despite criticism that they were responsible for the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\">government shutdown.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It seems that they have not suffered a lot of political reversals because of this, even though you had millions of people greatly inconvenienced and suffering at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/air-travel\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"160\">airports<\/a>,&rdquo; York said on Fox Business&rsquo;s <em>Kudlow<\/em> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/op-eds\/4509863\/fund-the-iran-war-ending-welfare-fraud\/\">Fund the Iran war by ending welfare fraud<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4510635\/bill-cassidy-targets-tim-walz-administration-health-data-breach\/\">Bill Cassidy targets Walz administration in latest health data breach investigation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4510429\/graham-criticism-over-disney-trip-iran-tensions-escalate\/\">Lindsey Graham faces criticism over Disney trip as Iran tensions escalate<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fk3hV67mpW8?si=NX4Tqw8M0G-BO2ho\" 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>York said his &ldquo;theory&rdquo; is&nbsp;that Democrats will face minimal electoral impact from the shutdown, despite Republicans being the party willing to negotiate.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[Republicans] started to negotiate with the Democrats,&rdquo; York said. &ldquo;The party that loses the shutdown is the party that attaches conditions to reopening the government. The party that wins the shutdown is the party that says &lsquo;No, stop right now, we&rsquo;re not going to talk right now, you will open the government first, and then we&rsquo;ll talk about your issue.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>York emphasized that this is a winning strategy; however, he argued that Republicans may be getting their wires crossed.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4511251\/trump-authority-pay-tsa-workers\/\"><strong>DOES TRUMP HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PAY TSA WORKERS AMID DHS SHUTDOWN?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When you start negotiating with the other side, the picture gets kind of muddy in the public&rsquo;s mind. They see the two parties bickering and think maybe they&rsquo;re both to blame.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Congress is currently on recess until April 13, stalling further action to reopen the government. The current partial government shutdown marks the longest in history.<\/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>York: Dems see little fallout from shutdown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4226,"featured_media":2586064,"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\/04\/airportshutdown.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3685,76958,5123],"class_list":["post-2586063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democrats","tag-political-reversal-2","tag-shutdown"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/airportshutdown.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586063","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\/4226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2586063"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2586067,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586063\/revisions\/2586067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2586064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2586063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2586063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2586063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}