The government shutdown has Americans asking, \u201cWhat now?\u201d Vice President JD Vance went on Fox News Wednesday to deliver a blunt assessment, calling it the \u201cSchumer Shutdown\u201d and criticizing Democrats for blocking a clean funding bill passed by Republicans. Vance stressed that policy disagreements should not halt essential services like the military, air traffic control, or food benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He pointed out that Democrats\u2019 demands\u2014including $1.5 trillion in new spending, extending COVID-era programs, and taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegal immigrants\u2014are politically unwise and unrelated to immediate government needs. Vance highlighted that even programs like Obamacare\u2019s premium support don\u2019t expire until next year, making the shutdown over them unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the topic of illegal-immigrant healthcare, Vance criticized Biden-era policies that provided benefits to non-citizens, noting that Trump-era measures had already reversed such funding. He described Democrats\u2019 push to reinstate these benefits as both absurd and disrespectful to taxpayers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vance argued that the real motivation behind the shutdown is political: Democrats\u2019 opposition to Donald Trump. Their strategy, he said, focuses on maintaining power, even at the expense of good governance. By appealing to controversial constituencies and counting on artificial census boosts, Democrats aim to cling to congressional seats they might otherwise lose. In Vance\u2019s view, the party\u2019s survival instinct drives their actions more than rational policy, and their low approval ratings make them a \u201cdangerous\u201d force in Washington. The message: this shutdown is about politics, not governing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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