Well, it looks like the Senate Democrats are eating their own again, and it’s honestly hard not to enjoy the show. After weeks of posturing, fearmongering, and cable-news dramatics, a small handful of Senate Democrats finally broke ranks and joined Republicans to end the latest government shutdown fiasco. Predictably, the left-wing base went into full meltdown mode online, accusing their own senators of “betrayal” and calling for Chuck Schumer’s head on a platter.
Let’s recap: on the 15th try (because Washington apparently needs that many swings at a simple task), the Senate voted 60-40 to move forward with a continuing resolution that would reopen the government. It took eight Democrats—including seven official party members and independent Angus King, who might as well have a blue jersey—to get it done. The names are exactly who you’d expect from the slightly more reality-based wing of the party: Fetterman, Cortez Masto, Shaheen, Hassan, Rosen, Kaine, Durbin, and King. Meanwhile, Rand Paul was the lone Republican “no” vote, standing by his principles as usual and refusing to rubber-stamp another bloated D.C. spending package.
What’s hilarious is how predictably unhinged the left’s reaction has been. Their activists on Blue Sky (their latest safe space) are accusing these senators of “colluding with fascists,” “destroying democracy,” and, of course, “handing power to MAGA extremists.” Because in today’s Democratic Party, actually governing instead of grandstanding is apparently a moral failing. They wanted to keep the government closed, just to make sure Republicans took the blame, even if it meant federal workers missing paychecks and small businesses losing contracts.
Chuck Schumer, for once, didn’t even vote for the compromise, but that didn’t save him from the mob. The same people who chant “defend democracy” are now demanding their party’s leader resign because some Democrats dared to do their jobs. The tantrums are as loud as they are childish.
The truth is, this vote shows something important. Some Democrats still remember that Americans expect their government to function. They also know that endless shutdowns and performative filibusters aren’t exactly winning issues outside Twitter echo chambers. Republicans, for their part, will amend the bill to add full-year appropriations for key areas like military funding and veterans’ programs—actual priorities instead of pork-barrel nonsense.
The Democratic base can keep screaming about betrayal all it wants, but the adults in the room made the right call. The irony here is thick: the so-called “party of compassion” is furious that some of its own members chose to reopen the government and pay federal workers. Maybe the real problem for Democrats isn’t the GOP. Maybe it’s that their loudest voices don’t actually want solutions—they just want outrage.
Expel the yes votes from the party and cut off all their access to fundraising, then remove Schumer from leadership. Anything less is mealy-mouthed coward bullshit.
— Chris Kluwe (@chriswarcraft.bsky.social) 2025-11-10T02:56:16.843Z
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