Just yesterday I said the ground beneath Democrats’ feet was starting to shift on the shutdown. I also said that it was ultimately all about one thing: Would the media stop carrying water for Dems? Here was my concluding paragraph:
It’s not over until its over, but if just a few major news outlets decide to stop playing dumb about whose shutdown this is, Democrats will fold. It really is that simple.
About five hours later, the Washington Post published an editorial titled “A turning point in the government shutdown.” The Post is done pretending. This is a straight up call for Democrats to reopen the government that they shut down.
Schumer has allowed the shutdown to drag on because he’s worried about fending off a primary challenger in 2028, and he’s still smarting from blowback he got from angry liberals after he agreed to fund the government this spring. Electoral wins can offer a pretext to claim vindication, or at least quietly give permission for a few of his members to break ranks…
…It is wrong that Democrats have held the government hostage for a month in hopes of extending costly Obamacare subsidies, just as it was for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to shut down the government in 2013 for 16 days in a bid to defund the Affordable Care Act altogether.
Negotiations can always fall apart, but the calendar could help: Both chambers are supposed to be out on recess the week after next for Veterans Day, which might help induce a deal by next Friday.
The right answer is to reopen the government with a clean funding bill, ideally for a full year, to get food stamps flowing and federal workers back in the office, and then have a debate about ACA subsidies. Democrats openly acknowledge that they refuse to do this because it would mean giving up their leverage. If they persist, it could mean families start to go hungry.
We shouldn’t skip lightly over how shockingly clear this editorial is. There is no both-sidesing in it. The writers put this shutdown entirely on Chuck Schumer and the Democrats and even call them hostage takers! They also call on Democrats to find any pretext to end this by voting for a clear funding bill, like the one that House Republicans passed a month ago.
Surrender, Democrats. That’s the message coming from the largest left-wing paper in Washington, DC.
Naturally, the left-wing subscribers are not at all happy about this. Here is the top comment (by upvotes).
In a 12-paragraph editorial you failed to find even one reason to mention the republicans?
That’s right. No mention of Republicans because they didn’t shut down the government. This is entirely on the Democrats. Here’s the # comment.
really….WAPO that was pathetic.
And #3:
Did Trump’s spokesperson write this?
Can you feel the outrage? How about #4.
Another point of evidence in the ongoing MAGAfication of a once great publication. “It is wrong that Democrats have held the government hostage for a month in hopes of extending costly Obamacare subsidies”. The Republicans control all three branches of government, but it’s the Democrats’ fault that Republicans can’t govern. I see. Except I don’t. “But but but the filibuster!” I hear the caterwauling. Well, Republicans can get rid of that, too. Democrats are standing up for the benefit of their constituency, and even for those that didn’t vote for them. It’s not like people with red hats in red states don’t need health insurance, even though they hate Obamacare (but love the ACA).
Nope. Be adults, Republicans. This is on you.
Sorry, but this is 100% on Democrats. They planned it for weeks. They shut it down based on polling that said they would benefit. But Washington Post readers are so used to having a newspaper that tells them everything is Republicans’ fault all the time that those same readers can’t cope when they hear something is the fault of Chuck Schumer and the Democrats. This editorial is genuinely a shock to them. Here’s comment #5:
RIP Washington Post. The turn to MAGA fantasy land is complete.
For many Post readers, telling the unvarnished truth is “MAGA fantasy land.” And it just keeps going like this:
- “This is pathetic. What happened to the thought leadership that this EB used to provide? I’m ashamed to be a subscriber.”
- “Was this written by somebody from Project 2025?”
- “This editorial does not mention the word “Republican” a single time. Not once. How is that even possible? I’m a longtime WP subscriber who has both voted Republican and Democrat in presidential elections, and I’ve now decided to cancel my subscription. I don’t want this publication to kowtow to either party, but this editorial makes things clearer than ever where this paper is going.”
- “It seems the WaPo has become a MAGA outlet, what a pity, cannot trust a word anymore from this paper.”
The truth is hitting Post readers the way sunlight hits a vampire. Nearly 100 people have upvoted that comment about canceling subscriptions. They are so angry that the paper won’t tell them soothing lies right now when they need them most. Some of these readers are desperately in need of deprogramming.
Was this even written by a human that resides in this country? Shocking what the WAPO editorial board has become under Bezos. Dems please do not cave to the MAGA shutdown!
How is this a MAGA shutdown? Republicans have voted 13 times to reopen the government. Democrats have voted 13 times to keep it shut down. But of course, there’s only one explanation. Can you guess?
OK, who gave the keys to the editorial board room to the Nazi?
If not Nazis, the Post editorial board are at least Nazi collaborators:
This editorial is a perfect example of how the Washington Post leadership has lost its spine over the past year.
Reminds me of a similar editorial from a Paris newspaper after the Germans began their occupation in the summer of 1940 informing the French that they should bend to the will of their occupiers….”You people must understand that you will be much better off …all that stuff about liberty, freedom, and fraternity is way over-rated.”
Even when they try to argue (instead of just name-calling), everything they say is wrong:
Weakly supported piece that eludes the real cause: GOP budget designed to kill ACA/ Obama care in order to benefit insurance companies. This is uninteresting writing and worse thinking.
Another one:
The senate dems need to hold the line and force restoring the ACA subsidies. Anything less is an abdication to their constituents.
The ACA subsidies weren’t cut by Repulicans. They were set to expire at the end of this year by Democrats. The extension was part of the Inflation Reduction Act which was passed entirely by Democrats. It was always intended as temporary, emergency funding that would expire at the end of 2025. Dems didn’t try to pass a permanent extension because it would have been far too expensive. Every bit of this is on Democrats but many Post readers don’t even know the basic facts.
Democracy dies in darkness….no. It dies when great newspapers join the dark side. As you have.
So there you have it. The Post wrote an accurate and true editorial blaming this shutdown on the people who caused it and their readership is responding by:
- Calling them MAGA.
- Calling them Nazis.
- Threatening to cancel subscriptions.
It makes me think that maybe the problem at the Washington Post isn’t the staff, it’s the readers. They are left-wing know-nothings who expect to be coddled and have their ignorance flattered at all times.
Editor’s Note: The Schumer Shutdown is here. Rather than put the American people first, Chuck Schumer and the radical Democrats forced a government shutdown for healthcare for illegals. They own this.
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