Democrats have caused a government shutdown to appease their far-left base, even as the move is “inflicting pain on the American people” and harming the U.S. economy, Rep. Mike Lawler told Newsmax on Friday.
“Democrats have no plan on how to get out of the shutdown that they created,” the New York Republican said on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America.”
He further accused Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of having “kowtowed” to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.; Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; and New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, claiming they are “petrified of a primary challenge from the left.”
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