Former CNN analyst Chris Cillizza said Democrats surrendered to President Donald Trump for three strategic reasons in a video posted Friday.
Former CNN analyst Chris Cillizza said that some Democrats have surrendered and pledged support for Republicans’ spending bill for three strategic reasons in a video posted Friday.
Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, the Senate minority leader, announced he would support a GOP-backed government funding bill through Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year, during a speech on the Senate floor Thursday. Cillizza said one of the reasons was that Schumer realized his caucus wasn’t united behind a shutdown.
“Reason number one that Democrats gave in: They didn’t have the votes. Schumer is not going to be someone who’s just going to say, ‘You know what, I’m going to be for this resolution,’” Cillizza said. “Twenty-four hours before, he came out and said he was against it and that Republicans didn’t have the votes. Well, they got the votes.”
“I would guess a lot of swing state Democrats, Democrats up in 2026 did not want to close the government and Schumer is sort of following the herd in that regard.
