Here's the Democrats' New Shutdown Strategy: 'We're Making People Hurt'

We suppose this is the most honesty and candor we've ever seen from the Democratic Party. That self-described party of the working class has decided to no longer represent working class Americans — or any Americans — and have decided to go all-in on defending and supporting illegal aliens (including violent criminal illegal aliens) ahead of the midterms.

Right now, the government is in a partial shutdown and has been for a month. That means TSA employees are not getting paid and security lines at airports are spilling out into the parking lots as travelers wait hours to get through checkpoints.

For Democrats, that pain is the point, and they're hoping by inflicting more of it on the American people, they'll get their way and Republicans will cave on defunding DHS and abolishing ICE.

"We're making people hurt" is a hell of a campaign ad for Republicans, though.

"We're making people hurt": Democrats adopt new tactic to win DHS shutdown fight https://t.co/YhysxEbm1s
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House Democrats are launching a Hail Mary push to effectively end the Department of Homeland Security's now month-long shutdown by funding all of its sub-agencies except ICE and Customs and Border Protection.
Why it matters: Democrats are feeling the heat as federal workers miss paychecks and DHS warns of airport closures. They hope their planned discharge petition will, at the very least, deflect blame onto Republicans.
Many lawmakers also question whether keeping the agency shut down is meaningfully incentivizing the White House to negotiate in good faith on immigration enforcement reforms.
"It's not forcing any change," said Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.). "In the meantime, we're making people hurt. The long lines, that can't make us more popular."
"We're on the right side on ICE, but not on the rest."