Opinion - Democrats should stop saving the Republicans from themselves

[Dulcinea]

(The Hill) With yet another government shutdown looming, an important question must be addressed: Should Democrats keep bailing out Republicans?

This isn’t hyperbole — it has become a recurring pattern. Republicans’ razor-thin majority in the House, coupled with an unruly coalition unwilling to support raising the debt ceiling or preventing government shutdowns (particularly via stopgap measures like continuing resolutions), has forced Democrats to repeatedly step in and avert impending disaster.

Headlines like “Dems prepare to save another GOP speaker from a shutdown” and “Democrats poised to bail out GOP on spending deal but silent on level of support” illustrate the growing trend.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-democrats-stop-saving-republicans-163000336.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&segment_id=DY_VTO_CONTROL&ncid=crm_19908-1475736-20241214-0&bt_user_id=B5yL3XbWIhKWJWCBbwSJkubHvKjDlcNSoajTnDtCnR40pmmIpz0Mh5fBesO1XNfV&bt_ts=1734172031309

[Lonestarblue]

1. I agree. Democrats helped Speaker Johnson calm the discord in the House and that helped them win in November.

Had the circus and chaos that was the first year continued until the election, voters might have refused to give Republicans a majority again. If Democrats had been in the same situation, Republicans would have done everything possible to make matters worse.

[flor-de-jasmim]

2. I agree. Democrats will get battered either way,

At the very least, no Democrat who intends to vote yes should vote before all the Rs have done so. Make them meet the threshold first.

[the_liberal_grandpa]

3. I agree

Repubs won the election and are expected to govern.

If they cannot they need to be exposed for the fraud that they are and the country needs to feel the pain of voting for them.

When things get bad Dems should only help if they can get some very major concessions.

But of course this is a dream. The Dems do not know how to fight. They only roll over.