The Democrats were quite honestly stunned that their attempt to hang the shutdown on the Republicans was failing. Even the media failed them. And they found themselves in the position of having to defend their position – to the MEDIA.


“Et tu, Wolf Blitzer?” Can you imagine how the faces of the Democrat leadership looked when they realized that only the most leftist were buying their narrative?

Time for damage control.

.@SenSchumer: "We will vote today to re-open the government." pic.twitter.com/fxt5hnzvLh

— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 22, 2018

And the can gets kicked down the road again.

The Senate on Monday voted 81-18 to break a Democratic filibuster on a stalled government spending bill, clearing the way for Congress to approve the stopgap measure and end the three-day government shutdown.

Democrats effectively backed off their opposition, after being given assurances from majority Republicans.

Before the vote, Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer made clear that Senate Democrats would supply the GOP-controlled Senate with the votes needed, but only in exchange for “fair” and immediate efforts to consider legislation that would protect illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children.

“We will vote today to reopen the government,” Schumer, a New York Democrat, said on the Senate floor. “In a few hours, the government will reopen.”

The 100-member, Republican-controlled chamber will now need only a simple majority to pass the temporary spending bill that would keep the government open until Feb. 8. The House would then have to approve the bill, sending it to President Trump’s desk.

Schumer is trying his best to salvage some dignity.

“The bipartisan group, in a very fine way, filled the glaring absence of the president in these talks” to negotiate a deal to reopen the government, @SenSchumer says https://t.co/z65TvL7Mz3 pic.twitter.com/XR0Bi39b3H

— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 22, 2018

Shorter Schumer: My base may accept our defeat on my shutdown if I dump on Trump enough in this speech.

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) January 22, 2018

Good luck with that.

Schumer, the master strategist. pic.twitter.com/09YERDnE0t

— jon gabriel (@exjon) January 22, 2018

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— jon gabriel (@exjon) January 22, 2018

We could do this all day.

#SchumerShutdown pic.twitter.com/dH9hDwG9hE

— jon gabriel (@exjon) January 22, 2018

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— Greg (@who__dat) January 22, 2018

But what will poor Nancy Pelosi do now? She was counting on letting the people eat crumbs!!!

"When I think of the main obstacle it is this: There is a dark cloud hanging over the capitol, and that dark cloud is the Trump tax scam," Rep. @NancyPelosi says ahead of vote on short-term funding plan https://t.co/z65TvL7Mz3 pic.twitter.com/SPVDLNCICz

— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 22, 2018

Someone give Nancy a Snickers. Maybe she’ll be less grouchy leading up to the next date in the “continuing resolution” song and dance, now scheduled for February 8th.