As the Trump administration takes a slash-and-burn approach to the federal government, Ilhan Omar told The Independent ‘there’s no reason to help them out’

Summary

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar insist Democrats should demand major concessions if they help Republicans avoid a government shutdown.

With a narrow three-seat majority, Republicans need Democratic votes to pass a spending bill, but progressives argue the GOP must “sort themselves out” first.

They oppose Republican efforts to slash corporate taxes and gut federal agencies.

Concerns remain that even if Democrats secure agreements, the Trump administration might ignore them. Some moderate Democrats agree that Republicans must take responsibility for funding the government.

  • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldEnglish
    423·
    14 hours ago

    Dems shoudl shut down the government before the Republicans have a chance to, except without any precedence for it.

    She’s falling back into the old “decorum is important” trap which Republicans stopped believing in back in the nineteen hundredn and ninety five with Newt’s shutdowns.

    Stop kicking Lucy’s football, Dems