Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, right, joined by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, also a New York Democrat, left, and House Homeland Security Ranking Member Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, speaks at a Feb. 4 news conference on Department of Homeland Security funding at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Democrats have repeatedly sabotaged the economy with their dragged-out government shutdowns. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images)
March 20, 2026 at 4:55pm
If the Democrats take back control of the House, the Senate, or both in November, all the economic havoc that they’ve instigated through multiple government shutdowns will seem like child’s play.
The current over-month-long Department of Homeland Security shutdown comes on top of an entire government shutdown last fall for a record 43 days over nothing but their partisan priorities.
News flash: The Republicans won the White House and both chambers of Congress in 2024, meaning they have the mandate to institute the policies they ran on, including immigration enforcement and getting the nation’s fiscal house back in order after the profligate spending of the previous four years under Joe Biden and Democrat control on Capitol Hill.
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