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Government shutdown responsibility

The claim that the government shutdown is the Democrats' fault is false, with evidence showing shared responsibility between Democrats and Republicans.

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Jan 30, 2026

was the term "democrat shutdown" only used on the far right, or was it common across the middle too

Evidence shows the phrase -responsibility">"Democrat shutdown" was not confined to the far right; it was widely used by , and allied communications, and echoed in and some mainstream commentary, while...