> You're not thinking that carefully. There's no risk of those things happening when Republicans are in power either. Shutdowns happen when the government is sp

> You're not thinking that carefully. There's no risk of those things happening when Republicans are in power either. Shutdowns happen when the government is split and Republicans and Democrats refuse to compromise. And your comment is a good example of the kind of propaganda rhetoric I was talking about: two sides won't come to an agreement, but half that equation is forgotten to take shots at the enemy. It's pure myside bias. Well sure, if you don’t have a particularly good understanding of how the House works, then one might be tempted to lazily both-sides these fiascos. In reality, the House is a body dominated by the party in the majority. They have absolute control over the agenda. In the latest near shutdown drama, the Republicans were only trying to solve the issue themselves. There was no compromise for the Democrats to agree to. Once it was clear that he couldn’t avert the shutdown this way, McCarthy sought a compromise solution to get Democrats on board, and they quickly agreed. So stop with the gaslighting. As for the debt ceiling nonsense that only happens when Republicans control the House and there’s not a Republican President, no, you don’t reward hostage-taking.