The Democrat-led shutdown is closing in on two weeks with no resolution in sight. Despite a clear and straightforward path to reopening the government, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and his allies continue to block progress, filibustering a bipartisan clean continuing resolution that’s been available since day one.
Their obstruction has turned a solvable funding issue into a political standoff at the expense of federal workers and the American public.
Democrats love to pretend they’re fighting for the “little guy” by demanding an extension of those temporary COVID-era Obamacare subsidies — but there’s a much darker game being played here. Take a closer look at the posts below. Notice anything?
Everyone understands what the strategy is here, right? pic.twitter.com/rtFqBcptud
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) October 13, 2025
Remember, Democrats have spent years branding the filibuster as a “racist relic” of the Jim Crow era — yet here they are, gleefully using it to block efforts to reopen the government. By their own logic, that makes Chuck Schumer a racist, doesn’t it? The hypocrisy couldn’t be clearer.
But there’s a bigger strategy at play. Democrats are weaponizing the filibuster now to bait Republicans into scrapping it altogether — because once it’s gone, it’s gone for good. They know that when they eventually claw their way back into power, likely by 2028, they’ll have free rein to ram through their entire radical agenda without a single check in their way.
And make no mistake: that’s the plan. With the filibuster out of the picture, they’d move at lightning speed to impose nationwide “election reform” that opens the door to non-citizens voting, enshrine abortion and “gender-affirming care” as federal rights, explode welfare spending, censor the internet in the name of “safety,” and push sweeping new gun bans.
What Democrats absolutely don’t want to do is end the filibuster themselves — and their baiting couldn’t be more obvious. They’re hoping Republicans will take the fall and do it for them over something as routine as passing a clean continuing resolution. That would hand the left exactly what it’s been after for years: total power with zero procedural guardrails.
And, right on cue, the mainstream media is already carrying their water, nudging the GOP toward that trap under the guise of “governing responsibly.” Even Senate Majority Leader John Thune was recently pressed on the idea, a sign that the narrative machine is in full swing.
“The 60-vote threshold has protected this country,” Thune says when asked if R’s should nuke the filibuster to reopen the government.
“It gives the minority a say… The founders created the Senate that way for a reason.” pic.twitter.com/kZdW64P4vs
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) October 10, 2025
That’s exactly the right stance. Some Republicans think the only way to win is to “go nuclear” again, but that’s a dangerous illusion. Every time you blow up another rule, you open the door to long-term damage that far outweighs any short-term victory. Democrats have learned that lesson the hard way — from gutting the judicial filibuster under Harry Reid to their disastrous attempts to prosecute now-President Donald Trump. In politics, the law of unintended consequences isn’t just real — it’s undefeated.
As for the argument that Democrats will eventually nuke the filibuster anyway — I’m not so sure. The Senate’s structure inherently favors Republicans, meaning any future Democratic majority will almost certainly be narrow and dependent on winning seats in red or purple states.
One final thought. None of what the Democrats are doing here is about ‘helping working families.’ It’s about keeping people dependent on government handouts and cementing their control over the system.
