Trump is ‘shutting down the government already. And so, we shouldn’t enable a further shutdown of services,’ Eric Swalwell said.
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Left: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., February 8, 2023. Right: Rep. Eric Swalwell (D., Calif.) speaks during a hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., June 4, 2024.
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As congressional Democrats search for a unifying message with which to resist President Trump, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) argues there is “common ground” among her colleagues around the “necessity to refuse handing over the keys” to a Republican Party that is dismantling parts of the federal bureaucracy at breakneck speed.
Leveraging a federal government shutdown before funding runs out on March 14, she said, is a prime example of this strategy in action.
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Audrey Fahlberg was a politics reporter for National Review.
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As congressional Democrats search for a unifying message with which to resist President Trump, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) argues there is “common ground” among her colleagues around the “necessity to refuse handing over the keys” to a Republican Party that is dismantling parts of the federal bureaucracy at breakneck speed.
Leveraging a federal government shutdown before funding runs out on March 14, she said, is a prime example of this strategy in action.
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About the Author
Audrey Fahlberg was a politics reporter for National Review.
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