FIRST ON FOX: The White House compiled a highlight reel of Senate Democrats in recent years railing against potential government shutdowns as an attack on democracy, as the same Democrats this week flirt with rejecting a Trump-backed federal funding bill that would avert a looming shutdown.
“This is a democracy, and in a democracy, hostage tactics are the last resort for those who can’t win their fights through elections, can’t win their fights in Congress, can’t win their fights for the presidency, and can’t win their fights in the courts,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said in a clip included in the White House video.
“To hold these people hostage instead of just letting them do their jobs, which they want to do while we work out our differences. So wrong.” declared Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in a 2019 video, referring to furloughed federal employees.
A Trump administration official told Fox News Digital Thursday that Democrat “hypocrisy” and “hatred for Donald Trump” has “overpowered” the party’s common sense.
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Senate Democrats previously railed against potential government shutdowns in a video compiled by the White House.
“Last week, Democrats refused to stand for a child battling brain cancer and Angel Moms,” a Trump administration official told Fox News Digital. “Now, their hypocrisy and hatred for Donald Trump have overpowered a commonsense, reasonable funding measure that their party has historically endorsed. This isn’t principled opposition; it’s a vitriolic response to their contempt for President Trump and the undeniable momentum on Republicans’ side.”
President Donald Trump greets lawmakers as he leaves after addressing a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025. (Win McNamee / POOL / AFP)