“Trump derangement syndrome at its worst,” declared 9th District Congressman Andrew Clyde Tuesday as the country braced for the government shutdown which began a few hours later.
Clyde, whose district includes a part of Hall County, echoed many of his fellow Republicans in noting that Democrats and Republicans voted 13 times during the Biden administration for short-term funding bills.
So, what changed?
“The fact that they (Democrats) can’t stand who the American people elected back to the White House last November,” the Jackson County Republican wrote on X.
The other congressman whose district also includes part of Hall County, Rich McCormick (R-Suwanee), said Democrats claiming there have been no compromises is “simply false and political theatre.”
And as the GOP blames its rivals in the other party, Democrats say they are confident voters understand that Trump’s party controls the White House and both chambers of Congress — and, therefore, Republicans will suffer more political consequences for the chaos in Washington.
“I think I’d rather be us than them in this fight,” veteran Democratic strategist James Carville said. “The incumbent party will suffer more.”
And yet Carville acknowledged that Democratic leadership in Washington had little choice but to take a hard line in the budget negotiations with Trump’s GOP. The party’s activist base, he said, demanded it.
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