If you needed proof that the Democratic Party has descended into chaos over the government shutdown, just rewind this week’s media blitz. Three narratives, zero coherence, and one unmistakable conclusion: the Schumer shutdown is a political disaster—and it’s entirely self-inflicted.
AOC and Bernie have a full-blown melt down when asked if Chuck Schumer should be worried about primary challenge from AOC.
It’s so happening. pic.twitter.com/95HcWo6Naf
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) October 16, 2025
Let’s start with the facts. Democrats refused a clean seven-week continuing resolution (CR) that they previously supported, one that would have kept the government open at Biden-era spending levels. The CR was designed to buy time—time to debate the health care subsidies expiring in December, time to finalize appropriations, and time to do the job voters sent them to Washington to do. But instead of taking the deal, they torpedoed it, choosing to force a shutdown.
CNN plays a question from a bartender who now faces losing out on her dream home due to the government shutdown caused by Democrats like Bernie Sanders.
Crazy Bernie responds by admitting it’s all about beating “Trump.”
(They want free healthcare for illegals) pic.twitter.com/EkrCrUmh4s
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 16, 2025
Why? The mask slipped when Bernie Sanders admitted the real goal: defeat Donald Trump. That’s it. The American people are pawns. This shutdown isn’t about fiscal discipline, border security, or even health care. It’s about clinging to power, fueled by raw hatred of a political rival. The Democrats have no message, no budget, and no unifying principle—just Trump Derangement Syndrome as far as the eye can see.
On CNN, things went off the rails quickly. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez confused an accounting firm, Deloitte, with a chemical polluter during an environmental rant. The quote? “Air that is drinkable.” We’re still trying to figure out what she meant, but clarity is rare when policy is shaped by social media influencers masquerading as lawmakers.
This sort of identity scolding is WHY young men (including “poorer, browner, darker” ones) have run screaming from her party. https://t.co/hl5V7jcldE
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) October 16, 2025
Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders got visibly irritated when asked whether Chuck Schumer is intentionally dragging this out to avoid a primary challenge from AOC—a question that clearly hit a nerve. What followed was a full-blown Sanders mansplaining episode, complete with finger-wagging and a lecture on “the stakes of our democracy.” AOC chimed in with her usual culture war sermon, blaming the GOP for “toxic masculinity” and claiming Republicans are somehow poisoning young men. This is what passes for policy in 2025?
🚨WOAH: Ro Khanna just ADMITTED that everyone believes Chuck Schumer is HORRIBLY “ineffective” as the leader of the Democrats.
When you’ve lost even your own party…
Yikes. pic.twitter.com/CyqgoBG3YS
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) October 16, 2025
NewsNation’s town hall wasn’t any better. Rep. Ro Khanna openly admitted that Schumer’s leadership has been ineffective—something Democrats have whispered behind closed doors for months. And then came the real kicker: Sen. John Fetterman delivered a rare moment of clarity, conceding that the health care subsidy issue was created by Democrats and that the party should stop branding the GOP as Nazis. He even confessed that campaigning for Kamala Harris in Pennsylvania was “brutal”—his words, not ours.
GREAT question…
This is why, @SenSanders.🪇 pic.twitter.com/7FNRWCmJWn
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) October 16, 2025
If you’re wondering why this shutdown feels different, it’s because it is. There’s no unity. No clear demands. Just a disorganized, hyper-partisan effort to avoid facing their own base and to pin the blame on Trump—again. But this time, voters aren’t buying it.
