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I'll give Jeffries this, he's made sure that not much has to be said to give Dems the moral highground. All week Republicans from all a cross the country have been throwing all the bullshit they can at the wall to justify themselves, changing tactics and excuses left and right, while all the Dems really have to say is....this. On repeat. They don't have to vary the message or change anything about it at all, and it's such a no brainer that it's giving them the advantage in public sentiment since Day 1 of the shutdown. Whether they'll do something to make Dems cave, that's to be seen, but on a public sentiment level I think this is going to just get worse and worse for the Republicans until it's over. As hard as it is to believe I think they're on the backfoot, since as of yesterday afternoon or so (I assume after getting a bad pulse off of the a Sunday Morning Shows), even Johnson himself has shifted from "this isn't about Healthcare" to "Actually we're definitely going to be serious about Healthcare, super serious".

Healthcare was the 4th highest priority for American voters this time last year, but I won't be surprised if this entire situation causes that to rise up further just through osmosis.

Also Dems get to throw in an Epstein jab here and there. Really Rs they should have just rushed that vote in right before the shutdown rather than making it a part of it, because it's going to happen no matter what but now it's *attached* to this.