Rick Wilson: Democrats Should Teach The Republican Base A “Painful Lesson” For Shutdown, There Are Consequences
MSNBC contributor Rick Wilson called on Democrats to teach the Republican base a “painful lesson” for the government shutdown.
RICK WILSON: And look, Trump is Trump has a pair of twos right now. He’s bluffing. Trump is bluffing. They are under pressure from their people. You’ll notice that the twenty five or twenty six Republicans in the swing seats, they’re not out posting the sassy sombrero memes. They’re not out bragging that Trump’s going to cut the government down to nothing. They’re not out there saying this is a great idea, Mr. President. They’re scared to death right now. The state of Virginia is going to have a blowout this year if they don’t if they’re not careful, because the message is not, oh, the Democrats are cutting government jobs in Virginia. It’s quite clear who cut the government jobs in Virginia. No one is buying that Doge was a Democratic operation. No one is buying that this shutdown and the early polling has all been running about one point five to one against Donald Trump on people who blame Trump and the Republicans for the shutdown. There’s going to be a political consequence to this that the Republicans will have to eat. And all the Democrats have to do is wait at this point. I know it’s hard. I know they don’t want to have people lose their health care coverage, but they should want to teach the Republican base a lesson. They should want to teach them a painful lesson. They should want those farmers to not get a bailout because if the Democrats go along with giving the farmers a bailout right now, you know what the farmers do? Hey, Trump was right. He got us a bailout. ALI VELSHI, HOST: And then Zoran Mamnani should call him a socialist.
