“At this time, there will be no benefits issued November 01. We are approaching an inflection point for Senate Democrats. They can continue to hold out for healthcare for illegal aliens and gender mutilation procedures or reopen the government so mothers, babies, and the most vulnerable among us can receive critical nutrition assistance,” the warning adds.
Top Democrats have suggested that they are unbothered by the pain they are inflicting on the American people in their shutdown, as Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA), the number two ranking House Democrat, recently admitted that this is all about political leverage for Democrats.
“Shutdowns are terrible, and of course there will be families that are going to suffer,” she told Fox News. “We take that responsibility very seriously. But it is one of the few leverage times we have.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), meanwhile, has continued to remind the American people that it is Democrats – not Republicans – who are inflicting harm on the American people for the sake of their own political survival.
“The Schumer shutdown was never about health care,” Johnson said on Monday. “That’s a distraction. It’s red herring, as we say in debate club, ok? This is about fear. … Everybody in the country is watching the elections that will happen tomorrow. … The attention is focused primarily on New York City.”
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani waves to the crowd during a rally on Sunday, October 26, 2025, in New York. (Heather Khalifa/AP)
Johnson said Democrats fear that socialist Zohran Mamdani will be elected as mayor and that their political future will be compromised if they do not bow to their radical left sect.
“Schumer and Jeffries and their colleagues fear political retribution from the far-left activists in their party more than they fear the consequences of keeping the government closed for weeks on end,” he said.
“They fear that personally for their own political future, and they care more about that than they care about SNAP benefits flowing to hungry families, about air traffic controllers being paid so they can keep the skies safe, border patrol, troops, and all the rest. It pales in comparison,” the Speaker said. “It is extremism on the left that is the direct cause of American suffering right now.”
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