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The Real Motives For the GOP and the Government Shutdown.

This is all a part of their plan.

3 min readOct 1, 2025

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Well, it happened.

After being unable and unwilling to come to any sort of an agreement, the government has been forced to shut down and it doesn’t appear as though any resolution is in sight any time soon.

CNN reports:

“The federal government has officially shut down for the first time in six years after a deadlocked Congress failed to pass a funding measure to keep the lights on — and no one inside the Capitol knows what will happen next.

Once the funding deadline passed, Republicans and Democrats immediately began pointing fingers at one another for the shutdown. Republicans insist Democrats need to simply agree to extend current funding for another seven weeks. Democrats are demanding any funding bill contain an extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act premium subsidies…”

The Democrats have decided they are standing their ground when it comes to Medicare and Medicaid funding, but let’s talk about what all of this means for the GOP, and Donald Trump and his agenda in particular.

Let’s be clear…they want to hurt you.

They want to hurt you, and they want to hurt these federal employees as well. They do not care…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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