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This Shutdown is Shameful

Nov 7, 2025

Democrats are refusing to fund SNAP, making children and the elderly go hungry. They refuse to fund our military, leaving us vulnerable.

We know military members, ambassadors, and government staff who have not been paid in five weeks and can’t even check their email. Their government credit cards are maxed out.

And now the FAA has reduced flights by 10% in 40 major airports because TSA and air traffic controllers are not being paid.

Instead of passing a clean Continuing Resolution (CR) to keep the government running, Chuck Schumer and AOC are demanding that Congress add 1.5 TRILLION dollars to the debt.

The Schumer Shakedown is wicked. Tell Congress to fund the critical government infrastructure and do not bow to Schumer’s ransom demands.

To understand the magnitude of 1.5 TRILLION dollars, you would need to spend 1 million dollars EVERY hour for 171 years.

This staggering amount will burden generations and is not sustainable.

A large portion of this 1.5 TRILLION is to fund Obamacare. Barack Obama and the Democrats said Obamacare would NOT increase our national deficit:

  • Obamacare is “reducing our deficit by over $1 trillion in the next two decades. It is paid for, it is fiscally responsible, and it will help lift a decades-long drag on our economy.” — Barack Obama, March 23, 2010

  • “Everything in the bill is fully paid for. It reduces short- and long-term deficits.” — Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), Nov. 21, 2009

  • Obamacare “would cut the deficit by more than $100 billion in the first 10 years” and Obamacare will result in "the largest deficit reduction of any bill adopted by Congress since 1993."— Steny Hoyer (D-MD), March 18, 2010

  • Obamacare “reduces the deficit. ... The bill is fiscally sound, will not add one dime to the deficit.” — Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Oct. 29, 2009

  • “I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits — either now or in the future.” — Barack Obama, Sept. 9, 2009

They all lied.

The Obamacare that was sold as “not adding one dime” is a major part of the 1.5 TRILLION MORE DOLLARS Democrats want to add to the deficit, along with a massive expansion of benefits for illegal aliens, and much more.

Democrats are demanding that not only do we pay this now, but they want to permanently include Obamacare funding.

They are demanding a slide into socialized medicine! Urge Congress to stand firm. Urge everyone in Congress to pass a clean CR now.

Schumer is following the direction of AOC, who will primary him if he does not do what she demands. The Schumer Shakedown is about Schumer’s political career. Democrats want to:

  • Remove work requirements for able-bodied adults on taxpayer-funded health programs.

  • Rescind border security measures and halt the wall.

  • Provide free health care for illegal aliens.

  • Repeal 50 billion dollars in rural health care, strangling small-town hospitals and clinics that are in rural Republican communities.

  • Redirect funding to racist DEI pet projects in foreign countries.

  • Prop up liberal propaganda outlets like NPR.

  • Funnel money into wasteful Green New Deal grant schemes.

  • Usurp presidential authority over emergency funds.

  • Lock in Biden-era green grant handouts.

  • Add an additional 1.5 TRILLION dollars in NEW spending!

Meanwhile — Americans are suffering in countless ways:

  • TSA and air traffic ontrollers have no income — putting us at risk.

  • Ten percent of flights are being canceled in major airports.

  • Pets are being surrendered because families can’t afford them.

  • Military members and law enforcement officers are unpaid.

Democrats are trying to handicap President Trump — and they don’t care who gets hurt. It is time to stand up to these bullies and tell them to pass a clean CR and end this punishment of our nation.

Everything is on the line — security, stability, and the future of our children. 
Do not let Congress buckle under pressure.

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Mat Staver, Chairman
John Stemberger, President
Liberty Counsel Action

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