After months of a looming threat of a government shutdown, this week saw it ramped up to high drama, with asinine politics and partisan accusations tossed around as the battle over the Continuing Resolution exploded. Also exploding was the bill itself, as what was to be an emergency stop-gap document swelled into a 1,500-page monolith of pork.
The political games were in full effect, with the attempt to ramrod this spending opportunity with only a three-day window of approval employed. Fortunately, this bloated bill was exposed for the sham it was and spiked early in the attempt. Then we saw another practiced D.C. tactic whenever spending cuts are threatened – highlighting cutting sensitive programs over the wasteful pork. For this iteration, the hacks brought up kids with cancer, and it was as desperate a move as it was easily shown to be an impotent accusation.
The attempt to accuse Republicans, and then Elon Musk of supposedly killing the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act – the bill was explained at length by RedState’s Teri Christoph – exposed both the desperation from the Democrats as well as the vacuous journalism seen from the sycophantic members of the press. The attempt to hurl intolerance towards the right while preserving the sanctity of government bloat was too much for journalists to resist.
Facts were tossed aside quickly to push this narrative, demonizing Republicans for supposedly craven decisions.