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Rep. Mark Harris told Newsmax’s Wake Up America that Democrats will face a political reckoning for weaponizing a government shutdown and for using federal employees as pawns in a partisan fight, calling the tactic the very definition of cruelty toward hardworking Americans. He warned that voters will not forget who chose to inflict pain rather than negotiate in good faith.
Congress is barreling back from recess with a funding fight that could shut down critical services, and Harris made clear that Republicans and Democrats are already playing political hardball instead of governing. He argued Republicans must unite to offer solutions that keep spending flat and protect taxpayers while preventing the left from turning a budget dispute into a theater of suffering.
Let’s be blunt: the cynical practice of using federal workers as leverage is an outrage, and it’s been widely reported that agencies are facing layoffs and furloughs as the standoff drags on. Democrats who cheer or excuse this so-called “politics of pain” are betting the American people will swallow the story that someone else is to blame when their families go without pay.
The political math is simple — when flights are delayed, benefits are disrupted, and paychecks are missed, voters look for who made the mess. Polling shows a majority of Americans view the shutdown as a major issue, and that political consequences follow whoever is seen as responsible for needless hardship. Conservatives should make no apologies for pointing out that inflicting economic pain as leverage is a losing strategy for any party that pretends to serve working families.
Harris also urged his GOP colleagues to get their act together and present a united alternative that protects essential services while reining in runaway spending, because the last thing patriots want is a bunch of finger-pointing instead of results. Republicans who care about small government and accountability must be both disciplined and compassionate — defending federal workers’ pay while cutting the waste that burdens taxpayers.
Americans are tired of elites who prefer headlines to hard work. It’s time for principled conservatives to stand tall, expose the Democrats’ political games, and offer real solutions that keep government running without growing into an unaccountable, permanent spending machine.
Hardworking Americans deserve better than political theater that treats public servants and families like bargaining chips. Stand with commonsense leadership that puts country over party, and let the next election be the judgment day for those who chose pain over progress.
