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Sen. Jon Husted didn’t mince words on Newsmax’s Wake Up America, saying Democrats are weaponizing a government shutdown to undermine President Trump’s agenda and to squeeze concessions on healthcare and immigration that ordinary Americans never voted for. Husted argued the answer is simple: reopen the government and stop using American families as political hostages.
Husted pushed back hard against Democratic complaints that Republicans caused a healthcare crisis, pointing out that reopening the government would immediately restore critical services — and accusing Democrats of trying to funnel Medicaid dollars to illegal immigrants while lecturing hardworking citizens about compassion. His remarks echoed earlier statements from his office urging Congress to do its job and stop grinding the country to a halt.
That’s why Husted signed onto the No Budget, No Pay proposal, joining common-sense conservatives who say lawmakers shouldn’t be cashing paychecks while federal workers and military personnel go without. Holding members of Congress financially accountable when they fail to fund the government is exactly the kind of accountability Americans expect from their representatives.
Conservative voices across the Hill agree that Democrats are playing political games with people’s lives, not governing. Senators like John Thune and Joni Ernst have publicly accused Senate Democrats of choosing a shutdown for partisan advantage, a position confirmed by multiple GOP lawmakers who note the simple fact that reopening only takes a handful of Democrats willing to put country over caucus.
Meanwhile, the human cost of this shutdown is real: federal employees, servicemembers, and families are feeling the squeeze, and Democrats are proposing band-aid bills to cover narrow needs like childcare instead of ending the crisis immediately. If Democrats genuinely cared about Americans, they would stop the theater and join Republicans in reopening the government so agencies — and health programs — can resume operations without partisan strings attached.
Patriotic conservatives should take pride in leaders like Husted who refuse to bow to political extortion and who demand that Washington put Americans first. The message is plain: don’t let obstructionist tactics and headline-chasing Democrats sabotage national priorities or undermine a sitting president — reopen the government, restore paychecks, and get back to the work the American people sent us here to do.
