"Clearly, this is a Hobson’s choice. The CR is a bad bill. But as bad as the CR is, I believe allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option."
"We will win!"
"For sure, the Republican bill is a terrible option. It is not a clean CR. It is deeply partisan. It doesn’t address far too many of this country’s needs."
"Musk can use the shutdown to target 'furloughed' employees as useless, and lay them off."
"A shutdown would be the best distraction Donald Trump could ask for from his awful agenda."
"There are no winners in a government shutdown. It’s not really a decision, it’s a Hobson’s choice: Either proceed with the bill before us or risk Donald Trump throwing America into the chaos of a shut..."
"Clearly, this is a Hobson’s choice; the CR is a bad bill. But as bad as the CR is, I believe allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option."
"The potential for a shutdown has consequences for America that are much, much worse."
"I believe it is the best way to minimize the harm that the Trump administration will do to the American people."
"a government shutdown would give Trump 'more power.'"
"If we go into a shutdown, and I told my caucus this, there’s no off-ramp."