On Wednesday, Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY) lashed out at the eight Senate Democrats who caved and joined Republicans to reopen the government. After 40 days of a government shutdown, eight Senate Democrats caved and joined the Republicans to advance legislation to reopen the government. These Democrat Senators and Independents who caucus with Democrats voted in favor: King (ME) Fetterman (PA), Cortez Masto (NV), Shaheen (NH), Hassan (NH), Rosen (NM) Kaine (VA) and Dick Durbin (IL). In a stunning admission, Durbin, the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the Democrats’ shutdown strategy was to starve children. “Many of my friends are unhappy. They think we should have kept our government closed indefinitely to protest the policies of the Trump administration,” Durbin said. Durbin…
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