If some people would put down their juice boxes and crayons and do a little reading, they would realize the Senate needs 60 votes to reopen the government. This is a Democrat shutdown, and they know it.

Oh please. You guys have bypassed the filibuster for far less. Man, in a world of fake people, you're the fakest.

Care to do a little reading yourself, John?

The GOP doesn't have the votes, and Trump won't let them negotiate with the minority to get the votes. That is literally a MAGA GOP shutdown and fake hick Kennedy knows it.

It’s almost like you legislative terrorists need to NEGOTIATE and give in to the demand that you NOT TRIPLE HEALTHCARE PREMIUMS

Can someone explain to the "Know it all" senator for Louisiana that the 60 vote rule was created to allow input from the minority and to increase bipartisanship? Also, let it be known that the majority party has the power to waive the 60 vote rule if they don't like it. It's a #RepublicanShutdown whether he wants to admit it or not.

Nice try foghorn leghorn. The American people are tired of your BS

😂😂😂 if you wanted to you can nuke the filibuster. Y'all do it whenever it suits you so nope. You want to keep stealing from the middle class you do it by yourselves.

Maybe you could explain why this is the first Congress in our history that thinks it’s OK to just ram through their partisan bills and refuse to negotiate @SenJohnKennedy ? Are you that afraid of Trump? @SenSchumer @SenateDems

You said it best Senator. They are morons!

Senate GOP could use the "nuclear option" to end the shutdown. They could lower the 60-vote filibuster to 51 on a funding bill, like they did for Trump's nominees in 2017. It's never used for spending before, but it's mechanically possible & leaders will hesitate over backlash.

#TrumpsOnTheList #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles

Democrats demand endless handouts while holding the government hostage. Their ACA subsidy gambit is a Trojan horse—expanding benefits for illegals under the guise of "clarifications." Republicans are right to hold the line. Real reform means cutting waste, not funding lawlessness. Shutdowns end when Dems prioritize citizens over political games. See how the numbers expose the real cost of these so-called "clarifications":

FUNNY, REPUBLICANS VOTED AGAINST YOUR FUCKING BILL TOO. FUCK OFF.

@mill73194 They know but are covering their IOUs. Every Democratic Senator received money from the healthcare insurance industry. Some amassed significant amounts.

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The crowds are huge..everywhere..#NoKingsOct18 #TrumpsGovernmentShutdown

Really? Maybe you shouldn’t have passed your Big Ugly Bill without meeting with Democrats at all. We know you were scared your richest donors wouldn’t get that tax cut if Dems tried to stop u from throwing 17 mil off their health insurance, huh? Now you need Dem votes. Whoops!

Juice boxes? Let's discuss the admin's adult sippy cup of hypocrisy. Trump's third shutdown isn't gridlock—it's a purge: $28B frozen in blue-state projects while military pay gets $8B Band-Aids. Governing via tantrum. Since Oct 1, Trump explicitly vowed to cut "Democrat programs" while furloughing 900k workers & illegally firing 442 HUD staff (halted by courts Oct 10). His admin sent 4,200 layoff notices Oct 15, gutting CDC & Education as 700k work unpaid. Senate math can't hide this sabotage. Two Americas: one gets paid, one gets played.

AOC is the poster child for not electing bartenders to Congress.

You KNOW the GOP could end this shutdown any time they wanted to so fuck off, you lying sack of shit.

#NoKings #GOPshutdown #MAGAPedoProtectors #CornponeChronicles #FoghornLeghornFiles It’s #NoKingsDay, y’all. So naturally, Colonel Cornpone (aka Sen. John Kennedy) is out here tryin’ to change the subject like a possum in a henhouse: “If some people would put down their juice boxes and crayons… this is a Democrat shutdown, and they know it.” Ah say, Ah say now hold up there, son! You’ve done got your suspenders in a twist again. Tryin’ to blame the Democrats for the shutdown YOU helped engineer is like burnin’ down the barn and then hollerin’ at the cows for not repaintin’ it! You sittin’ there with your folksy finger-paint wisdom, talkin’ ‘bout juice boxes and crayons — meanwhile you and your MAGA Sand Box Menagerie been usin’ the Senate floor like it’s romper room for rich folks who never read a budget they didn’t want to blow up. This shutdown isn’t a mystery. It’s the natural result of hostage politics, performative obstruction, and the broken Marionette Puppet — @SpeakerJohnson — held together with evangelical duct tape and the ghost of Jeffery Epstein. You can’t handle the truth son — even I know it only takes one party holdin’ the House hostage and threatenin’ to stick a big ol’ “Gone Fishin’” sign on the government to cause this mess — and spoiler alert, it ain’t the Democrats! You want 60 votes? Start by passing one clean bill in the House. But that would mean governing —not grifting. And we all know your caucus prefers crayon drawings of conspiracy theories over actual policy. So put down your mint julep, Colonel, and stop squawkin’ about “Democrat shutdowns.” This coop collapse has your feathers all over it.

Why would Democrats turn their backs on millions of Americans so you can give billionaires massive tax cuts, gov't bailouts, and subsidies?

If the Republican CR was truly clean, it can be done by majority, but it's not clean...

Attention @SenJohnKennedy, USAID is handing out pamphlets at the “NO KINGS” rally in DC while the shut down is happening!!! Shouldn’t SOMEONE look into this?…👇

I dont' think they actually know how to read. Ref Pelosi, "We have to pass it to know what's in it."

They might also realize that EVERYTHING the Democrats stand for is in direct conflict to principles THIS SOVEREIGN NATION was founded on. When you look at what they are TRYING to install, then look at WEF and UN leadership- you begin to see the Democrats have ZERO loyalty to the United States.

The GOP being the majority should be reaching out like the Democrats have been this whole time to negotiate to reach that 60. That's what your WHOLE job is about. Y'all have forgotten how to do your basic duties as government officials that work for us. Stop the petty bickering!

The next election we need to make sure we have 63 Republicans in the Senate. Problem solved.

Ugh oh. Taking healthcare away from 20M Americans and raising premiums for 10s of millions is the issue you refuse to address.

You can do the nuclear option and clear the bill with your majority votes. But then you own that bill and all its consequences.....

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