Democrats panicked on social media Saturday after mainstream media outlets like The New York Times and the Associated Press blamed them for an ongoing government shutdown, rather than Republicans and President Donald Trump.
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That single text message sent Democrats and activists into a panic. Dan Pfeiffer, a former Obama official and co-host of the podcast, "Pod Save America," that encouraged activists to pressure legislators for the shutdown, was visibly agitated on Twitter after seeing the message.
[TWITTER]https://twitter.com/danpfeiffer/status/954561120227831808[/TWITTER]
Others spent much of the day Saturday attempting to "refute" the NYT's assessment by suggesting that by not acquiescing to Democratic demands which, for a time included an amnesty program for DACA recipients' parents, it was the Republicans who were at fault for the shutdown.
[TWITTER]https://twitter.com/ashleyfeinberg/status/954558489585766400[/TWITTER]
But the public relations campaign failed before it even began. Left-leaning blog, Slate, agreed with The New York Times that ultimately a 51-person Republican majority could not have overridden a Senate filibuster requiring 60 votes to terminate. Bloomberg news ran with the headline, "U.S. Shutdown Starts as Senate Democrats Block GOP Funding Plan,” and the Associated Press declared, “Senate Democrats derail bill to avert shutdown.”
UH-OH: Democrats Panic After Mainstream Media Sources Blame THEM For Government Shutdown
New York Times, Associated Press named names in government showdown.
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That single text message sent Democrats and activists into a panic. Dan Pfeiffer, a former Obama official and co-host of the podcast, "Pod Save America," that encouraged activists to pressure legislators for the shutdown, was visibly agitated on Twitter after seeing the message.
[TWITTER]https://twitter.com/danpfeiffer/status/954561120227831808[/TWITTER]
Others spent much of the day Saturday attempting to "refute" the NYT's assessment by suggesting that by not acquiescing to Democratic demands which, for a time included an amnesty program for DACA recipients' parents, it was the Republicans who were at fault for the shutdown.
[TWITTER]https://twitter.com/ashleyfeinberg/status/954558489585766400[/TWITTER]
But the public relations campaign failed before it even began. Left-leaning blog, Slate, agreed with The New York Times that ultimately a 51-person Republican majority could not have overridden a Senate filibuster requiring 60 votes to terminate. Bloomberg news ran with the headline, "U.S. Shutdown Starts as Senate Democrats Block GOP Funding Plan,” and the Associated Press declared, “Senate Democrats derail bill to avert shutdown.”
UH-OH: Democrats Panic After Mainstream Media Sources Blame THEM For Government Shutdown
New York Times, Associated Press named names in government showdown.
