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on November 14, 2025, 10:31 am
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-shutdown-trump_n_69168debe4b0781acfd56dd0
MANCHESTER, N.H. – The longest government shutdown ever may finally be over, but the Democratic Party is just beginning to reckon with angry voters who are sick and tired of seeing them lose to President Donald Trump.
Their frustrations were particularly evident in New Hampshire, a state represented by two moderate Democrats in the Senate who helped cut a deal with Republicans that funded the government in return for essentially nothing. New Hampshirites who spoke to HuffPost this week said they felt demoralized by their surrender and called for new blood to carry the torch into the future.
“It’s like trying to root for a sports team that keeps getting whooped,” Becky Franks, a retired school principal from New Market, lamented on Wednesday.
“I’m really pissed at [Sen. Jeanne] Shaheen and [Sen. Maggie] Hassan,” added Rosemary Stewart, a retired social worker in Merrimack, of her two senators. “They did what Democrats always do: they buckle, and they taught Trump that he could get away with it.”
The anger is clearly reminiscent of the disillusion Republicans faced during the Tea Party era a decade ago, though it’s too soon to tell what it will mean for the party’s electoral chances. As mad as voters may be with Democrats, they’re even more angry at Trump, a dynamic that helped the party notch big victories in Virginia and New Jersey earlier this month. However, in the short term, the ongoing discontent could lead to another government shutdown early next year.
WILL lead to another shutdown. And again, and again, and again..
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