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October 14, 2025 | Rapid Response | Sonali Patel
Border Security / Immigration

Democrat Priorities: Illegals Get Billions, Americans Get a Shutdown

Rapid Response

Mike Johnson torched Senate and House Democrats today who continue to hold Americans hostage for $1.5 trillion in far-left demands, including:

  • $200 billion in taxpayer-funded benefits for illegals
  • Cutting $50 billion from rural hospitals
  • $500 million to Fake News outlets 
  • $5 billion for wasteful foreign projects like $3.9 million for LGBTQI+ democracy grants

These clowns actually think the American people are too dumb to see through their lies — they know it takes 60 votes in the Senate to pass Republicans’ clean funding bill, which means Democrats would have to vote for it to reopen the government.

And while Democrats use Americans as political pawns to fund healthcare for illegals, President Trump is finding ways to protect Americans from the consequences of the Democrat Shutdown.

Senate Democrats have their 8th chance to open the government today. Will they stop their reckless partisan games or will they continue to surrender to the far-left?