1/They got all they realistically could. Too many other factors forced this. If they continued, even if the GOP caved in on the ACA, it would have been "too little, too late" and many of the general public would have turned on the Dems for holding out because of loudmouths.
https://twitter.com/mmpadellan/status/1987728417115054140
2/This now forces Mike Johnson to either swear in @AdelitaForAZ with her casting the signature that forces a vote on releasing the #EpsteinFiles or admit he either fears or was explicably told if he swears her in, he and his family would face violent retaliation, including...
3/...potentially being murdered by MAGA-extremists or by those in the #EpsteinFiles facing prison and even potentially world and corporate leaders with mob ties sending those in to do it. Also, there is the matter of people losing SNAP because of this shutdown. Too many would..
4/...have blamed the Dems if the shutdown continued on that front, the Air Traffic Controller situation that is reducing flights and other matters that are as a whole much bigger than ACA subsidies. The Dems realistically got what they could out of this and it was a lot.
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