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The Don Lemon Show

LEMON DROP | Shutdown Chaos: Will the Dems Cave?!

The Don Lemon Show

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News, Society & Culture

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Don Lemon sits down with Democratic strategist Mike Nellis to break down the government shutdown. Where do Democrats stand in this fight, and how should they respond to MAGA’s chaos and blame-shifting? Nellis lays out the stakes, the strategy, and what Democrats must do next to protect Americans and push back against Trump’s manufactured crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.0

I have not heard that.

0:50.5

I would not be surprised if that was the case because they already went.

0:53.5

They lost like three or four votes yesterday.

0:56.3

I don't know.

0:57.0

I think it would be a mistake for Democrats to cave right now because if you were just going

0:59.7

to cave day one, why would you not just do this in the beginning and just pass a clean

1:03.2

CR or an extension?

1:04.7

It's just another example of like put up a fight and then get everybody rubbed up for it and

1:08.4

then cave in the end.

1:09.8

Yeah, I don't understand it. Why do they always do that? Look, right now, I think they said that they're preparing maybe for a short term, one that, CR, one that expires before open enrollment for, you know, healthcare so that they can work on it then. But why would you ever trust the Republicans

1:28.6

right now? I wouldn't. I mean, look what happened in April when, you know, Chuck Schumer

1:32.7

did what he did. I mean, why would you trust that they would actually come back and do something

1:37.9

meaningful? No, well, they're not. You cannot trust this version of the Republican Party for a bunch

1:42.6

of reasons. Like one, congressional Republicans will not stand up to Donald Trump.

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