The Daily Signal Presents “The “Signal Sitdown - How Trump Changed Republicans' Shutdown Game | Rep. Mike Haridopolos

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🗓️ 18 October 2025

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There’s no end in sight for the current government shutdown, which entered its third week on Wednesday. While Democrats are clinging to their $1.5 trillion demands—and Republicans, for once, are refusing to capitulate—there has been a palpable shift in the government shutdown state of play. This week, Rep. Mike Haridopolos, R-Fla., joins ⁠“The Signal Sitdown”⁠ to discuss the evolving dynamics of shutdown politics. “Historically it should be a surprise,” that Democrats have opted to shut down the government, Haridopolos told ⁠The Daily Signal⁠. “The Democrats historically have always got along with a clean [continuing resolution],” he added. That’s especially the case in recent history, as Democrats have voted upwards of a dozen times for a nearly identical continuing resolution that kept the government open and running on spending levels set during former President Joe Biden’s administration. To add insult to injury, the continuing resolution that would last through Nov. 21 was negotiated by Republican and Democrat appropriators. “We negotiated this ahead of time,” Haridopolos told The Daily Signal. “[House Appropriations Chairman] Tom Cole sat down, of course, with the House appropriators and Democrat appropriators, and said, ‘We're going to have a clean [continuing resolution], what else do you need? We want to do it till January.” Democrats, however, wanted the continuing resolution to expire in November. “We acquiesced and said, ‘Okay, fine, November 21,’” Haridopolos continued. “We negotiated. So this drama about ‘They never had a seat at the table’ is wrong.” Keep Up With The Daily Signal Sign up for our email newsletters:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.dailysignal.com/email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to our other shows: The Tony Kinnett Cast: ⁠https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL2284199939⁠ The Signal Sitdown: ⁠https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL2026390376⁠ Problematic Women:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL7765680741⁠ Victor Davis Hanson: ⁠https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL9809784327⁠ Follow The Daily Signal: X:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://x.com/intent/user?screen_name=DailySignal⁠ Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/thedailysignal/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/TheDailySignalNews/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Truth Social:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://truthsocial.com/@DailySignal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1⁠ Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and never miss an episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.7	Hi, Bradley Devlin here, politics editor of The Daily Signal,
0:33.7	and I'm excited to share this episode of my show with The Daily Signal
0:36.7	called The Signal Sitdown with you. The Signal Sitdown is one of the Daily Signal's other podcasts,
0:43.1	and each show I bring you inside the biggest battles in Washington, D.C., with some of the
0:48.8	biggest names in politics. So if you like what you hear today, make sure you subscribe
0:53.3	to the Signal Sitdown
0:54.4	for weekly episodes. We'll see you there. The Democrats historically have always got along
0:59.1	with a clean CR. They have the gall now to say it's not a clean CR, which is always ironic.
1:03.9	And I think the listeners really need to know, we negotiated this ahead of time. You know that Tom
1:09.1	Cole sat down, of course, the House appropriators and said Democrat appropriators and said, we're going to have a clean CR and what else do you need? We want to do it until January. It said, no, no, no, it's got to be until November. We acquiesced and said, okay, fine, November 21. So we negotiated. So this drama about their, they never had a seat at the table is wrong. We spoke with them earlier. We thought for sure they'd always go along with the CR. That's been their entire political history. But of course, welcome to the modern Democrat Party who is clearly being held hostage by the more left-wing, if not super left-wing part of their party.
1:52.5	Thank you so much for tuning into the Signal Sitdown.
1:56.3	But before we get to the interview, we'd love it if you'd hit that like and subscribe button on YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you may be joining us.
2:00.0	And please remember to give us a five-star review because we love your feedback. Remember, it's your government, and together we'll expose how it really works and how to affect real change. Without further ado, here's the interview. Congressman Mike Herodopoulos, welcome to the Signal Sitdown. Well, it's great to be here, Bradley. Thanks for the opportunity.
2:17.7	It's a unique time in our history, as always, it seems like this year. But these are important conversations to have. Yes, government is shut down still. But you are here in Washington, D.C. Many people are not. Many people have done what several baseball teams have done in recent days. and that's go to Cancun and go on vacation and enjoy
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