Sen. Adam Schiff was exactly right that the cruelty is the point with these people. The “let them eat cake” crowd could care less about the damage they’re inflicting while they stay on vacation, hold lavish parties and go golfing.
Schiff was asked by ABC’s George Stephanopoulos whether the Democrats were going to give in on the shutdown or not and Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent’s statement that “it’s just up to Democratic senators to turn around.”
Schiff pushed back hard on the notion that they should cave to this administration before blasting them for their indifference to the people they’re harming.
SEN. ADAM SCHIFF (D-CA): No. I certainly hope it isn’t going to happen, if millions of people are going to retain their health coverage and not have to pay these exorbitant premium increases. George, I’m hearing from people all over California, people with pre-existing conditions, people who tell me their premiums are going to go up $1,000 a month, that they’re going to have to drop their coverage. They know that’s really bad for them and their families.
