Fox News keeps forcing Trump into shutdowns

Government shutdowns are disasters for Republicans, but right-wing media makes it almost impossible for the GOP to compromise in a budget fight.

The U.S. government has experienced three major shutdowns over the past twenty-five years. In 1995, it was a fight over programs like Medicare. In 2013, it was over an effort to defund Obamacare. In 2018, it was over funding for a border wall. And while each crisis revolved around a different policy fight, they all followed a similar pattern: Republicans, egged on by right-wing pundits and talk radio, were pressured into forcing a government shutdown that eventually blew up in their faces.

Ever since the 90s, Republicans have become dependent on right-wing outlets like Fox News and Rush Limbaugh to rally and mobilize their supporters. That’s garnered them success in major elections, but it’s also backed them into a corner. Republicans know they can’t betray the conservative pundits who helped elect them, but those pundits are becoming more and more ideologically extreme, pressuring Republicans to shut the government down over even minor funding disputes.

As long as right-wing media has a stranglehold on conservative politics, Republicans will keep finding themselves steered into crises they know they can’t win.

[troperhghar]

This is what happens when government becomes about winning instead of governing

[lourencovieira]

When ur not from the USA and u need entertainement.

[badmeme]

A good chunk of wall

Or maybe, idk, fixing the school system?

[colorado]

The fact that someone can say "in order to repeal healthcare we have to shut the government down" and not cause a national crisis is mind blowing. If that was said by a major TV host in a different country like The UK or Canada, they would've been destroyed.

[wesleyrodgers]

"A shutdown means the president is weak. " trump 2013.

[Tezrak]

Vox: "This is the longest shutdown we've ever had."
Homer Simpson: "So far."

[hassanoffical]

*Laughs in European, sits back and eats popcorn*

[TBH-nuso]

“...bully this president who was elected by the people of this nation, ”

I didn’t know that Russia was our 51st state!

[dancasey]

This video was released 5 minutes ago and already has 41 dislikes, the video is 9 minutes long. You could at least watch the video before coming to an opinion.

[paddyl.]

When a cable channel becomes the president of the USA.

[UZIKING]

When you’re interested in politics but you want comedy.

[this_is_patrick]

Imagine playing with the direct livelihood of nearly a million people and their families and jeopardizing the lives of over 300 million people because you don't want healthcare.

[davidbuschhorn]

My mom watches FoxNew avidly. I figured out an important thing with this. She doesn't know how to look anything up. Literally can't use Google because she "doesn't know how to work it." She is their key audience.

People who cannot fact check. :(

[thomaspike]

Do Conservatives just sit around all day waiting for a Vox video to dislike?

[jdzajdza]

News channels is not suppose to be biased but to be neutral throughout. They must provide information for the viewers to decide what is right and wrong. News agencies are not supposed to tell people what to think. And I think that is the biggest downfall for the country listening to news agents as I know that people are intelligent to make their own decision.

[threemad]

editor using the mouth click sound from that one meme vid lol

[shawn]

Government is about comprise, that's how the Constitution is made and how the government should be used

[OmniSzron]

Man, I love Strikethrough. The way you guys put all these details into a more cohesive big picture is really pleasant to watch. Kudos.

[firstnamelastname]

What amazes me it that America some how has shutdowns despite the rest of the world working fine without shutdowns

[lilacdoe]

“This president who was elected by the people of this nation...”

You mean by the gerrymandered electoral college 🤣