Good. Democrats need to stand up for what is right, since Republicans never will.
During the 2013 shutdown, Chuck Schumer said:
I believe in immigration reform. What if I persuaded my caucus to say I’m going to shut the government down, I’m going to not pay our bills unless I get my way. It’s a politics of idiocy, of confrontation, of paralysis.
It’s fun to find examples of hypocrisy like this, even if one thinks Schumer is/was wrong.
Luckily Schumer has no power to shut the government down. Even if he convinces every Democrat to go along with him, the Republicans can keep the government running, if they want to. Such is the power of the minority party, post-filibuster.
Now if the Republicans can’t even convince themselves that they should keep the government running, that’s another thing entirely.