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Trump administration finds a creative new way to mock Democrats amid shutdown
Members of the Trump administration are enjoying their trolling streak while sour-faced Democrats continue to dig their heels in.
With President Donald Trump at the helm, the White House has consistently put out memes mocking Democrats for facilitating the government shutdown.
'You can negotiate in good faith while also poking a little bit of fun.'
Most recently, a constant loop of video memes was played in the White House briefing room, accusing Democrats of prioritizing health care for illegal aliens over paying government employees.
The memes feature various slogans, including "Don't be dumb. Fund the government." These videos were displayed on Thursday, marking the second day of the government shutdown.
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The White House is playing a loop of different memes in the briefing room mocking Congressional Democrats over the shutdown.
“Don’t be dumb. Fund the government.”@theblaze pic.twitter.com/l1ibr2hq4B
— Rebeka Zeljko (@rebekazeljko) October 2, 2025
This video loop is just the latest in a series of memes put out by the Trump administration.
Earlier in the week, Trump posted a video of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries at a press conference with a photoshopped sombrero and a cartoon mustache with mariachi music playing in the background.
Jeffries claimed to take offense at the meme, calling it a "disgusting video" during a news interview.
"It's a disgusting video, and we're going to continue to make clear: Bigotry will get you nowhere," Jeffries said in response to the meme.
Trump doubled down on the trolling, promptly clipping Jeffries' response and photoshopping the same sombrero and mustache onto the Democratic leader. This time around, Trump added extra flair, additionally editing himself as the mariachi band behind Jeffries.
Vice President JD Vance was asked about the memes during a press conference on Wednesday, and in response, he made Jeffries a humorous offer.
"I'll tell Hakeem Jeffries right now — I make this solemn promise to you, that if you help us reopen the government, the sombrero memes will stop," Vance said during the briefing.
"I think it's funny. The president's joking, and we're having a good time," Vance added. "You can negotiate in good faith while also poking a little bit of fun."
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Government grinds to a halt after Democrats force first shutdown in 6 years
While congressional Democrats continue to dig their heels in, the federal government has officially shut down for the first time in over half a decade.
The government shut down at midnight on October 1 after Democrats continuously blocked the Republican-led funding bill in the Senate. The GOP's funding bill is a clean, 91-page continuing resolution with no partisan anomalies. The only new provision in the Republican bill is a bipartisan provision that boosts security funding for politicians in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's horrific assassination.
'The ball is in the Democrats’ court.'
Rather than passing the clean bipartisan resolution, Democrats have insisted on ramming through their $1.5 trillion funding bill that reverses every meaningful legislative accomplishment Congress passed earlier in the year with President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Some of these Democratic priorities include continuing $350 billion worth of Biden-era subsidies, reviving federal funds for PBS and NPR, and reinstating public health care benefits for illegal aliens.
"House Republicans passed the SAME clean, nonpartisan CR that Chuck Schumer himself voted for back in March — and called 'the right thing to do,'" Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) wrote in a post on X. "The ONLY thing that’s changed since then is pressure from his base to close down the government. That’s not leadership, it’s cowardice."
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"The ball is in the Democrats’ court," Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said in a post on X. "But Chuck Schumer wants a Schumer shutdown."
The House previously passed the GOP's continuing resolution in a 217-212 vote, with just one Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden of Maine, joining Republicans to keep the government open. Republican Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Victoria Spartz of Indiana voted against the bill.
The Senate eventually took up both the Republicans' clean CR and the Democrats' hyper-partisan funding bill on Tuesday, both of which failed. Although Republicans enjoy a supermajority in Congress, the CR needs 60 votes to pass the Senate. Assuming all 53 Republicans vote for the bill, at least seven Democrats will have to cave to reopen the government.
Notably, Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and John Fetterman of Pennsylvania as well as independent Sen. Angus King of Maine voted in favor of the Republican funding bill. One GOP senator, Rand Paul of Kentucky, voted against it. Both bills will be up for a vote again in the Senate on Wednesday.
Although shutdowns have historically proven to be unpopular, Republicans are seizing the opportunity to continue implementing the MAGA mandate.
Ahead of the shutdown, Russell Vought's Office of Management and Budget began circulating a memo directing different agencies to identify programs whose funding would lapse following the shutdown and to begin drafting reduction in force notices for employees who would be affected.
As of this writing, Vought announced that roughly $18 billion in New York City infrastructure projects have been halted to "ensure funding is not flowing based on unconstitutional DEI principles."
"It is unclear how long Democrats will maintain their untenable posture, making the duration of the shutdown difficult to predict," Vought wrote in a memo released Tuesday. "Regardless, employees should report to work for their next regularly scheduled tour of duty to undertake orderly shutdown activities. We will issue another memorandum indicating that government functions should resume once the president has signed a bill providing for appropriations."
To Vought's point, it remains unclear how long Democrats will allow the government to stay closed. The last shutdown began on December 22, 2018, during Trump's first term, after Congress failed to approve a spending package that included funding for Trump's border wall. The shutdown lasted 35 days, the longest in history.
The government eventually reopened on January 25, 2019, after Congress reached a deal to pass a temporary spending bill without border funding, and Trump signed it.
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White House dares Democrats with nuclear response to looming shutdown
While Democrats continue to dig their heels in ahead of the looming deadline to avert a government shutdown, the White House has made clear that the administration is willing to go nuclear.
The Office of Management and Budget, headed by Director Russell Vought, escalated the already tense funding fight by threatening mass firings across the federal workforce if Democrats shut down the government. In a new memo, the OMB directed agencies to identify programs whose funding lapses after the September 30 deadline and instructed them to begin drafting reduction in force notes for employees who may be affected.
Democrats introduced their own bill containing a $1.5 trillion 'progressive reckless wish list.'
"Over the past 10 fiscal years, Congress has consistently passed Continuing Resolutions on or by September 30 on a bipartisan basis," the memo reads. "Unfortunately, congressional Democrats are signaling that they intend to break this bipartisan trend and shut down the government in the coming days over a series of insane demands, including $1 trillion in new spending."
"As such, it has never been more important for the administration to be prepared for a shutdown if the Democrats choose to pursue one."
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The House narrowly passed the GOP-led continuing resolution in a 217-212 vote, seeking to keep the government open through November 21. The funding bill was a clean 91-page CR that included anomalies to increase funding for security, allocating $30 million for Congress, $30 million for the executive branch, and $28 million for the judicial branch.
As the memo points out, the clean CR was consistent with previous bipartisan funding bills. Despite this, Democrats refused to reach across the aisle to keep the government open and instead introduced their own bill containing a $1.5 trillion "progressive reckless wish list."
The Senate is now tasked with taking up the CR just days before the deadline.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the Trump administration's threat to fire federal workers is just an "attempt at intimidation." Notably, the shutdown would not affect programs like Social Security, Medicare, veterans' benefits, law enforcement, military operations, Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and air traffic control.
"This is an attempt at intimidation," Schumer said in a post on X. "Donald Trump has been firing federal workers since day one — not to govern, but to scare. This is nothing new and has nothing to do with funding the government. These unnecessary firings will either be overturned in court or the administration will end up hiring the workers back, just like they did as recently as this week."
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Dozens of 'morally bankrupt' Democrats vote against condemning Charlie Kirk's assassination
The House has passed a resolution honoring Charlie Kirk's legacy and condemning his horrific assassination. Although the resolution garnered bipartisan support, dozens of Democrats couldn't bring themselves to honor Kirk.
The resolution passed in a 310-58 vote, with 95 Democrats joining 210 Republicans to commemorate the conservative activist. That being said, 38 Democrats voted present, 22 didn't vote at all, and 58 voted against the resolution all together.
'The Democrat party is clearly so morally bankrupt that many of them have lost all sense of decency.'
Notably, the House unanimously passed a resolution condemning the assassination of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman, a Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party member who was brutally gunned down in her home in June.
Despite unifying behind their fellow Democrats like Hortman, House progressives like Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan refused to formally condemn Kirk's assassination.
Here is a list of all the Democrats who voted "no" on the resolution honoring Kirk and condemning his murder:
- Rep. Gabe Amo of Rhode Island
- Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio
- Rep. Wesley Bell of Missouri
- Rep. Sanford Bishop of Georgia
- Rep. Shontel Brown of Ohio
- Rep. Andre Carson of Indiana
- Rep. Troy Carter of Louisiana
- Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida
- Rep. Yvette Clarke of New York
- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri
- Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina
- Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas
- Rep. Danny Davis of Illinois
- Rep. Veronica Escobar of Texas
- Rep. Adriano Espaillat of New York
- Rep. Cleo Fields of Louisiana
- Rep. Shomari Figures of Alabama
- Rep. Valerie Foushee of North Carolina
- Rep. Maxwell Frost of Florida
- Rep. Sylvia Garcia of Texas
- Rep. Jimmy Gomez of California
- Rep. Al Green of Texas
- Rep. Jahana Hayes of Connecticut
- Rep. Steven Horsford of Nevada
- Rep. Glenn Ivey of Maryland
- Rep. Jonathan Jackson of Illinois
- Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington
- Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia
- Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove of California
- Rep. Robin Kelly of Illinois
- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois
- Rep. Summer Lee of Pennsylvania
- Rep. Lucy McBath of Georgia
- Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey
- Rep. Robert Menendez of New Jersey
- Rep. Kweisi Mfume of Maryland
- Rep. Gwen Moore of Wisconsin
- Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York
- Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota
- Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts
- Rep. Mike Quigley of Illinois
- Rep. Delia Ramirez of Illinois
- Rep. Emily Randall of Washington
- Rep. Bobby Scott of Virginia
- Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama
- Rep. Lateefah Simon of California
- Rep. Marilyn Strickland of Washington
- Rep. Emilia Sykes of Ohio
- Rep. Shri Thanedar of Michigan
- Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi
- Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan
- Rep. Lauren Underwood Illinois
- Rep. Nydia Velazquez of New York
- Rep. Maxine Waters of California
- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey
- Rep. Nikema Williams of Georgia
- Rep. Frederica Wilson of Florida
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Although similar resolutions have been passed unanimously in the Senate, House Republicans have pointed fingers at the "morally bankrupt" Democrats who refuse to condemn Kirk's murder.
"Their silence spoke volumes," Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney of New York said in a post on X. "Americans won’t forget."
"The Democrat party is clearly so morally bankrupt that many of them have lost all sense of decency," Majority Whip Tom Emmer of Minnesota said in a post on X. "Absolutely shameful."
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Most Democrats vote against bill boosting security funds for politicians following Kirk assassination
The House narrowly passed a short-term funding bill that keeps the government open and boosts funding for security for government officials in light of Charlie Kirk's atrocious assassination.
The GOP-led continuing resolution is a slim 91-page bill that keeps the lights on through November 21. In accordance with the White House request, the bill also includes spending anomalies that increase funding for security, allocating $30 million for Congress, $30 million for the executive branch, and $28 million for the judicial branch, totaling $88 million.
'Republicans are doing the actual work of governing.'
The CR passed the House Friday morning in a 217-212 vote, with Republican Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Victoria Spartz of Indiana bucking their party.
Just one Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden of Maine, joined 216 Republicans to keep the government open before the September 30 funding deadline.
"House Republicans passed a clean continuing resolution that preserves President Trump's rescissions and keeps the government funded while we work to finalize conservative full-year appropriations bills and return to regular order that will deliver real results for the American people,"Republican Study Committee Chairman August Pfluger (Texas) said.
"Now the Senate must act swiftly to pass this CR and avoid the costly disruption of a government shutdown. House Republicans are doing the actual work of governing while Democrats demand a progressive reckless wish list instead of working with us to put Americans' priorities first."
Although one Democrat eventually aided Republicans in passing the continuing resolution, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is still digging his heels in.
Schumer and his Democrat colleagues are insistent that the Republican-led funding bill will push the government to shut down. Democrats even proposed their own funding alternative that boasts a hefty $1.5 trillion price tag, including a continuation of $350 billion worth of Biden-era subsidies, funneling millions to illegal aliens and left-wing organizations, and reversing billions of dollars in spending cuts Congress already codified.
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Despite Democrats' grandstanding, the Republicans' resolution is headed to the Senate and is expected to sail through sometime next week.
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