‘Why would I fight for you?’: How Dems’ role in averting government shutdown could hurt their base

Rep. Dent : "I think Chuck Schumer did the thing that he had to do. He realized there was no offering once the government shutdown. How are they going to get out of this? Trump was going to have a lot of leverage at that point." Rep. Ocasio Cortez : "There is a deep sense of outrage and betrayal. There are members of Congress who have won Trump ".

Chuck Schumer's leadership is a 'black stain' on Chuck Schumer , CNN 's John Sutter says.

Sutter: Democrats blew it, the tape, the Democratic Tea Party was born that the same day that Chuck Schumer took to that podium to read that very well crafted statement, they told us he folded like a paper napkin.

But here's where I have a problem. I don't understand where the leverage was that everyone's talking about Republicans would have had in a shutdown when they've already been shutting down the government.

Donna Brazile : Shutdown would have been bad. There was no off ramp. How do you get out of shutdown once you are in? Brazile says shutdown is a disaster. This is a bad bill. I'm not saying this is a good bill. It is not a clean continuing resolution. It's a partisan one. It largely funds the government as is. But as pointed out, there were some cuts here and there. Defense got a slight increase.