Government shutdown: Did Dems make the right move?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : A one-month bill would've opened the way to negotiations for a better bill to reassert congressional power and rein in Trump and Musk -- as well as fix other parts of the budget.
45% : Laura: If Democrats want to stand up to Trump, they need to win some elections.
40% : But this was a time to be strong and stand up to Trump and a Republican majority too timid to fight the usurpation of congressional authority and real harm to people.
38% : First, strong opposition to what Trump is doing isn't only from party progressives.
26% : He made some plausible points, including that Trump would've abused the power a shutdown could give him -- and used it as an alibi for the big economic problems he is causing.
23% : But Democrats should have laid down a clear marker that what Trump and Musk are doing is wrong, illegal and harmful.
19% : Trump has Musk skipping through Washington, slashing programs, impounding money, firing people -- and Congress is doing nothing.

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