Legendary GOP operative Karl Rove revealed who he believes will emerge as the biggest loser from the prospective government shutdown looming over Washington, D.C..

Congressional Republicans and the Trump administration are attempting to pass a continuing resolution to keep the government operating, while Democrats are insisting that it ought to include Affordable Care Act subsidies.

“If Americans get stuck with a shutdown that drags on, there will be a cost. But which party will pay the political price?” asked Rove in a column for The Wall Street Journal before answering, “History gives us an idea.”

The architect of President George W. Bush’s White House campaigns went on to review the effects of the three longest shutdown to take place in recent decades.

Taking the lessons from these battles, Rove wrote that the “outcome of the coming shutdown will depend on three factors. First, which side gets their way and therefore looks stronger, as Mr. Clinton did in 1996. Second, which party makes a better case to voters and energizes its coalition, as the GOP did in 2014 and Democrats in 2020. Third, whether other issues loom larger in the nearly 14 months between now and the midterm elections. In our chaotic politics, it’s likely something will.”

“But no matter what, the biggest shutdown loser will likely be public trust in Washington writ large,” he concluded. “Voters see shutdowns as the result of gross incompetence by our leaders. When the National Election Study began in 1958, 73% of Americans said they trusted the federal government always or most of the time. Today, 22% do, a figure that has been close to constant for decades. Washington’s inability to get its fiscal house in order is a big reason why. Sadly, Washington doesn’t seem to have learned how to avoid shutdowns.”

President Donald Trump announced that he had canceled a planned meeting with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Tuesday, writing that “After reviewing the details of the unserious and ridiculous demands being made by the Minority Radical Left Democrats in return for their Votes to keep our thriving Country open, I have decided that no meeting with their Congressional Leaders could possibly be productive,” on Truth Social. “We must keep the Government open, and legislate like true Patriots rather than hold American Citizens hostage, knowing that they want our now thriving Country closed. I’ll be happy to meet with them if they agree to the Principles in this Letter. They must do their job! Otherwise, it will just be another long and brutal slog through their radicalized quicksand. To the Leaders of the Democrat Party, the ball is in your court. I look forward to meeting with you when you become realistic about the things that our Country stands for. DO THE RIGHT THING!”

 

 

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