Washington just proved, yet again, how pointless these beltway games really are. Liberals and their buddies in big government swung the doors wide open for a Homeland Security shutdown — and what did we get? Nothing but a load of drama, TSA workers grumbling on TV, and Americans everywhere left shaking their heads. Now, with barely a whisper, these power players are flipping the lights back on and pretending like shutting down security was ever a winning move.
Let’s be honest: this wasn’t about keeping America safe. It wasn’t even about real policy. The grand shutdown was the latest stunt cooked up by out-of-touch elites eager to look tough while hard-working citizens waited in endless airport lines. Did Democrats really think America would thank them for risking national security? Liberals love to talk about “the people,” but the only people they protect are their own egos.
Meanwhile, globalists and open-borders types cheered while our security offices ran on empty. They’d rather kneel to some international agenda than put Americans first. Conservative voices warned about this from day one. Try shutting down some European “Ministry of Security” and see how fast the elites panic there. But in America, under this administration, bureaucrats play games with our safety like it’s just another political football.
There was no bold stand, no grand principle behind this circus. At the end of the day, TSA agents got their paychecks — just a few days late. The shutdown “crisis” ended not with a bang, but with a whimper. That’s because there was never any real point except feeding media hysteria and watching which senator could get the better sound bite.
Americans deserve better than a government addicted to pointless brinkmanship. But don’t expect liberals in DC to learn their lesson. If anything, they’ll just cook up the next fake crisis. Maybe they’ll at least try to make it interesting next time. Or is boring the American people to death now their new plan?
Source: NY Post
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