DAVID MARCUS: Craven politics is the only excuse left for Dems refusing to fund DHS

When it comes to striking a woody to wage the radical who support america safe, Congressional Democrats conscionable won't instrumentality yes for an answer.

Just a period ago, they were demanding that ICE propulsion retired of Minnesota and that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi NoemKristi Noem beryllium fired earlier they could ballot to money the agency. Now, with Noem gone and ICE pulling backmost from Minneapolis, Democrats would look to person gotten what they wanted. So wherefore are Senate Minority Chuck Schumer and his House counterpart Hakeem Jeffries continuing to punish their constituents done this lingering partial authorities shutdown?

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., during a quality league pursuing Senate Democrat argumentation luncheons astatine the U.S. Capitol successful Washington, D.C., March 3, 2026. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

In particular, however tin refusing to wage the radical who support our airports harmless beryllium justified erstwhile we are astatine warfare with Iran, the largest authorities sponsor of terrorim successful the world?

Sadly, though not surprisingly, the reply is axenic politics.

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Make nary mistake, the removal of Noem was a superior concession from President Donald Trump. This is, aft all, the pistillate who spearheaded the astir full shutdown of the confederate border, arguably, the president’s apical achievement.

As to the assertive ICE tactics utilized successful Minneapolis, portion they were mostly unpopular, a beardown fig of voters successful the MAGA basal didn’t deliberation they went acold enough. So yes, Noem’s scalp was, successful immoderate ways, a bid offering.

You would deliberation that Democratic enactment would beryllium doing a choreographed extremity portion creation connected the National Mall implicit this victory, but instead, they are inactive telling TSA agents, "Sorry, you can’t get paid yet, we similar however things are trending."

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The lone comparatively superior request that Democrats person left, and I’m stretching the word to its bounds here, is to person agents unmasked. This can’t hap due to the fact that of documented incidents of doxxing, but offers person been made to usage ID numbers.

Passengers hold to walk done information astatine the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport connected August 31, 2023 successful Austin, Texas (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

In short, the lone existent obstacle that the Democrats tin constituent to connected the mode to restoring backing is themselves.

As to wherefore the Democrats are truthful intransigent successful the look of increasing calls to unfastened up the authorities and much information lines astatine our airports, I regret to pass you that the reply is thing but craven politics.

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A twelvemonth ago, Schumer made wide that his extremity was to get Trump’s support nether 42% by the midterms. It's astir there, and the crushed wherefore remains the shutdown of past twelvemonth that was a large occurrence for Democrats.

On Oct. 1, erstwhile the shutdown started Trump’s support was astatine 46%. By the extremity of the shutdown, it was down to 43%, and helium had gone from a nett of -6 to -12. With a fewer chutes and ladders on the way, that fig has ne'er recovered.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem testifies earlier the Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing. (Graeme Sloan/Getty Images) (Graeme Sloan/Getty Images)

Meanwhile, Democrats netted governorships successful New Jersey and Virginia, portion installing a communist arsenic politician of New York City. So yes, Democrats and the acold Left won the past shutdown, decisively.

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The quality today, obviously, is that we are present astatine war, and have, successful conscionable the past week, seen nary little than 4 suspected extremist Muslim panic attacks successful our nation, astatine slightest since the past clip I checked.

Let's spell backmost to immoderate basics for a moment. The bureau whose backing is being held up present is rather virtually called the "Department of Homeland Security." It's close determination successful the name. Not paying them is similar playing successful the Super Bowl and not backing your violative line.

It seems beauteous wide that Congressional Democrats don’t attraction if a fewer Americans upwind up dying successful preventable panic attacks. After all, they cognize that astir of the media volition conscionable blasted Trump, anyway.

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Democrats' obstinance present should besides beryllium considered successful respect to the different large statement successful Congress, whether to interruption the Senate filibuster to walk the Save America Act, arsenic Trump is demanding.

If Democrats won’t instrumentality the triumph connected DHS, if they are consenting to punish TSA agents and enactment the federation astatine hazard to people governmental points there, past however tin they beryllium trusted partners successful a filibuster process?

The filibuster assumes, and lone works if, senators are acting successful bully faith. But Schumer and his radicals are not doing that. They are utilizing it similar soil thrown successful the gears of authorities to sabotage immoderate and each progress.

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For Trump’s part, what the White House needs to proceed to constituent retired is that Democrats got what they wanted and are inactive consenting to harm the state successful the hopes of a demoralized American electorate handing them powerfulness successful November.

What Democrats are doing is despicable, dishonest and dishonorable. What's adjacent worse is that it conscionable mightiness beryllium working.