by Kerry Dougherty

Looks like the Democrats caved. Finally.

Or at least 9 of them came to their senses regarding the damaging government shutdown that is in its 40th day.

They got nothing. The shutdown was for nothing. Yet it did ensure that a seething bloc of Virginia federal workers headed to the polls last Tuesday to elect the most left-wing slate in the commonwealth’s history.

It’s no coincidence that five days after federal workers stormed the polls and sent a radical band of wokesters to Richmond, the shutdown was grinding to a halt.

Late Sunday night the vote was taken and arms were twisted as a handful of Democrat Senators decided to reopen the federal government.

Among them was Sen. Tim Kaine.

Kaine claimed that he’d been “too focused” on the Virginia elections to end the shutdown earlier.

Someone tell the senator that he isn’t paid to campaign in state elections. He’s in Washington to do a job in Congress.

Prior to Sunday Dems said they’d support reopening the government only if Republicans would agree to keep subsidies on Obamacare premiums for one more year.

A very clever form of extortion. Continue reading.