FROM WASHINGTON EXAMINER: In a new analysis of which side is winning the government shutdown public relations war, more voters agree with Republicans that the Democrats are siding with illegal immigrants and not Main Street Americans.
In the latest Rasmussen Reports survey shared with Washington Secrets, 49% of likely voters agreed with White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller‘s recent statement that “Democrats shut down the government to give hundreds of billions of free healthcare to illegal aliens, including the millions of illegal aliens to whom [former President Joe] Biden [and the] Democrats gave illegal amnesty.”
Agreement from Republicans, at 76%, helped tilt the overall results, which showed 44% disagree with Miller, the architect of President Donald Trump’s border policies.
On the opposite side, 66% of Democratic likely voters disagreed with Miller.
The Senate is stalled on a spending bill due to a disagreement over Obamacare subsidies, with Republicans opposing their continuation. Democrats blame Republicans for the shutdown, while a significant portion of the public blames both sides.
While the media spreads tales of woe, insisting that people are experiencing severe consequences of the shutdown, many people have said they have seen little impact.
Only 17% said that they have felt a “major impact,” and 78% said they’ve felt no impact or a minor impact.
“Eighty-six percent (86%) of voters have been closely following news reports about the government shutdown, including 49% who say they’ve followed the news ‘very closely.’ Among those who have followed news about the shutdown ‘very closely,’ 52% agree with the quote from Miller,” said Rassmussen.
LOL.
“But muh shutdown!”
America doesn’t give a CRAP 👇 pic.twitter.com/T8KPwjreZF
— Mark Mitchell, Rasmussen Reports (@honestpollster) October 8, 2025
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