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Spin Cycle: Dems Shut The Government Down For 40 Days. What Did They Win?

"In a way, it seems like the president is kind of getting what he wanted 40 days ago when all this started."

Virginia Kruta
Spin Cycle: Dems Shut The Government Down For 40 Days. What Did They Win?
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Democrats followed big wins — albeit in the reliably blue states of Virginia and Maryland and the deep blue city of New York — with what could only be described as capitulation on the government shutdown as it stretched into its 40th day, as eight Democratic senators voted with Republicans to break the filibuster.

For those who don’t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week’s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire normally would compile a short summary of what you may have missed. But with the shutdown driving discussions and an 11th-hour deal to break the stalemate, the real news rolled in a bit later than usual.

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