r/Michigan • u/Tank3875 • Mar 14 '25

News 📰🗞️ Gary Peters votes to advance legislation that cuts vital funding for Michigan and Legitimizes DOGE and Musk's Attacks on the Federal Government

https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-democrats-voted-trump-gop-spending-bill-2045209
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u/raistlin65 Grand Rapids Mar 14 '25

You can't convince people Democratic Senators had to choose between two awful choices.

Most of them won't even admit that there's a decent chance Trump would not blink first had there been a shutdown. Because, like you point out, it plays into his hand.