Democrats Tuesday claimed they have grabbed the political upper hand in the fight over the government shutdown as Republican cracks are emerging on skyrocketing health insurance costs.

House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries spotlighted comments by outspoken right-wing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) that she is “absolutely disgusted” by her own party’s refusal to negotiate an extension of subsidies for the Obamacare program.

“Tens of millions of Americans are about to experience dramatically increased health insurance costs,” Jeffries told reporters on Capitol Hill. “A growing number of Republicans are adopting the enlightened Democratic view that this is unacceptable.”

Flanked by a posterboard depicting Greene’s tweet about the shutdown, Jeffries said the American pub

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