Senate Majority Leader John Thune is warning Democrats from prolonging the government shutdown after they swept key races in Virginia, New Jersey and California on Tuesday evening.

Democrats, emboldened by Tuesday’s favorable election results, are saying they will continue to keep the government shuttered, arguing that the party’s sweep has reinforced their shutdown strategy. Thune has countered that prolonging the 36-day shutdown would be a mistake, citing the hundreds of thousands of Americans struggling from missed paychecks and growing disruptions to their daily lives due to the funding lapse.

“Continuing a government shutdown just because they had some good election outcomes seems like a really bad rationale to extend what is already the longest shutdown in history,” Thune told the

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