Senator Ashley Moody, R-Fla., appeared on “Fox & Friends First” to weigh in on the record-breaking government shutdown and a report suggesting some Democrats may be willing to vote to reopen the government if Republicans promise a vote on extending Obamacare subsidies.

The discussion centered on a Washington Post report claiming that approximately 12 Democrats are prepared to support legislation to end the shutdown in exchange for a Republican commitment to hold a future vote on key healthcare subsidies.

Senator Moody, expressing deep frustration with the prolonged closure, slammed the Democratic leadership, saying the entire crisis “was avoidable.”

She characterized the Democrats’ actions as “grandstanding,” involving “protests [and] poetry readings in the middle of the night,” and sta

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