A group of Senate Democrats, fresh off of caving to Republican demands for ending the government shutdown, appeared on morning news shows on Monday to try to spin their cowardice.

On Sunday night, a group of eight Senate Democrats joined with Republicans to begin the process of funding the government. Notably, the Democrats have failed to secure funding for enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, which are set to expire at the end of the year and raise health insurance costs for millions. Democrats had originally claimed extending these subsidies was the core of their objection to a Republican funding plan.

The Democratic capitulation comes less than a week after last Tuesday’s elections, where Democratic voters in multiple states served up a stern rebuke to President Donald Trump’s agen

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