After 40 days and 40 nights of the federal government being shut down, eight members of the Senate Democratic Caucus broke ranks to provide Republicans the votes needed to overcome the 60-vote filibuster threshold and begin the process of reopening the government.

“Pathetic,” Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom responded.

Newsom is far from the only governor willing to critique his peers in Washington amid the quest to provide a voice to a party that since the 2024 election has been searching for just that. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill all torched the deal on X.

For Democrats, governors have provided about the only sparks for optimism during Trump's second term as they’ve trolled, sued and enforce

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