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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublicans Blame Zohran Mamdani for Shutdown
Republicans Blame Zohran Mamdani for Shutdown
October 29, 2025 at 1:47 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 159 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2025/10/29/republicans-blame-zohran-mamdani-for-shutdown/
If you listened to House Republicans on Wednesday, Zohran Mamdani shut down the federal government, Punchbowl News
reports.
House Republican leadership continually blamed the funding impasse on Mamdani, the Democratic candidate for mayor of New York. Its the newest GOP talking point with the citywide election less than a week away.
This is no more true than when Republicans blamed the continuing shutdown on the recent No Kings rally. But theyre running with it.
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Republicans Blame Zohran Mamdani for Shutdown (Original Post)
applegrove
Wednesday
OP
But yet . . . . the same Republicans are not calling for THEIR party's candidate,
no_hypocrisy
Wednesday
#2
What party, again, controls the White House and both Houses of Congress.... and the Supreme Court?
Norrrm
Wednesday
#6
Well, see, if obama hadnt passed his care, we wouldnt be in this mess derp derp.
Volaris
Thursday
#10
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(130,358 posts)1. Sounds like they've taken the "How stupid can you get?" challenge
thought crime
(949 posts)4. Or "How stupid do you think your voters are"?
Republican voters always come through.
no_hypocrisy
(53,619 posts)2. But yet . . . . the same Republicans are not calling for THEIR party's candidate,
Curtis Sliwa, to be elected Mayor, not Andrew Cuomo.
Clouds Passing
(6,349 posts)3. The last blows of desperation!
Initech
(106,739 posts)5. Mike Johnson needs to go eat the biggest, steamiest bag of shit.
Norrrm
(3,260 posts)6. What party, again, controls the White House and both Houses of Congress.... and the Supreme Court?
Jspur
(754 posts)7. I'm just waiting for them to blame the shutdown on Obama
. Knowing how stupid MAGA is they would definitely believe it. I'm surprised they haven't blamed it on Obama yet.
Volaris
(11,210 posts)10. Well, see, if obama hadnt passed his care, we wouldnt be in this mess derp derp.
Just wait, they'll get themselves there lol...
Ping Tung
(3,944 posts)8. Hell, they'll blame him for everything from the economy, hangnail epidemics, and climate change.
Renew Deal
(84,558 posts)9. Apparently Mandan is powerful and Johnson is powerless.
Then why is Johnson still speaker?
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(11,911 posts)11. lol...desperation