The Hill: Democrats Fear the Backlash from Their Far-Left Antifa/Trantifa Base If They Re-Open the Government

And at least one Biden judge thinks that any lefty claiming to be a transgender can attempt assassinations and only get a wrist slap as punishment, so this isn't the kind of smoke Democrats are willing to face.

Some Democrats skeptical about their leadership's hard-line stance against reopening the federal government privately acknowledge that they fear getting "hammered" by their liberal base if they vote for a Republican funding bill.

Grassroots Democrats frustrated with the Trump administration have been demanding a fight, and on Saturday millions showed up at "No Kings" demonstrations across the country to protest the president's government.

In that context, Democrats know they will get hit hard by a number of voices on the left if they do not get something for opening the government.

"People are going to get hammered" if they vote for the House-passed bill to reopen the government and keep it funded through Nov. 21, said one Democratic senator who requested anonymity to talk candidly about their party.

A second person familiar with the political dynamics within the Senate Democratic caucus, who spoke with The Hill ahead of the "No Kings" protests, said centrist senators are fearful of breaking with leaders while party activists are planning the anti-Trump rallies.

There are no centrist Democrat Senators but let's settle on the term "professional managerial class establishment leftwingers."

"We would have enough votes" to reopen the government "if people were not terrified of getting the guillotine," the second person said.

Note that Antifa (not just an idea) brings guillotines to its various riots and insurrections so I don't think this person is speaking entirely metaphorically.

On Thursday, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.) became the fourth Democrat to signal unease with the party's staunch opposition to what in normal times would be relatively uncontroversial funding bills when she voted Thursday to advance an $852 billion defense funding bill.

Liberal activists called the votes to fund the Department of Defense and to reopen the government without Republican concessions on health care "baffling" and a "mistake."

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Fetterman pushed back against that criticism and defended his vote for the defense spending bill as motivated by concern for military families who might have to rely on food banks if they stop getting paychecks.

"I voted yes to pay our service members. That's service members over party. That's not baffling to me," he said.

All of this is music to the ears of Republicans, who want centrist Democrats to feel the pain.

Hakeem Jeffries, nephew of extreme anti-white racist and black supremacist Leonard Jeffries, of course objects to paying our troops while they remain on guard and on duty.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told the Daily Caller News Foundation on Monday that he opposed standalone legislation to pay troops and federal employees reporting to work during the funding lapse. Democratic lawmakers are showing few signs of ending the 20-day long shutdown despite millions of federal employees facing mounting financial stress due to the prospect of missing their next paycheck.

"It appears to be more like a political ploy giving Donald Trump discretion over which employees should be compensated and which employees should not be compensated," Jeffries said during a press conference in the U.S. Capitol. "All employees should be compensated, and that will happen when we reopen the government."

Jeffries isn't afraid of any blowback from the angry Navy personnel serving on the high seas. Word on the street is that Hakeem Jeffries has never flinched from taking on salty seamen with gusto.

🚨WATCH: Jeffries tells @AndiNapier that he does NOT support legislation that the Senate is expected to vote on this week to pay federal employees and service members calling, it a "political ploy." pic.twitter.com/y0D9eQZhuE

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) October 20, 2025

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