Who Can America Blame for the Government Shutdown?: The Daily Show

If the big question is who won and who lost,
the truth is you can make an argument both ways.
All right? Depends on how you look at it.
You could say Democrats won
because they got children's healthcare funding,
they got campaign ads for the midterms,
and Mitch McConnell had to pinky-promise
to hold a vote on immigration in the next three weeks.
But at the same time, maybe that means that they lost,
because they got a promise from Mitch McConnell,
the same guy who broke his Obamacare promise
to Susan Collins, the same guy who hasn't delivered
on his other immigration promise to Jeff Flake.
Yeah, and those are his fellow Republicans.
Like, Democrats might hope that he won't do them dirty,
but Mitch is the biggest player in the Senate.
He's just like, "Come on, baby, you know you can trust me.
"Come on. Yeah. I'm a changed man.
Come on, bah..."
So I guess Republicans also won, right?
All they had to do was give a flimsy promise,
and then the Democrats backed down, reopen the government.
And on top of that, they snuck in $30 billion
in additional tax cuts, which you didn't even know about.
Yeah. So in a way, I guess everyone kind of won.
Yeah. I mean, unless... unless I'm forgetting someone.
Someone...
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah.
The people that this whole goddamn issue was about.
The DACA program is set to end March 5.
With no solution, Dreamers could start to face deportation
at that time.
That's right, the Dreamers.
They came away from this shutdown
worse off than before.
Because before... before it all became about winning or losing,
even Republicans believed that DACA kids
deserved a chance in the U.S.
I'm very sympathetic with this situation.
I mean, these are young people who...
were brought here at a tender age...
Do we want to... to deport 700,000 DACA kids?
No, we don't want to do that.
We love the Dreamers. We love everybody.
♪ The lovers, the dreamers ♪
♪ And me. ♪
Yeah, of course, Kermit's a Republican--
he's old and super rich.
But, uh, but once the shutdown became
about scoring political points, suddenly Republican leaders
turned these people from Dreamers to illegals.
Apparently, they believe that the issue of illegal immigration
is more important than everything else.
...Democrats in the United States Senate
who decided to play politics with military pay,
and to literally shut the government down
over a debate over illegal immigration.
President Trump tweeted...
Get these illegal immigrants out of my country!
Aah!
But look, if you're a Dreamer, it's not completely unexpected
that Republicans would turn on you.
But you're also probably not that impressed
with Democrats, either.
Because time and time again, they've promised the Dreamers
more than they can deliver.
I cannot support a bill, a continuing resolution,
that doesn't deal with the DACA issue.
We will not leave here without the Dream Act passing,
with a DACA fix.
And then they left before they got the DACA Act fixed.
Look, here's the thing, Democrats,
I believe that you're trying to help the Dreamers,
but you may be setting unrealistic expectations
when you know you don't have power.
And you keep making promises, only to back down.
I'm not gonna lie, that doesn't make you look great.
And this is what sucks for Dreamers
about this whole situation:
You're six weeks away from being deported
to a country you've never known.
And now, the only thing that stands
between you and an answer,
is a man with more broken promises than chins.
To me, that doesn't sound like a dream,
it sounds like a nightmare.
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Who Can America Blame for the Government Shutdown?: The Daily Show

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