Michael Barbaro

You saw it from Gavin Newsom, who said just as it was done that America deserves better.

You saw it from Chris Murphy, who's in the Senate.

He said we could have won this fight.

We gave up too early.

You saw it from Ro Khanna.

A congressman from California who said Schumer, it's time for him to go.

If you were thinking or planning to run for president as a Democrat in 2028, you've basically denounced this deal.

Well, Shane, since Ro Khanna brought Chuck Schumer up, let's talk about his place in all of this.

There's a fair bit of anger being directed at him today as we're speaking.

Yet he's the one who brought the Democrats into the shutdown.

He helped create the strategy.

He is the architect of now what has been the longest shutdown in history and the architect of fighting on these particular issues.

Right.

Saying these are something that we can fight for now and win on later.

Elevate this for voters.

Make them think about affordability.

Make them think about health care.

He created the message.

He's kept them on the message.

And he kept his conference together for 40 days.