❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) updated its website with a banner blaming the “Radical Left in Congress” for the government shutdown.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: HUD, the Senate, and members of Congress, specifically Democrats refusing to agree to a funding deal.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The banner appeared on HUD’s website on Wednesday morning following the Senate’s failure to pass a funding resolution on Tuesday.
💬KEY QUOTE: “The Radical Left in Congress shut down the government. HUD will use available resources to help Americans in need.” — HUD website
🎯IMPACT: The banner is part of a broader Trump White House campaign to inform Americans of the Democratic Party’s responsibility for the government shutdown and its effects on federal agencies.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) website prominently displayed a red banner on Wednesday morning, accusing the “Radical Left in Congress” of causing the federal government shutdown. Visitors to the HUD website encountered a pop-up message and a banner stating, “The Radical Left in Congress shut down the government. HUD will use available resources to help Americans in need.”
The Radical Left has shut down our government, but not our calling. HUD will remain mission-minded in serving our most vulnerable.
We will continue our work with the resources available until the Radical Left comes to their senses and reopens the government. pic.twitter.com/6G5pV8bjqn
— Scott Turner (@SecretaryTurner) October 1, 2025
The message followed the Senate Democrats’ refusal to pass a continuing funding resolution on Tuesday, which led to the government shutdown at the start of Wednesday. Senate Democrats had pressed for a deal in exchange for the seven votes needed to overcome the chamber’s 60-vote procedural threshold, demanding the funding bill include an extension of Obamacare tax credits, which are set to expire at the end of the year. Millions of Americans rely on these credits to lower healthcare costs. Republicans, however, argue that extending the credits would lead to increased taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegal immigrants.
Notably, the HUD website had displayed similar messaging before the shutdown was finalized. On Tuesday, the website warned that the “Radical Left” would “inflict massive pain on the American people” if their demands were not met. Additionally, HUD’s website mirrored an email issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to at least 16 federal agencies earlier that day, which also blamed Democrats for the shutdown.
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