❓WHAT HAPPENED: CNN hosted a town hall featuring Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders, which critics are calling a distraction from the ongoing Democrat-led government shutdown.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, Chuck Schumer, President Donald Trump, and impacted workers.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The town hall took place last night on CNN amidst the ongoing government shutdown.

💬KEY QUOTE: “The best thing that we can do is to re-open the government.” – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

🎯IMPACT: The event highlighted the Democrats’ refusal to fund essential services while workers and families face financial uncertainty.

Last night’s CNN town hall featured Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders, who used the platform to criticize President Trump and deflect from the ongoing Democrat-led government shutdown. The shutdown, orchestrated by Chuck Schumer and his party, has left workers unpaid and essential services on hold.

President Trump, meanwhile, has taken steps to ensure service members are paid and critical programs like nutrition assistance for low-income women and children remain funded. Despite this, Democrats have refused to fund the government ten times, choosing instead to push their agenda at the expense of Americans.

During the event, Bernie Sanders was confronted by a young man who pointed out Chuck Schumer’s hypocrisy. Sanders, who previously called government shutdowns “a serious and dangerous action,” offered no substantive response. Similarly, Ocasio-Cortez told a TSA employee that reopening the government was the solution but failed to acknowledge that Democrats hold the power to do so.

When asked by an air traffic controller how Democrats expected workers to pay for food without paychecks, Ocasio-Cortez deflected, offering no clear answer. Bernie Sanders went on to criticize ICE raids, calling them “a movement toward authoritarianism,” despite their role in removing dangerous criminals from American streets.

The town hall underscored the lack of concrete solutions from Democrats as they continue to prolong the shutdown, leaving Americans to bear the brunt of their political maneuvering.

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