1. United States
2. N.J.
3. Letter

Do not capitulate to the GOP holding SNAP recipients hostage and weaponizing the empathy of the Democratic Party. We have to hold the line and keep the government closed as long as the GOP will not negotiate to reopen the government. The GOP does this EVERY TIME and the Democrats do nothing more than TALK before just rolling over to their demands. The Party needs to grow a spine. Yes, there are negative implications of keeping the government closed but we need to look at long-term harm reduction for the entire country. If the government is reopened without any concessions then the Democrats just caused pain to people with nothing to show for it. That is unacceptable.