Why do y’all want a government shutdown?

I don’t understand why y’all think a government shutdown helps Dems.

The people shutting down the government have never gotten what they want before. Trump didn’t get what he wanted in 2018 and 2019. Republicans also didn’t get what they wanted when they shutdown the government under Clinton and Obama.

Also, there is no way Dems are going to message their way out of responsibility for the shutdown. Even if they had the perfect message, it wouldn’t work because once non political people start paying attention to a government shutdown, they are gonna google why the government is shutdown and they are gonna see article after article headlines talking about Democrats shutting the government down. Maybe the small portion that reads past the headlines will they get to the point where they see that Dems are doing it for ACA benefits.

Also, a government shutdown just plainly gives Trump more power to decide what’s essential and what’s not. It’s not gonna stop the descent into fascism, if anything it might speed it up.

I wish y’all would be honest that you just want to feel good about a government shutdown instead of pretending there’s actually some legitimate political play here. When this inevitably blows up in Dems faces if there is a shutdown, I’m just gonna say I told you so.