EXCLUSIVE: How Democrats have turned Schumer Shutdown into "a two week Tinder relationship with a lot of regrets"

“A partial list of media sending us Dem talking points would be all of them,” a GOP office told the Washington Reporter.

As the Schumer Shutdown enters its second week, House and Senate Democrats are enlisting journalists to pressure Republicans into caving to their demands, multiple Hill offices told the Washington Reporter.

Numerous local and national media outlets, from Bloomberg to Cal Matters are reaching out to large swathes of House and Senate Republicans with what Hill veterans characterize as barely-disguised Democratic Party talking points.

In one email back-and-forth, obtained by the Reporter, a reporter with Bloomberg outright dismissed how congressional Democrats have botched years of the Affordable Care Act’s implementation.

“Regardless of the IRA’s expiration date for the subsidies and how Democrats handled it, it doesn’t change that the credits ultimately do expire at the end of the year, and some Republicans have shown support for extending the credits,” the reporter wrote to a GOP House office.

The notable uptick in pressure via journalists is something that many remarked about to the Reporter. One office told the Reporter that providing a list of media outlets that are pushing Democratic talking points is impossible. “A partial list of media sending us Dem talking points would be all of them,” the office said.

“In the clearest sign yet that the Democrats are losing the shut down fight, they have stopped speaking in their own ineffective, voice and yesterday began sending in their reinforcements, i.e. having Bloomberg contact most, if not all, Republican offices to try to jam them with the Democrats’ talking points,” a Hill veteran remarked. “It didn’t work.”

As the Schumer Shutdown drags on, signs are increasingly indicating that Democrats are unsure of how they will find an offramp that is acceptable to their base.

One GOP communications director likened this to a situation familiar to all too many in Washington, D.C.

“The Democrats are coming to the realization that what they thought was a short term shutdown fling is in actuality a two week Tinder relationship with a lot of regrets.”